Sentences with phrase «stands by the referendum»

Catalonia stands by the referendum, but has failed to officially declare independence.

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Hammond's commitment to find the funds for Brexit preparations stands in sharp contrast to promises made by the Leave campaign before last year's referendum, which had assured Britons that leaving the EU would leave the country with hundreds of millions of pounds more a week to spend on other priorities such as its rickety National Health Service.

The Catholic Church in Ireland has responded to the announcement of a new referendum on abortion rights by urging people to be «courageous» and take a «principled» stand for the sanctity of life.

Meanwhile, the possible addition of a dog park, which has been sought by area owners because of the park district's long - standing ban on pets, is no longer being tied to the referendum, said Superintendent of Recreation Sue Gwinnup.

Both were late applicants to stand at the election, having been galvanised by the 2014 Scottish independence referendum, but that's not to say the SNP pair are strangers to politics.

Owen Smith insisted he «stood by his principles» in calling for a second EU referendum, even though it led to his sacking as Shadow Northern Ireland Secretary.

The SNP are likely to point to the mid-term timing of the by - election to explain the loss, but privately officials will recognise that it does not stand the party in good stead ahead of next year's referendum.

In a round of morning broadcasts the deputy prime minister said he stood by a law, introduced by the coalition, to hold an EU referendum if UK sovereignty is passed to the EU.

David Cameron's plans to detonate a referendum «timebomb» by 2017 could undermine Britain's standing in the EU, Margaret Thatcher's former cabinet secretary has warned.

While Cuomo himself stayed for the most part silent on the amendment's passage, the effort to promote the referendum was led by NY Jobs Now, a coalition of labor unions and gaming operators that stood to benefit from casino approval.

The way in which the EU referendum choice split the country by place, by class, by age and, maybe most of all, by whether you went to university or not, illuminated long - standing divisions.

Theresa May appears to have had a good EU referendum campaign or at least, by standing a little aside from it her reputation has survived intact while most other Tory politicians have been damaged.

A spokesman for Corbyn said the Labour leader attended a Stand Up to Racism event on Saturday co-convened by a senior member of the SWP as he «wanted to show his support for the campaign against racism and xenophobia, particularly given the rise in hate crime since the EU referendum in June».

Ms Lucas said she was concerned by the «relative silence from the Labour leadership» about the referendum, and warned the Opposition could not stand aside and watch the Tories fight out the question.

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The possibility of a demand for second referendum by Nicola Ferguson Sturgeon, leader of the Scottish National Party, and EU's tough stand against Britain made us forecast Pound's decline against the Greenback, on March 2nd.

Guatemala's referendum campaign intensifies By BBN Staff: With only eight more days until Guatemala's national referendum, their Government and people have intensified their campaign encouraging Guatemalan residents to vote in favor of taking the long standing dispute to the International Court of Justice (ICJ)-LSB-...]

If the resolution has not been substantially implemented in 12 months following the special meeting and the executive director receives a petition signed by at least five percent of members in good standing of the society requesting a referendum on the resolution, a referendum of all members must be conducted.

Based on long - standing opposition of some past UK Governments to certain EU social rights, one independent legal opinion commissioned by the TUC in the run - up to the referendum vote, identified a number of EU - derived employment laws which would be especially vulnerable to repeal and / or amendment.