Sentences with phrase «smallest party position»

Labour has, however, supplanted the Conservatives as the main opposition party (albeit still 15 seats short of the Liberal Democrats) and the Greens continue to hold their own in Callowland ward, pushing the Conservatives into the smallest party position.

Not exact matches

A small majority (54 %) of those who voted for the governing federal Liberals also take the position that B.C.'s government is in the wrong, while most — but far from all — past federal New Democrats support the party's provincial wing in B.C.:

A much smaller but culturally significant portion of advertisements promote political parties, candidates for office, public policy positions, favorable acceptance of various industries, unions, or other entities, particularly if they are unpopular for some reason.

And there are three reasons why they are likely to attempt to stick to this position: they know there are dangers in policy U-turns (think Lib Dem commitments to oppose student fees); commitment to the renewal of Trident is entrenched in some parts of the party, even if key members of the leadership understand the downsides; and it would be seen as weakness if they succumbed to pressure from smaller parties with less credibility and electoral support.

As the electorate becomes more and more fractured, small extremist parties might not actually grow in size (the voter base for extreme views remains the same), but the need to get that last one or two votes to build a majority coalition becomes greater and greater, making the negotiating position of extreme parties much greater, and allowing them to force their platforms onto the coalition in exchange for their vote.

They've also prepared a joint position paper on the problems facing small parties.

Corbyn finished by positioning Labour as the party of nurses, teachers, builders, office workers and small business people.

This really does leave the party in a tricky position as there is such a small group of potential leaders left.

Republican Tim Herbst, the former first selectman of Trumbull, has surpassed $ 250,000 in small - dollar donations, putting him in position to qualify for public campaign financing as he seeks his party's gubernatorial nomination.

It is tragic that a small number of leading Blairites should prejudice the party's position in this way.

The various small parties and regional groups are jockeying for position and headlines ahead of next year's elections.

[1] He led UKIP into the 2001 general election, in which it stood more than 420 candidates but failed to make any breakthroughs (although it did consolidate its position as the largest of the smaller parties).

Massachusetts small business owner and Republican congressional candidate Jon Golnik is catching up to his Democratic opponent with an energetic campaign and position in the vanguard of a resurgent Massachusetts Republican Party.

These contracts were usually offered on a «take - it - or - leave - it» basis by larger entities who, recognizing their unequal baragining position, offered non-negotiable contracts (the very nature of a contract is that it should represent the negotiations of the parties) that sought to force their unreasonable terms on naive authors and novice publishers, so eager to be published and distributed that they skimmed by the small print.

PIMCO's description speaks of «43 smaller - sized positions of non-agency mortgage - backed securities using third - party vendor prices, as well as PIMCO's policies and procedures related to these matters.»

The fact that, in this debate, the entertainer represents the «side» of the overwhelming scientific consensus is less important to the producers of «Meet the Press» than the fact that one «side» is also the consensus of the Democratic Party, while the view of a small fringe in the scientific community is the official position of the Republican Party.

However, the most likely scenario, politically speaking, is that some of the parties to the climate talks, such as the small island nations that face an existential threat from sea level rise and are already advocating for at 1.5 - degree Celsius target, will use this research to justify their position.

Real - time risk management with incremental auto - liquidation: If an account has a maintenance margin higher than its equity, the Deribit risk engine will liquidate its position in small steps, providing maximal protection for all parties involved.