Sentences with phrase «stayed in opposition»

The former foreign secretary told the audience that each time Labour had been thrown out of government they had stayed in opposition for between 14 and 18 years.

Support was twice as high among those who thought the party was right to join a coalition with the Conservatives as among those who thought the Lib Dems should have stayed in opposition or formed a coalition with Labour.

It was lowest among those who thought the Lib Dems should have formed a coalition with Labour or stayed in opposition (35 %), voted in protest against the bigger parties (46 %), and to stop the party they most dislike from winning (31 %).

Martin Schulz of the Social Democratic Party (SPD) has stated repeatedly that the party wants to stay in opposition rather than joining another coalition, despite gaining 20.5 percent of the vote in September's election.

It's very easy for SYRIZA to gain popularity will staying in the opposition, railing against the establishment parties and the bailout without having to take any responsibility for what happens.

A loss for the opposition NPP extends its stay in opposition to 12 years, the longest time it has been in opposition since 1992 while a loss for the NDC resigns President Mahama to one - term as president after he won in 2012.

Politically, he also prophesied that the National Democratic Congress will stay in opposition for close to 16 years.

If he is beaten again and decides not to contest again in 2024, the NDC will be in danger of staying in opposition for 12 to 16 years.

This means that 47 percent of the population will stay in opposition for four years.

Not exact matches

Pundits have been predicting an implosion of the PC edifice since Don Getty's day, but barring the emergence of a widely popular and inclusive opposition party with a visionary leader (if you haven't guessed by now, Wildrose doesn't meet that standard) the PCs will stay in power.

It seems evident that minority governments with a comparatively narrow seat - advantage over the official Opposition usually stay in power for relatively brief periods of time.

To counter that impression, Kerry talked tough on terrorism and moderated his opposition to the war in Iraq by insisting that, however wrong we were to go there, we would now have to stay the course.

Hollywood films followed, along with well - known lovers, global tours, monkey and peacock and cheetah pets, work with the Resistance during the war, charges of anti-Americanism and fellow - traveling, stays in Cuba as the personal guest of Castro, opposition to segregation in the United States, and a turn at the microphone at the Lincoln Memorial in August 1963.

RNS: Catholic bishops stay mum on economic turmoil Catholic bishops who gathered in Baltimore this week did not take note of a 25 year old document that became the touchstone for religious opposition to «trickle down» economics.

• Coq will protect defence, stay in position and stop opposition.

Even if there was one guy on the blue line and Ericsson had all day to aim his shot... it would still go right to the opposition and stay in the zone (and on occasion, right in the back of the net).

I would love to see The Ox running at the full backs every week because he has the pace and strength to cause havoc in the opposition defence, but just needs a run of games and to stay fit.

He must be a very good manager but Italian football is nothing like PL so before anyone calls for him you should check out Italian league football on a regular basis and see what sort of opposition is he facing also remember Italy is a beautiful country which players are happy to stay in and Juve is the no1 choice.

I prefer ox to be honest, let's not forget tho walcotts not the first man not to have a sniff against Chelsea, against weaker opposition Walcott will be very good with the balls in behind but I think most agree we need a striker who is strong and fast not just one of the attributes our current strikers possess, if ox stays fit and we sign and striker Walcott will be a top super sub

The Writers criticism of supporters waving WENGER OUT BANNERS is wrong.Supporters have every right to show their contempt of this man who has now made himself the point of ridicule and a laughing stock within the football world.Im talking opposition supporters, tv and press as well as the ever increasing majority of the Arsenal Fanbase.Who ever wrote this article has misjudged the mood of the support and is badly mistaken if he feels his comments will carry any credibility.How many WENGER IN banners are held up each match?The only chants for Wenger to stay are from our opponents fans.Of course they want him to stay.Why wouldn't they?

I think if we just want to stay in the mix today was an okay point but if I think if we have genuine title ambitions and believe we can actually win the league today was points dropped as we will visit tougher away grounds this season vs better opposition.

it looks like no one is arguing for AW to stay anymore here on Justarsenal or anywhere else, the only people who want AW to stay are retired opposition players turned pundits or guests on TV, no one can say we are not loyal because we had him for 21 years and worshiped him for at least 17 of those years and tolerated a further one or two more years but now its turning biter into him against supporters and he should stay loyal to his club which made him a fortune and world famous and like i said worshiped, if he is to be remembered in a fond way he should kick the shi7 out of the board and leave

OK we have the resources and we don't spend as much, but surely now would be the best time to go out spend the dough on the players we really need and have the ability to challenge rather than stay financially cautious yet again and allow our opposition to improve again and outstrip us in the coming years.

4) The most popular CHANT in WORLD FOOTBALL at the moment seems to be this one «WE WANT YOU TO STAY WE WANT YOU TO STAY ARSÈNE WENGER WE WANT YOU TO STAY» This is sung by opposition supporters and NOT Arsenal fans.

In my opinion, if you score more frequently, the chances of conceding less are high as the opposition, especially those that are not of similar quality, will misstep and stay away from attacking you.

Arsenal delayed the announcement of a new contract for Wenger in 2014 until after that season's FA Cup final and, while there was also considerable tension that year about the Frenchman staying on, opposition has grown over recent months.

With half of their last ten games against top half opposition, they will need to raise their game considerably in order to stay up.

Ronaldo had licence to stay high up the pitch, remain in a position to counter-attack and cause the opposition problems with his sheer pace and ability to beat the opposition right - back.

The question to be asked here is: is either willing / able to stay close to Lucas or Can in order to prevent an opposition counter attack from coming to fruition?

The more the ball stays in play, the more the opposition is kept on their toes and not allowed time to take a breather.

We needed to build a platform, stay in the game, and frustrate our opposition.

We all knew we wouldn't get anything from this game.The venue tight ground, in London, more importantly the effect of the Norwich result.It seems to me now that our season could be determined by one player.Benik Afobe.He showed enough to warrant a start, Reading would be a great platform.We desperately need him to show the quality we know he has.With the predicted further 3 loses to come, this is going down to the wire.NES attitude has always been about his team, the system, style with little regard to the opposition, so it's too late for change, we have to carry on and hope that it will be enough.I saw a great tactic used in Spain, that would suit Costa or Cavellerio, who get frequently caught offside.That is for one of them to stay offside, as long as they are not involved in the first phase of play, then they are brought into the 2nd phase, with defenders tracking back, they have the advantage.Mind you it was Barcelona and Messi!!

Tall, powerful, strong in the air, and able to build up a decent head of steam when necessary, he will almost always keep himself on the right side of play and opposition players, looking to shut down attacks by overpowering opponents while staying on his feet.

West Brom have only returned the eight goals at home this season and they are likely going to try and stay tight in this one against strong opposition.

Whereas in other games the full - backs have acted more as classic modern day wing - backs, Guardiola wanted them to stay deeper on Saturday so as to draw out the opposition's wingers.

With no consistency and thus no solidity in their defensive efforts, the Timbers have been prone to shipping early goals and giving up the lead to their opponents: a game state that has not been kind to a team that is built around the idea of staying strong defensively, welcoming on the opposition, and grabbing a goal or three via their quick, decisive counters.

But it is about staying in the game right to the very end and not giving the game back to the opposition, which we did with the second goal.»

Continuity of care midwife, great relationship with knowledgeable midwife, lots of interaction and talking with children about birth and baby, stand ing strong in the face of medical opposition, eating vegies and staying away from sugar and carbs, empowered by Blessingway ceremony, contractions started and stopped, sleep in between, wanting pool but clear about at what temperature, different kind of pushing, more power required and more lucidity, her body knew how to give birth and her baby knew how to be born

Despite the progress in creating a state park, plans to develop the remaining golf course acreage continued, and community opposition stayed strong.

Labour's official policy is now to stay in the single market and customs union for a transition period - a position backed by trade unions, business bodies and all opposition parties apart from the DUP.

I watched Brown to day, he is a very very poor leader end of story, he is dragging this government into a very very long stay out of power, I do think people will see Labour in the future as we see the Lib Dem's OK to sit in opposition sadly a waste of time running the country, what next a New Toy Blair, a new newer labour.

If either of them were to stay in power for 16 or 20 years (and Obama was popular enough that he might have done so) large numbers of the opposition would find themselves shut out from power and subject to punitive laws and regulations (consider the IRS targeting of conservative groups under Obama or recent Trump's voter fraud investigations of states that opposed him).

What this country needs is an opposition: an alternative to the two - party bad faith on Afghanistan (pity, but we have to stay), the EU (pity, but we have to stay), the House of Lords (pity, but it will have to stay), strong government (got to keep it in order to ensure the above).

To balance the development gap, that is why we are opening universities in the north; that is why we are building more secondary schools in the north; that is why we are extending electricity to all places in the north, so that wherever you stay you can enjoy the same facilities as a Ghanaian,» he stated amid cheers from party supporters and deafening honking of vuvuzelas from all angles as he unleashed venom on the country's biggest opposition party.

If minimum wage stays in the budget, Cuomo has the option of forcing it down the throats of the reluctant Republicans by forcing them to choose between a standing firm in their opposition to raising the hourly wage and shutting down the government.

Like the EU referendum bill, or Theresa May's attacks on imaginary health tourists, or Iain Duncan Smith's insistence on the effectiveness of his welfare reforms, this is another example of post-reality governance: policy based not on the real world, but on an imaginary one of PR messaging in which the sole purpose is stay in power by finding lines of public opinion and putting the opposition on the wrong side of them.

«Who here is the small «c» conservative saying to people «stay stuck in your sink estates» - have nothing better than what Labour gave you after the war... that's the fact of politics today - a party on this side of the house that wants to give people life chances and a Labour opposition that says «say stuck in poverty».»

If the Blue Dogs had stayed united in opposition, they could've strangled reform in its crib.

They have been warned by the Ashanti Regional Chairman of the opposition NPP, Bernard Antwi - Boasiako also known as Chairman Wontumi to stay away from the NDC and President Mahama if they want good patronage of their products in the Ashanti region.

«That's the fact of politics today - a party on this side of the House that wants to give people life chances and a Labour opposition that says «stay stuck in poverty»...