Sentences with phrase «stick it to clegg»

All those Labour voters who voted no, either to stick it to Clegg or because they wanted proportional representation.

Not exact matches

However narrowly Clegg won, the party was always going to stick with him, and his brilliant personal performance during the election campaign consolidated support for him.

But Clegg also went out of his way to disassociate himself from Conservative backbenchers during the press conference, saying the «loopy ideas of Peter Bone» showed that large sections of the party were stuck in the past.

In a clear signal that Mr Clegg will talk to Mr Cameron about coalition deals first, he said: «I have said that whichever party gets the most votes and the most seats has the first right to seek to govern, either on its own or by reaching out to other parties and I stick to that view.

Clegg urged the audience, which included Lib Dem MPs Tom Brake and Tim Farron, to «stick with» the party.

Nick Clegg has made clear he expects Conservative colleagues to «stick to the deal» in the coalition agreement, following a vote on House of Lords reform on Tuesday night in which 91 Tories rebelled.

«Mr Clegg's promise to stick to the coalition's existing spending plans until 2015, «not a penny more, not a penny less», confirms that he is not prepared to inflict more fiscal pain on the country before the election.

It was all teed - up perfectly for Clegg to remind the party faithful (believe me, those of us who've stuck by the party this far really are the faithful) of the key Lib Dem message: «The Liberal Democrats will borrow less than Labour, but we'll cut less than the Tories.

Nick Clegg himself was right to oppose AV before the election, and he should stick to his guns.

But Nick Clegg's party never had any intention of sticking to its election pledge to delay spending cuts until next year.

But Clegg said he accepted the need to preserve Heathrow's status as a hub and that ministers were «not sticking our heads in the sand» as business groups warn that Britain is losing business as new routes open up to China from continental European airports.

He wants to persuade wavering Conservative MPs that his heart and their instincts are as one, therefore encouraging them to put their trust in his motives and intentions... and thus stick with the Government on Mr Clegg's Lords Bill.

But others will stick with the man who has given boldness and decisiveness to get us through and has shown more judgment and backbone than Cameron or Clegg put together.

Mr Clegg wants his party to accept ownership of the whole coalition project, including the bits that stick in many Lib Dem craws.

The apparent success of the Tory party in the polls owes more to the implosion of support for Labour and the ineffectiveness of Clegg (another overgrown rich boy with zero achievement outside politics; they should have stuck with Vince Cable).

Nick Clegg said it was one of those issues where they should all get together and decide how best to fund it but Gordon Brown and David Cameron were sticking to their respective plans for funding although they all agree helping people to stay in their own homes was the best solution.