Sentences with phrase «than a conservative government»

The Prime Minister said: «I am determined to win this seat back at the next general election because anything other than a Conservative government will put our recovery at risk and Ed Miliband in Downing Street.»

Speaking at Paddington Station in central London on Friday morning, Mr Cameron said, «anything other than a Conservative government will put our [economic] recovery at risk and mean Ed Miliband in Downing Street.»

Just 37 % said a Labour government led by Ed Miliband would be better for Scotland than a Conservative government led by David Cameron.

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The Federal Reserve's ultra-low interest - rate policy since the financial crisis may have lent support to a listless economy and made the government's massive debt a lot easier to finance, but it's been more than hard on retirees and conservative savers.

That's because, rather than handing the capital over to any one of 17 government agencies with a finger in the innovation pie, or giving the money to the Business Development Bank of Canada, which deployed just $ 408 million of its $ 18.4 billion balance sheet to the venture capital industry, the Conservatives have decided to invest that money directly in entrepreneurs.

«It is the first time the Libertarian ticket will have more government experience than the Republican ticket, and that is astonishing,» says Stan Veuger, a resident scholar and economist at the American Enterprise Institute, a conservative think tank in Washington, D.C.

Over the years, the Conservative government has thrown investors the occasional bone — the biggest being the introduction of the tax - free savings account in the 2008 budget — but since then it's done little more than tinker when it comes to helping the plight of Canadian savers.

On this basis they could form a majority government, or even a minority government with more seats than the Conservatives.

What began as a small, focused Enbridge campaign with northern First Nations grew into a political juggernaut that arguably contributed to the Harper government's 2015 defeat, after the pro-tanker Conservative party lost more votes in B.C. than in the rest of the country combined.

This would show that the Conservative government could be trusted to manage the fiscal affairs of the government better than any other political party.

While Germany's official Energiewende strategy calls for a transition from fossil fuel and nuclear energy to renewable energy, and reduction of emissions by 40 percent by 2020 compared to 1990 levels, the recently formed German government is more conservative than the previous governments.

The Conservative government has run a deficit since 2008 - 09 and, has left future generations of Canadians additional debt of more than $ 150 billion.

Less information is now provided to the public in budgets than under previous Liberal and Conservative governments; the authority of Parliament over government spending has been weakened; the understanding of Canadians as to what the government is actually planning to do in the budget has been eroded.

He praised the Conservative government's use of other tools, especially tightening mortgage insurance rules no less than four times, to encourage sensible borrowing.

In the year since Scheer took over, the Conservatives have gradually reversed to the less - than - sunny tone that was a defining feature of their recent governments.

Today's challenges are different than those in 2005, and our priorities reflect the changes that are needed after ten years of Harper's Conservative government.

The deficit figures of 2009 were a source of great controversy in the past, as the then outgoing government under conservative Kostas Karamanlis was accused of fraud by claiming the deficit to be much less than it actually was.

That in itself is new: interviews with several senior Conservatives suggest Harper's PMO is already less overbearing than the versions that endured constant minority government uncertainty, and that at least a few ministers have more latitude to take strong initiatives.

Here we go again — with less than two weeks to go before Canadians were to decide on their new government, the old Conservative government signed a tentative trade agreement that will (if ratified) have a profound impact on the future of Canada.

I support the NDP government's decision continue investing in public services and much - needed public infrastructure projects rather than slashing - and - burning, as the opposition conservative would do.

As Mr. Prentice tries to scare conservatives into re-electing his party to a 13th term in government, one poll conducted by ThinkHQ shows most Albertans surveyed said they were more afraid of a re-elected PC government than a Wildrose or NDP government.

The Conservatives also recommend that the Government focus on the annual deficit as its fiscal anchor rather than the debt - to - GDP ratio.

Many of the largest banks in the Middle East posted record earnings in 2012, as they continued to pursue conservative lending policies in a region that is growing faster than most, thanks to high oil prices and extravagant government spending.

Thus, it is no surprise when empirical research shows that Justin Bieber Blog people who are believers give more of their time and resources to the needy than do unbelievers, and people who cherish limited government (conservatives) give more than welfare - state liberals.

I will remain in my local conservative congregation that instinctively knows better than to embrace such dangerous and foolhardy notions as world government.

My own postmodern and conservative view is that the era of big government is more over than not.

Additionally, he displays a more Christian view of the world and humanity than any Conservative / Republican in government these days, as he fights for the poor and not corporations, who some politicians believe are people.

Whether the issue is size of government, or taxes, or abortion, a larger fraction of nonwhite voters are (moderately) on the conservative side of the issue than voted for Romney.

Any effective conservative anti-poverty program is going to have to often something better than the life of government dependence, handouts and hopelessness that the Democrat Party has pushed for too long.

Mr Cameron has said a Conservative government would continue Mr Blair's commitment to city academies rather than pushing for a return to grammar schools and the 11 plus.

I am just pointing out what the record IS - and that it almost certainly does include making our economy less unequal than it would be under the policies of the previous Conservative government.

As a result, conservatives and libertarians typically take a more narrow view of the legal powers of the federal government than do liberals.

The conservative says: «If we destroy the state we get chaos and anarchy that's worse than the bad government that we have in place.»

In fact my excellent team of Lib Dem and Conservative Ministers is doing more to stop or reverse unnecessary regulation than any previous government.

If Labor had more seats than the conservatives, but still not enough to form a government, there's no reason to assume that the DUP or SF would not happily go into government with them.

Loose constructionists (mostly liberals) tend to view the powers granted to the federal government by the commerce clause much more broadly than do originalists (mostly conservatives and libertarians.)

A further chunk are worried but would still rather have the SNP influencing the government than see the Conservatives back in power.

I knew that Republican politicians are very much in favor of big government (arguably more than Democrats) but I didn't think that was a particularly conservative stance.

Most Liberal Democrat activists want the party to support Labour rather than the Conservatives in government after the next general election, a poll has found.

Of course, it is true that population growth of any kind puts pressure on infrastructure, but in reality falling investment in public services represents a political choice by the current Conservative government, which has opted to spend the tax revenues generated by immigrants and refugees on tax cuts for businesses and reducing the deficit rather than expanding healthcare and education provision.

It is in this sense that Modern American Conservatism is conservative to Americans: The tenants of the nation was that governments exist by consent of the govern, individualism, and that local governments should have more power to interfere with individuals than state governments, which should have more power than the national government (Jeffersonian Democracy).

But how would it go down in the new - look cabinet boasting more state educated ministers than any previous Conservative government?

At the same event, home office minister Jeremy Browne gave away a vastly different opinion of future dealings with the Conservatives, declaring himself whole - heartedly «proalition» and calling this government the «most stable» he has seen in his lifetime, arguing that it is «more responsible» than previous governments - a far cry from Farron's celebration of dischord.

But they are likely to have more power to influence a Conservative - led government than a Labour one because the Con - Lib policy preference gap is greater than the Lab - Lib one, especially on Europe.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

Note also that targetting the Conservatives rather than the government is not likely to be a particularly rewarding stratergy for the Liberal Democrats.

He tells Sunday Live he believes the Conservatives and Lib Dems will «cobble together» an agreement but that stable government is «much, much more important than some squabble over the voting system.»»

And influential think - tanks such as the Resolution Foundation and the Social Market Foundation are now giving credence to the idea that the Liberal Democrats and the Labour Party may have more credible post-2015 deficit reduction strategies than a majority Conservative government.

Now I think I am perfectly entitled to spend 50 days arguing why that's good, why a Conservative majority government would be better than coalition, and I think actually if we are talking about people getting a fair choice, my argument is that if you elect a majority government you have got a manifesto, you can hold us to our promises.

The Greens are currently claiming on ITV that the collapse in Lib Dem support and switch to them reflects the toxicity of their association with the Conservative Party: #BESFactCheck suggests that it is more likely reflect the fact that voters do not credit the Liberal Democrats with any of the major successes or the failures of the coalition government: fewer than one in five voters believe that the Lib Dems in government have been responsible for the upturn in the economy, changes in the NHS, changes in levels of crime, changes in levels of immigration and changes in the standards of education.