Sentences with phrase «small minority party»

Howard Dean also recovered to lead the Dems to two stright a * s kickings of the very small minority party Repuglicans.

After kissing W's arse for eight straight years it seems that GOPer politicians can't jump ship fast enough now that they have become a very small minority party.

Not exact matches

While there is a vocal minority who want gun laws in the U.K. relaxed, they do appear to be very small — all the mainstream political parties support strict gun laws, and much of the debate centers on whether the U.K., which already has some of the strictest gun laws in the entire world, needs more control.

Despotic capitalism, on the other hand, is characterized by control of the government by an individual or a relatively small group such as military junta, an aristocracy or elite class, or a minority political party.

This was why Communists were able to triumph even in countries where they began as a small minority; it was one reason why Communist parties held onto power even in countries where they were widely hated.

Germany imposed a 5 % threshold on its election process primarily to put a barrier in the way of efforts for small minority neo-Nazi parties to elect legislators.

In some circumstances, such as when one party is totally dominant, it makes sense to tally the small number of voters from the minority party first, because it's quick.

This analysis confirms what we might have anticipated from the evidence of the polls — local authorities appear to contain more Leave voters if there was a large vote for UKIP there in the 2014 European elections, if there was a small vote for parties of the «left» (Labour, Liberal Democrats, Scottish and Welsh Nationalists and Greens) on the same occasion, and in places with relatively low proportions of graduates, young people, and people from an ethnic minority background.

@Stuart White: Of course there's a difference between (a) a minority government which a smaller party permits to remain in office by not using its votes to defeat its programme and legislation, either ad hoc or in accordance with some semi-formal pact, and (b) a coalition in which both parties hold seats in the Cabinet.

What happens when you are elected leader of the Labour Party with a massive mandate but a small minority where it most matters?

Because Blair's project is to dismantle the Labour Party and the welfare state, he confronts not merely a small class struggle minority, but also substantial forces rooted in the traditional structures of the labour movement.

Speaking at a media conference after the national executive meeting, he said: «It is clear that a small minority who didn't accept my election as leader of the Scottish Labour Party just five months ago won't accept the vote of the executive today and that will continue to divide the pParty just five months ago won't accept the vote of the executive today and that will continue to divide the partyparty.

The reason we haven't included Ryan on our Line is because being a member of the minority party in the House is a very small platform on which to make a national impact.

Both Labour and the Conservatives could do deals with smaller parties to survive in a minority government.

The Socialist People's Party, minorities within the Social Liberal Party and Social Democratic Party, and some smaller parties were against accession to the European Union in 1972.

[53] By 1977 by - election losses and defections to the breakaway Scottish Labour Party left Callaghan heading a minority government, forced to do deals with smaller parties in order to govern.

John Major was consistently opposed by Eurosceptics in his party (known as the Maastricht Rebels — a small minority of MPs before 1997, but enjoying much wider support among party activists).

[86] However, the Labour Party would have had to form a coalition with more than one other smaller party to gain an overall majority; anything less would result in a minority governParty would have had to form a coalition with more than one other smaller party to gain an overall majority; anything less would result in a minority governparty to gain an overall majority; anything less would result in a minority government.

The GOP will probably gain a few seats in the House, possibly have a net loss in the Senate, maybe a small net gain in governorships, and stay a minority party for some time to come.

How is a upstart ultra minority party going to build support when the simple act of making a choice on a candidate is going to upset half of its already small base?

Of course, that is not a platform for majority government, but amplifying and defending the views of a sizeable minority is a legitimate goal for a small party.

This system heavily biases the vote towards increasing the number of seats of the top two parties and reducing the seats of smaller parties, a principle known in political science as Duverger's law, and thus minority governments are relatively uncommon.

Although the arrangement rarely comes with guaranteed ministerial jobs, a confidence and supply deal would typically see some elements of the smaller party's manifesto enacted by the minority government in return for their support.

There was some discussion after the election of the possibility of creating a Conservative minority government and, because the then Prime Minister Gordon Brown had the first opportunity to form a government, there were also talks about creating some sort of alliance between the Labour Party, the Liberal Democrats and other smaller parties.

The smaller parties would agree to vote for (or possibly abstain on) the Queen's Speech set out by the minority government.

The minority party offers opposition, but it is of marginal significance, typically because the minority is so small.

In New Zealand, over recent years, the largest party has typically formed a minority government loosely supported by a number of smaller parties.

My guess is that being a minority government would actually be a net positive for Labour, relative to a tiny majority, because if Labour need to seek the support of the smaller parties on a case by case basis they can't do anything spectacularly unpopular or asinine.

He held a rally with House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi, and the party sent out a fundraising email urging small donors to get involved.

I might be in a small minority, but I believe that the vast majority of MPs of all parties work hard and long hours.

As far as impeachment over the NSA thing, I think it would make the Democratic party a permanent, and even smaller, minority party.

He uses still shots of street life as the visual connective tissue between capturing meetings held by various minority groups: Columbians celebrating a World Cup victory and then taking their party to the pavement; a mature LGBT community circle discussing the venue for future meetings; a Halal butcher blessing chickens prior to slicing their throats and having their still - twiching bodies dragged through various grubby processing machines; a group of Hispanic activists gathering stories of small business being forced out of their premises due to unfair rent hikes; and even a group of Christian urban beautifiers who are seen descending into intense prayer when one of their number explains that her father is dying.

Of course, the airline is unable to email customers who used a third - party travel booking site, so you'll be one of a small minority of people receiving these emails for your specific flight.

Of course, the airline is unable to email customers who used a third - party travel booking site, so you'll be one of a small minority of people receiving these emails for your specific flight.

Since only a small minority of all cases in which someone wields a patent against someone else end up in court (most of the time, an agreement is negotiated), the harm suffered by third parties may even outweigh the issues patent holders have to deal with.