Sentences with phrase «than the coalition»

Of course, some things would be more straightforward if I was running a Conservative - only administration, rather than a coalition.

55 % says that «single party government is normally better than coalition, as it provides a strong government that can get things done without having to do deals with other parties».

Nearly half of voters thought a Labour government would be cutting public spending by less than the coalition is currently doing.

Only 69 % of Labour voters trust Labour more than the coalition more than Labour to deal with the deficit, 77 % trust Miliband & Balls to run the economy more than Cameron & Osborne.

David Cameron took office having pledged during his campaign to reduce net migration to the «tens of thousands rather than hundreds of thousands,» a commitment that has been reiterated numerous times since then by Cameron and other Conservative ministers (although it is technically a Conservative party goal rather than a coalition government policy).

A surge in Ukip's support, combined with an expected bloodbath for the Liberal Democrats, could leave the eurosceptic party with more seats than the coalition partner.

Our polling suggests that Party members believe that David Cameron should be preparing, as the next election gradually draws nearer, to pursue Majority Conservatism rather than Coalition Conservatism after it - assuming that we gain an overall majority, that is.

Labour politicians have long pointed to their «Plan B», and their deficit reduction strategy that would, apparently, be carried out slower than the Coalition plan, and be less «painful».

The only difference between the two major parties is one of degree, with Labor pushing a higher renewable energy target than the Coalition.

But at the most recent election, Labour was no keener than the coalition parties to argue that governments should still borrow for investment.

According to the National Coalition of Anti-Violence Programs, 23 transgender or gender - fluid people have been homicide victims in the U.S. so far this year, one more than the coalition tallied in all of 2015.

The Emerging Democratic Majority argues that the Democratic Party in the U.S. will have a permanent majority in the near future, because coalitions within the Democrat (e.g. youth, women, ethnic minorities) are growing faster than the coalitions making up the Republican party.

Major losses for the Liberal Democrats could see Ukip emerge with more councillors than the coalition partner.

Yesterday, Ed Balls was at it again, denying on Sky's Murnaghan show that Labour would borrow # 100Bn more than the Coalition over the course of this Parliament.

I have no doubt that Labour will oppose the coalition's cuts from the left, but I don't see how there can be any hope that Labour takes a more liberal position than the coalition, which will disappoint Sunny.

What they mean is they would like to saddle you with # 8,000 more debt than the Coalition.

This is a genuine defence, up to a point, though a weaker and less catch - all one than coalition supporters imply.

Giles Dilnot looks at options, other than a coalition, should no one party win the 2015 general election.

This can be dressed up as a fairer policy approach than the coalition.

If the likes of yourself can reclaim Labour, you know I want little more than a coalition involving both our parties.

Analysis by the charity Care and the Centre for Social Justice has shown that a transferable tax allowance is more pro-poor than the Coalition's flagship tax policy of raising the starting threshold for paying income tax.

Majority Conservatism is viewed by Party members as a better course to pursue as we prepare for the next Parliament than Coalition Conservatism (with its strong points, such as the deficit reduction programme and the Gove / Duncan - Smith reforms, as well as its weak ones).

The authors admit that nobody knows what would have happened, but they challenge this orthodoxy (which the Lib Dem leadership often relies on to argue that a supply - and - confidence arrangement would have been much worse than a coalition);

And was their decision connected in some way with their source's better known ex-husband, who no - one would be keener to send to the wolves than their coalition partners?

Thus, we must analyse why Labor's plan is so much more expensive than the Coalition's.

What he also said in that speech was that at some stage in this parliament the Conservative party rather than the coalition government would publish a bill to provide for a referendum by halfway through the next parliament, so 2017.

Analysis shows that as far as these issues are concerned Conservatives are the focus of attention rather than the coalition government — this helps to explain why Liberal Democrat support has not improved over time.

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.

Asked his view about growth being slower than the coalition might have expected, he agrees that circumstances are «challenging».

While it has more ambitious 2030 abatement targets than the Coalition, it has been particularly silent in reminding voters of its climate policy alternative.

On the other hand, if the economy does continue to grow, if the quality of frontline public services is maintained, and if Labour continues to be blamed more than the coalition for the cuts in benefits and increases in the cost of living, then Osborne will be able to boast a political achievement as dramatic as the spending cuts themselves.

It didn't even seem to matter he was speaking for the Bilderberg Group itself rather than the coalition.

Yet Labour have no constructive suggestions to make about how they would have gone about this better than the coalition, apart (occasionally, and on an extremely inconsistent / garbled basis) from ideas nicked from people like UKUncut, the Greens, non-Orange Lib Dems etc..

Seventy - three per cent of respondents said they would rather see an outright Tory or Labour majority in 2015 rather than another coalition, although the close nature of the polls suggests they may be disappointed.

More people still blame Labour (36 %) than the coalition (27 %) for public spending cuts — figures which gave barely shifted throughout this parliament.

Directly addressing the tensions between his party's right and Liberal Democrats within the coalition, he wrote in an article for the Telegraph newspaper: «Of course, some things would be more straightforward if I was running a Conservative - only administration, rather than a coalition.

- if there was a hung Parliament (current chances: over 50 %, under 66 %, eg 8/11), it is more likely than not that there would be a minority government than a coalition, and the most likely outcome is a Conservative - led minority govt if the party does win most votes, and esp if it wins most votes and seats.

There would have been no question of a lab - Lib Dem, coalition; the Lib Dems bargaining position with the Tories would have been weaker - maybe David Cameron would now lead a minority Conservative government rather than a coalition?

A Conservative MP said some Tory voters think «UKIP speaks more for them than the coalition government» on issues such as immigration, grammar schools and law.

She was speaking to Jo Coburn on the Daily Politics about the Greens potentially looking at a «confidence and supply agreement rather than a coalition» with Labour after the election.

If Labor believes Australian schools need $ 22 billion more than the Coalition is offering, ambit claims won't cut it.