Sentences with phrase «talks with party leaders»

The chancellor Gordon Brown will also hold further talks with party leaders to agree an economic package for the devolved government.

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Democratic Unionist Party (DUP) leader Ian Paisley has today met with Ireland's top Catholic cleric in historic talks.

Not surprisingly, state Conservative Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot Party Chairman Mike Long is not at all pleased with the talk in Albany these days of going away with so - called fusion voting by repealing or amending the Wilson - Pakula statute that requires candidates who aren't enrolled in a particular party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot party to get permission from that party's leaders to run on their ballot party's leaders to run on their ballot line.

I will continue to talk with my family and party leaders and a decision will be made sooner rather than later.»

«I was pleased with the positive feedback I received from Party members and leaders around the state when I talked about the need to fundamentally restructure our entitlement systems, our tax code and health care,» Carvin said.

This felt like the deputy prime minister dealing with a pack of very predictable journalists, not a party leader sweet - talking his supporters.

The Liberal Democrat leader said he was «absolutely not» involved in talks with the Conservative party.

Moreover, given that Ashdown's interventions were made working hand - in - glove with the leadership, it is more plausible he was going * public * on the possibility during talks to give credence to it being serious (for party opinion, and Tory pressure) rather than that he would be risking a rift between current and former leaders.

Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, is seeking urgent talks with Corbyn in an attempt to broker a compromise that would prevent the party plunging into a snap leadership contest, as Angela Eagle prepares to launch a challenge by the end of the day.

Despite talk of a surprise win for Cooper it is still looking far more likely that Jeremy Corbyn will emerge as the next leader of the Labour party with all the polls still showing him well ahead.

They also met with Chele Chiavacci Farley, a private equity executive and party fundraiser from Manhattan who had been talking to party leaders about challenging Gillibrand.

The Independence party leader, finance minister Bjarni Benediktsson, whose name also appeared in the leaked documents in connection with a Seychelles - based company of which he once owned a third, was holding talks with Grímsson, who flew back early from the US to sound out all of Iceland's parliamentary party representatives as the island's political crisis deepened on Tuesday.

The potential endorsement of Cynthia Nixon in the race for governor by the Working Families Party is leading some labor leaders to consider forming their own ballot line this fall, sources with direct knowledge of the talks on Thursday said.

The leaders of Scotland's main political parties are set for anxious talks with Liam Fox to raise concerns over the impact of defence cuts.

The 64 - year - old will look for a new role within the Labour party following talks with leader Ed Miliband.

The conference speech comes at the end of a gruelling few days where Prime Ministers are expected to tour the conference, dropping in to a myriad of events with party members desperate to see and hear their leader mingle and talk to them.

Party backing Following Clegg's speech to the crowd chief Lib Dem negotiator David Laws delivered a statement declaring that the party fully backed their leader in pursuing talks with the ConservatParty backing Following Clegg's speech to the crowd chief Lib Dem negotiator David Laws delivered a statement declaring that the party fully backed their leader in pursuing talks with the Conservatparty fully backed their leader in pursuing talks with the Conservatives.

Deputy leader Mr Watson began talks earlier in the week with Unite general secretary Len McCluskey, a supporter of Mr Corbyn, in an attempt to negotiate a compromise between the leadership and the parliamentary party.

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In Germany in 2013, SPD convention delegates voted by 196 votes in favour to 31 against, with two abstentions, before entering coalition talks with Merkel (though party leaders had already themselves ruled out a coalition with the Greens and Die Linke).

Ex-Vice president, Atiku Abubakar has began secret talks with some leaders of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

Faso began talking up Gibson among local Republican leaders and helped connect him with party machers who helped him raise money and choked off support for other would - be candidates, allowing Gibson to skip a primary.

He has, however, talked with Senate Majority Leader John Flanagan, whose push to retain the GOP's lone toehold in state government will be the state party's next big challenge.

Amber and Caroline talked to Ed Balls for so long that he was late for his meeting with the party leader.

UKIP's leader has spoken of running joint candidates at future elections after talks with some Conservative associations and one local Labour party.

The letter read, «I maintain, based on the reliable information of the attendees, that your meeting with the party leaders go beyond mere a «meeting» or «assembly and talk» as observed in your letter.

But the Guardian understands that there have been no formal talks about such reconciliation and the leader is not ready to do a deal with the parliamentary Labour party over how he puts together his frontbench team.

Obasanjo, who is the leader of the Coalition for Nigeria Movement, had also been having talks with the Nigeria Intervention Movement and over 30 political parties.

«I think the budget that was passed in both chambers is a terrible budget for the state of Connecticut,» House Speaker Joe Aresimowicz, D - Berlin, said Thursday after emerging from closed - door talks with Malloy and legislative leaders from both parties.

Tom Watson, the party's deputy leader, earlier announced «with regret and sadness» that there was little to be achieved in persisting with talks with the unions due to Corbyn's refusal to step down.

There are many issues facing this area and Ulster County, but I feel an important issue is to report to the people of Marbletown and Rosendale at Town Board meetings, talk with local government leaders and when I'm able to, go to local party meetings and get their feedback directly, face - to - face, and let them know what is being discussed at legislature meetings.

It is difficult to imagine a party leader talking with less conviction.

With shock exit poll suggesting Labour will lose seats, including almost total wipeout in Scotland, party sources are already talking of Harriet Harman as caretaker leader

Many activists I talked with during the movement's rapid rise considered him «antithetical to everything the Tea Party stands for,» as one Wisconsin Tea Party leader told me, and their philosophy of fiscal restraint and limited government was much closer to the libertarian - leaning Kochs than to Rove and the party establishParty stands for,» as one Wisconsin Tea Party leader told me, and their philosophy of fiscal restraint and limited government was much closer to the libertarian - leaning Kochs than to Rove and the party establishParty leader told me, and their philosophy of fiscal restraint and limited government was much closer to the libertarian - leaning Kochs than to Rove and the party establishparty establishment.

As leader of the third largest party, Clegg had announced that the Liberal Democrats would enter talks with whichever party held the greater number of seats.

«There is a very distinct difference in talking about something and having a great platform and actually doing something about it,» Espaillat said in an interview, listing his success enacting legislation in the Assembly and going against party leaders when he disagreed with them.

Better huddle with the working families party communist leaders to come up with some new talking points.

Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg is briefing the party's executive members and MPs at 8.30 pm after a further day of talks with the Conservatives.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced his intention to stand down as Labour leader, as the party begins formal talks with the Liberal Democrats about the possibility of forming a government.

News of Ravitch's potential candidacy is coming to light as talks on a major W.F.P. priority — public campaign finance — have broken down, and as the governor continues to line up labor leaders allied with the third - party to try and convince its state committee to support him.

Merkel, as party leader, will start talks with other parties to form a governing coalition.

The finding in the ITV News Index is revealed on the day leader Ed Miliband made a key speech on the issue and was forced to disown a leaked party document telling members to avoid talking about the subject with voters.

McMahon, a one - term Democratic congressman who lost re-election to Grimm in 2010, said he is talking it over with family, and «it's something that I will talk about with my friends and supporters, something I will talk about with party leaders and other elected officials.

The leader has pledged to campaign «on all the things that matter», saying anyone within the party with disagreements should «come and talk about it».

Gordon Brown announces his intention to step down as Labour leader by the autumn as the prime minister also reveals his party could start formal coalition talks with the Liberal Democrats.

Welsh Tory leader Nick Bourne (who blogs here) has long hoped to put his Tory group into a grand coalition but that hope only became feasible when Mike German AM pulled out of talks to put his LibDem group into coalition with Rhodri Morgan's Welsh Labour party.

The Tea Party leaders and many of the new members of Congress they supported appear to take their cues from the talk - radio folks, not only in their policy positions and rhetoric, but also with their bully mentality.