Sentences with phrase «think majority government»

This especially matters if we either think majority government may be less common in future (for which there is good evidence) and / or also wish to actively promote a more pluralist political culture, as John does, and which I agree is both quite probably inevitable and potentially desirable.

Not exact matches

Small and medium companies across the country that have contracts with the prime (think of a parts manufacturer for a car or airplane company) or with the government are eligible in the vast majority of cases.

(For all the fights the 2012 budget sought to pick with the Yankees and the environmentalists, there were a lot of hangdog expressions at Hy's that night among Conservatives who had hoped for real small - government conservatism from a majority government and thought Flaherty had delivered thin gruel.)

* 44 per cent of Canadians think Harper's majority government is «working well,» while 56 per cent don't think it is.

The election of a majority Liberal government not only saw high - profile changes in rhetoric — think, «Canada is back» — but also equally lauded announcements on accepting 25,000 refugees from Syria, international peacekeeping, or a bid for a seat on the United Nations Security Council, among others.

For all those reasons, it is a remarkable failure not only that Canada's mining machinery industry remains underdeveloped, capable of meeting only a small portion of the mining industry's needs in Canada (let alone globally)-- but, worse yet, that Canadian governments haven't even seriously thought about how to translate our growing resource extraction industry into a larger domestic mining machinery capbility. We've never seriously tried to make those connections. Which explains why the vast majority of the sophisticated, expensive, high - tech equipment used in our mines is imported.Â

In America's Forbes Magazine this week, Alejandro Chafuen praised the leadership of the conservative policy think - tanks that helped set the stage for the election of Prime Minister Stephen Harper's Conservative majority government in 2011 and the success of conservative politicians across the country.

By the way the government in Utah acts you would think the majority of the state was Mormons.

«The Supreme Court's Catholic majority seems to think that, because many prayers before government meetings take on a ceremonial aspect, the actual content of the prayers doesn't really matter, Kagan continues.»

Nance, why is it you guys on the Left always think that having an insurance policy against government tyranny is a stupid idea, when the majority of peoples throughout the world are THIS VERY DAY being oppressed by their governments, and have absolutely no way to defend themselves against false imprisonment, torture, and overall tyranny.

«I think what is happening in America right now, and it goes beyond Donald Trump and the presidential race, is that a majority of Americans feel the government needs to let us compete as individuals, to let America compete, and to stop coddling us and protecting us from competition and ourselves.

He only gave the commitment to hold a referendum because he never thought there would be a majority Tory government.

I think those are mostly debates about the nature of the government and Parliament that we elect - likelihood of single - party majority or coalition government, etc - and the issue of individual candidate selection is a relatively low priority (though I accept some, particularly STV supporters, might give that a higher priority).

«I think one of the things, at least in my experience in my seven years in the Senate with the majority or the co-majority for two of the years, where we've been successful is that we've always put government first,» Gallican said.

«She's been in government, she's in tune with the majority of people in this country... I think she would be an extremely good prime minister.»

The vast majority of voters think the government should cancel the reduction in the top rate of tax from 50 % to 45 %.

If we get another coalition, deals have to get done inevitably behind closed doors and people don't get exactly what they voted for, and I think people are ready for a majority government: They like the decisiveness, they like the accountability, and I'm going to fight for that pretty hard.

People know that I will take the steps that are in the national interest but I think I am perfectly entitled as the leader of a political party to say that I will spend the next 50 days fighting for a majority government.

The nub of the question is this: Does Labour think of political success in terms of the return of another majority Labour government?

Though a majority of Joiners said in the poll that they thought Labour had learned the right lessons from its time in government, much of this is wishful thinking: in discussion, they struggle to think of any evidence that Labour has changed or learned, often insisting simply that «they must have done».

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.

Much of the discussion of the party's future still seems to assume that the goal is the return of a majority Labour government, a way of thinking that is really quite at odds with the reforms, e.g., proportional representation, which are necessary for genuine and fundamental democratic renewal.

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.

A new Siena College poll finds a majority of New Yorkers thInk legislative ethics reforms will do little or nothing to reduce state government corruption.

It is thought that as many as 100 Labour MPs could now back the Government's plans to bomb Isil targets in Syria - enough to give David Cameron a comfortable majority.

The English system prioritizes the achievement of accountable majority government over representativeness, so whether you think this is democratic or not depends on your stance on that issue.

So, no one apart from seemingly the Labour or Tory leaderships thinks there's going to be a majority government after May 7?

That overwhelming majority has taken control of two of the branches of government; what do you think the judiciary is going to do about it?

More than three quarters of all voters, including a clear majority of those who intend to vote Labour on Thursday, think the last Labour government «must accept a large part of the blame» for Britain's economic problems; Mr Miliband is unlikely to succeed in his campaign to persuade the electorate that this idea is a «big lie» put about by the coalition.

«I don't think anyone would like to shut the government down,» said Assembly Majority Leader Joseph Morelle, a Rochester - area Democrat.

A majority of members (53 per cent) think Labour is now on course to be in government in 2020, but if Corbyn was replaced only 42 per cent think Labour would win the next general election.

The 2020 «is trying to do the longer - term thinking... setting out a compelling, radical and progressive vision of where conservatism is going», and its key policy aim is to find the answer to the question: «What would the country look like after a successful majority Conservative government» - i.e. in 2020.

The Lib Dems had begun months before to think seriously about participating in a coalition if the electorate gave no one party an overall majority, and Cameron and Osborne had ruthlessly done a constituency audit and come to the conclusion that it was highly unlikely they could form a single - party government.

Whatever people may think of New Labour's achievements, faults and mistakes, there is an enormous difference between the timidity with which a government with a majority of 170 + proceeded in its first term, carefully implementing its incremental manifesto but always looking over its shoulder in search of the «daily mandate», and the astonishing bullishness of this Coalition despite the hung parliament.

The Tories do seem to be ahead by default, not because people are excited by them, but because they think they would do a better job than a government the large majority (64 % to 21 %) are disatisfied with: this poll shows 38 % think David Cameron and the Conservatives would do a better job, with only 24 % thinking they'd do worse.

But if Cameron is, in Stephan's view, lilkely to remain PM he thinks it unlikely that he'll be leader of a majority Conservative government.

Whilst the Coalition Government is working better than I think anyone expected, the truth is that if we want a Conservative Government which has a working majority we need to win another 35 - 40 seats — but from where?

«I think we would be in the wilderness for as much as 15 years because all the changes that the Conservative majority government would bring in would actually not be about fairness or equity or even sharing power, it would be about excluding the Labour party,» he told BBC Radio 4's Today programme.

Viewers picked holes pretty quickly in Clegg's «Lib Dems for coalition» pitch to conference, pointing out that his condemnation of single - party rule therefore undermines any argument that Lib Dem majority (or minority) government rule would be preferable, thus making his much - applauded line «In an ideal world, I wouldn't have to work with either of them because I'd be Prime Minister on my own thank you very much — and I'd like to think I'd do a better job too» fall rather flat.

A majority of British Christians think the government should set a timetable for the withdrawal of troops from Afghanistan, a poll has suggested.

So, I think if there's an opportunity — as there appears to be here — and on an issue where David Cameron appears to be out of touch with majority English opinion as well, to actually remind the government how slender their majority is.»

I think most people would like to see a change of government but do you really think its healthy for democracy for one part to hold such a large majority?

«When I take a step back and think about what my constituents want, they want better representation in government,» said Joseph Lorigo, the Legislature's Majority Leader.

«Let the people decide on 7 May but I want a majority Labour government because I think it's the best thing for the country», he added.

«With no - one seriously thinking we'll have a majority Government at Westminster, the choice is between who will help form the next gGovernment at Westminster, the choice is between who will help form the next governmentgovernment.

«The other effect of course of UKIP in the campaign was I think there's little doubt that because of UKIP, Cameron was unable to form a majority government and, and do I feel guilty about that?

Asked what they think the result will actually be, 59 % expect a hung Parliament, only 18 % expect a majority government.

they think by opposing AS and the majority government is a good strategy, i think not, they lost enough labour voters at the last election because of the same tactics i can see them lose a lot more if they stick to the status quo.

He said: «We are on the path of building a majority government for Labour... I think they should calm down and listen to their members.»

But a source close to official party thinking on the issue tells me that, even with a working majority, it is unlikely a Conservative government would take it on.