Sentences with phrase «standing against the candidate»

Have progress had their own branch meetings to deselect sitting MPs, have they stood against the candidate, have they controls of council, that break the law, on rate capping?

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Further, Premier Klein continued to present himself as the candidate to stand up against the federal government and protect Albertans» interests.

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In 1935 the leaders of the Confessing Church who took a firm stand against the Nazi influenced Reich church asked him to return to Germany for establishing a seminary for their ministerial candidates.

Standing out against the competition were candidates Maya, of JKS Restaurants, who is working alongside head of operations to develop the drinks offering across the group, and The Railway Kitchen's Martin Bilsborough, both of whom will work closely with bartenders in their respective cities and around the country to deliver bespoke training sessions, interactive master - classes, and consumer and trade tasting events to communicate the distinctive flavour profile and production process of Half Hitch gin.

Another of Labour's would - be Birmingham mayoral candidates has spoken out against moves by the party's «high command» to bar sitting MPs from standing.

In a political system in which candidates are largely responsible for funding and organising their own re-election campaigns, it is dangerous for parliamentarians to stand against the tide of public opinion.

Finally, a specialized kind of campaign is designed to elect a particular candidate («Rep. Bilbo stands firmly against the blue fizzie lobby and deserves your vote»).

A candidate in the 2010 general election, Nick stood against Yvette Cooper, achieving a 12.5 % swing to the Conservatives.

Owen Smith has tried to stress his left wing credentials after the path was cleared for him to stand as the sole candidate against Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership election.

Former talisman Caroline Lucas is standing again in a job - share arrangement with Jonathan Bartley, against five other candidates — all standing individually.

Goldsmith is running as an independent, though the Conservative party has given him a free pass by declining to stand its own candidate against him.

In return, we should have lobbied the Greens not to stand against Labour candidates in marginals.

Two weeks ago, the Campaign for Labour Democracy's AGM passed a motion calling for Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, to be readmitted to the party and for a full investigation into events since the disastrous 2010 selection process that led to this former Labour council leader standing as an independent and winning against an imposed Labour candidate — Helal Abbas.

Rahman stood as an independent against the official Labour candidate — surprise, surprise, the same third - placed rival — like Ken Livingstone before him.

These caveats - often described as «reasoning» in effeminate circles — were dismissed in favour of a tactic which would have seen David Cameron pledge an in / out EU referendum in return for Ukip's pledge not to stand against Tory candidates in 2015.

A win by Gonzalez would help re-establish the WFP in Albany and also solidify its standing in NYC as a vehicle for reform against the well - established so - called Democratic «machines» in the outer boroughs — particularly Brooklyn and, in the case of the 2009 NYC Council elections, in which the WFP teamed up with HTC and 1199 against party - backed candidates, Queens.

Supporters who had volunteered for Turner's unsuccessful 2010 bid against Weiner stood behind the newly - minted candidate with re-purposed «Bob Turner for Congress» signs.

McCall not only gave Cuomo cover back when it looked like he might again mount a primary challenge against a black gubernatorial candidate (in this case, a sitting governor — the first African American to hold the post, David Paterson), but also stood by him when other black leaders were complaining about the lack of diversity on the statewide Democratic ticket.

Or, if they've a more elevated turn of mind: who's the candidate more likely to stand up for the legislature against the executive?

The last time the party used such disgraceful tactics to prevent local members» choice of Mayoral candidate standing in the election was against Ken Livingstone.

Asked how he could possibly ask Labour voters to vote for him when he spent most of the last week encouraging a Labour candidate to stand against him, Mr Davis replied: «I'm asking everybody and we've had support from Tories, of course, Liberal activists, people who say «I've voted Labour all my life» and - most interestingly of all - people who said I've never taken an interest in politics all my life but this has galvanised my interest.»

UKIP I'd have exactly the same values as the UKIP candidates standing against me [in 2015].

In 1997 however it was famously lost to the television news reporter Martin Bell, who stood as an independent candidate against the then Conservative MP Neil Hamilton who had become embroiled in the cash - for - questions scandal.

The messages, attributed to Tory candidate Dan Watkins, who stood against Sadiq Khan in Tooting at the 2015 election, refer to Mr Gani by name, and invite him to the Conservative Muslim Forum held in the constituency in November.

Angle, a Tea Party - backed candidate who lost to Democrat and Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid in the 2010 election, said in a statement posted on her Facebook page, «The tea party movement stood with me through a hard fought race against Senate Majority Leader Harry Reid.»

We have been speaking about the PCS's decision to field candidates at future elections — potentially even standing anti-austerity figures against the Labour Party (you can read about that here).

Still standing: Eight Democratic candidates are seeking their party's nomination to run against Rep. Elise Stefanik in 2018.

This backfired somewhat when Hussain was selected as the official Labour Party candidate for the neighbouring constituency of Bradford East, standing against Liberal Democrat MP David Ward.

Who would bet against Galloway standing as a Labour parliamentary candidate again?

Peter Griffiths stood as the Conservative candidate against the shadow foreign secretary Patrick Gordon - Walker.

Since 1927, the Co-operative Party has had an electoral pact with the Labour Party, with both parties agreeing not to stand candidates against each other.

Ukip has also been forced to defend itself against claims they barred a candidate from standing as a candidate in a local election because he was disabled.

Pataki, who has headlined fundraisers for Mack, a Republican congressman running against U.S. Sen. Bill Nelson, says both candidates will «stand strong» against Hugo Chavez and Fidel Castro.

Esther Rantzen is the latest person to stand as an independent candidate for the Westminster parliament in protest against the behaviour of MPs.

They state: «A member of the party who supports any candidate who stands against an official Labour candidate shall automatically be ineligible to be, or remain, a party member.»

He is now thinking about standing as an independent candidate in Rochdale against the Labour candidate Tony Lloyd in the upcoming general election.

You still see the press talking about «stalking horse» candidates sometimes, or talk about such - and - such mounting a challenge against the leader, echoing back to the old rules when people like Thatcher in 1975 and Heseltine in 1990 could directly stand against the incumbent leader.

And prominent labor leaders like George Gresham and Chris Shelton stood up to formally nominate Mr. Cuomo, a seeming rebuke of the labor - backed Working Families Party's ongoing deliberations about whether to support a protest candidate against Mr. Cuomo — who stressed a desire for inclusion.

Clause I, section 4 of the membership section in Labour's rulebook says: «A member of the party who joins and / or supports a political organisation other than an official Labour group or other unit of the party, or supports any candidate who stands against an official Labour candidate, or publicly declares their intent to stand against a Labour candidate, shall automatically be ineligible to be or remain a party member.»

Michael Fabricant suggested offering an in / out referendum on UK membership of the EU if UKIP promise not to stand against Tory candidates in the 2015 general election.

It seems every politician wants to take a stand against crime and criminal activity and every candidate wants people to think they aren't criminals and thus people should have respect for political figures, but when push comes to shove, actions speak louder than words, and right now everyone remains silent.

At a time Democrats are desperate to keep the focus on accusations against President Donald Trump and Alabama Senate candidate Roy Moore, Gillibrand's stand shocked even some of her close allies.

He is pictured earlier today with Michelle Donelan, the Conservative candidate standing against John Healey, the Housing minister, with whom Grant has regularly been sparring at the Despatch Box these last few years.

Steve Norris is a former Conservative MP and twice stood against Ken Livingstone as the party's candidate for London Mayor.

And there is no way you can credibly claim to represent our state if you fervently back a candidate who stands against so many of the values we all share as New Yorkers.»

Green Party gubernatorial candidate Howie Hawkins stood with other protestors against predator drones at Hancock Air Base near Syracuse.

Browne subsequently stood as a independent Conservative against the new Tory candidate, former MP Gerry Malone.

If the MP loses that support, they face selection by all members and rival candidates can stand against them.