Sentences with phrase «time as party leader»

Clark was a former Liberal, having worked as a staffer at the Legislature during Laurence Decore «s time as party leader (Clark's father, Gilbert Clark, was 823 votes away from ending Ralph Klein «s political career when the former mayor first ran for provincial office in Calgary - Elbow in 1989).

Not exact matches

AfD seems certain to repeat its local success in a general election - in which case Ms Merkel's critics will see her as the German leader who paved the way for a racist and nationalist party to gain a toehold in the national parliament for the first time since 1945.

At the same time the Liberal Party, and Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, have made environmentalism a major component of their election platform through a policy initiative known as the Green Shift — an initiative that was the source of considerable discussion and debate in the lead - up to the election.

As the 2008 campaign continues to unfold, the political parties and their leaders will continue to place an emphasis on their economic policies and credentials, while, at the same time, working to downplay and discredit the plans of their opponents.

... Hitler had no time for Wotan, as one can see from his discussion about one of the few Party leaders who took an active Neo-pagan stance — the appropriately named Baldur von Schirach, head of the Hitler Youth movement.

This time around, sources suggest that the party must hold on to at least 30 seats if Clegg is to remain as leader.

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

Miliband took the biggest gamble of his time as leader yesterday when he confirmed that only individual union members who actively opt - in to supporting Labour would contribute to the party, rather than the current system of an automatic «affiliation» fee paid by three million union members.

«For the time being any past leader and even those who held office at the highest level have to be circumspect - including me - about our pronouncements and interventions which might have the exact opposite effect as was intended,» he accepts, before adding: «It doesn't mean that any of us simply should be told to get back in the box and go away, and fail to express a lifetime's experience or commitment to the party, but it does mean we need to be very careful.»

He was the acting Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Labour Party (as chairman of the Parliamentary Labour Party) from 1940 during the time Clement Attlee was in government.

The resignation brings to an end another bruising period for the Conservative party, which saw them associated with a class snobbery Cameron had spent much of his time as leader trying to dispel.

«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State,» Diaz wrote in his «What You Should Know» email at the Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State,» Diaz wrote in his «What You Should Know» email at the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State,» Diaz wrote in his «What You Should Know» email at the time.

That is why the Whitehouse Consultancy has written to the leaders of all three main political parties urging them to work to achieve a political consensus on statutory regulation as soon as parliamentary time allows.

As he now faced yet more attacks from the wider parliamentary party, one old hand waiting outside remarked that he had never sat outside so many PLP meetings, in all his time in Westminster, as he had since Corbyn became leadeAs he now faced yet more attacks from the wider parliamentary party, one old hand waiting outside remarked that he had never sat outside so many PLP meetings, in all his time in Westminster, as he had since Corbyn became leadeas he had since Corbyn became leader.

This weekend's YouGov poll showed him as the least popular leader of any party in modern times.

Whether Osborne is now officially the Tory backbenchers» favourite to replace David Cameron as party leader, as the report suggests, I don't know — but his position is certainly far less vulnerable than it was last summer, when I wrote about it for the Times (#).

Finally, even though Blair is usually regarded as a «dominant» leader by virtue of his force of personality, popular appeal and the very favourable conditions he enjoyed at the start of his premiership, he failed to consolidate his position and was eventually forced by a distrustful parliamentary party to step down at a time not of his own choosing.

Always known as a Corbyn - sceptic, he releases a statement saying he believes it is «time for the party to unite behind a new leader» and serve as an «effective opposition».

The cartoonist Peter Shrank notably depicted Blair as Antony when the then Labour leader was seeking to dilute trade union power early on during his time at the top of the party.

During his monthly press conference yesterday, Mr Blair refused to comment on the party funding review, but his support for a # 50,000 cap would not be unexpected given his efforts to cut the power of the trade unions during his time as Labour leader.

The Republicans have been beating the drum for Silver's resignation for some time now, and are even using their on - line petition as a fund - raising tool (although party leaders appeared to confuse Silver and former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith in their last missive).

Perhaps Paddy Ashdown was right when he wrote at the end of the week that all this trouble was caused by the time of the year; when the silly season stories «give way as they always do, to the press» September pre-conference bombardments on the political parties and their leaders».

Speaking in public for the first time since his resignation as party leader a day after the general election, in which the Lib Dems lost 48 of their 56 MPs, Clegg said his successor deserved the party's «undivided unity and support».

Green councillors will be elected for the first time in Essex, Cornwall and Surrey, the party leader has claimed as she predicted a rise in numbers overall in the May 2 local elections across English shire counties.

But there was fury from Labour figures as the party still lost councillors - the first time in recent memory that's happened in a leader's first year - despite opposing «the most right - wing Tory government ever».

But the prime minister devoted government time to the gay marriage legislation in the belief that it would help reach out to centre ground voters who may feel uncomfortable about supporting a party whose leader voted in favour of the retention of section 28 as recently as 10 years ago.

This is in contrast to a YouGov poll in the Times today which asked a nationwide sample how people would vote with Vince Cable as leader — in YouGov's control question asking how people would vote with the existing party leaders the Lib Dems were on 8 %, if the leaders were Cameron, Miliband and Cable the Lib Dems would still be on 8 %.

The Brooklyn group, Time for Change Consulting, is run by Musa Moore, a pal of Norman from his days as party leader before he was jailed for accepting illegal campaign contributions during his Assembly races.

Smith — who was named the leader for the Democrats after their historic takeover of the state senate for the first time in 43 years in 2008 — stunned his party and the political world last summer when he announced that he was considering a run for mayor as a Republican, according to the New York Post.

On domestic policy, all the candidates are tilting leftwards and are at least attempting to be bold, even if at times they seem to be conducting a private conversation, addressing the party rather than the nation - as Tony Blair did so successfully when he ran for the leadership in 1994, or David Cameron did when he became leader of the Conservative Party in party rather than the nation - as Tony Blair did so successfully when he ran for the leadership in 1994, or David Cameron did when he became leader of the Conservative Party in Party in 2005.

But friends of Kennedy say that he does see a future role for himself in the party, if not as leader for a second time, then, at least, in a very senior role on the Lib Dem front bench.

Mr Ashdown will step down as party leader after the June European elections, and retire as MP for Yeovil at the next general election, but his restless energy is unlikely to be satisfied solely by more time spent at his house in France and with his baby grandson.

But speaking to the Times, Mandelson said anyone who tried to take Labour back to the era before Blair's election as leader in 1994 would wreck the party's chances of a swift return to power.

In theory this could be interpreted to support an argument that a parliamentary party ought to have the power to elect their party leader directly, and indeed, at least historically, parliamentary system parties» leadership electoral procedures usually called for the party's legislative caucus to fill a leadership vacancy by electing a new leader directly by and from amongst themselves, and for the whole succession process to be completed within as short a time frame as practical.

As Ukip prepares to enter Parliament for the first time, leader Nigel Farage reflects on his party's byelection successes.

This introduction aims at putting Dr. Paa Kwesi Nduom, the founder, leader, and sole financier of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) on the spotlight for a good reason as we continue to tease out the salient aspects of Ghanaian politics in our time.

«Consequently, we consider all these as attempts to distract the attention of the former President, at a time when he is busy working with other party leaders and focusing his attention on how to reposition our great party and Nigeria for the challenges ahead.

Maria is the strong, experienced, full - time leader our party needs as we head into the critical 2012 presidential cycle.

But as the Conservatives and Republicans — not to mention Independence Party leaders — appear united behind Serino this time around, Gipson has a tougher road to hoe, though Cuomo has pledged to support the Democrats» push to take back the Senate, so perhaps he'll be more helpful to Gipson in the newbie senator's re-election bid.

Today he announced that the Labour party conference in two weeks» time would be his last as leader, although he said he would not yet be setting a precise timetable - that «has to be left up to me and has to be done in a proper way».

After lambasting Nana Akufo - Addo for what the big - time entrepreneur terms as the New Patriotic Party Presidential Candidate's woeful lack of «wisdom» to be elected President of Ghana — he has yet to inform us about the level of President Mahama's wisdom, if any at all, that qualifies this grossly incompetent Ghanaian leader to be reckoned as a better presidential material than the man he claims to have intimately befriended for quite a while now — Alhaji Asoma Banda now says that what he actually meant was that the three - time NPP Presidential Candidate lacks the requisite wisdom to unite the membership of the country's main opposition party, and therefore Akufo - Addo logically lacks the wisdom to become President of Ghana (See «Nana Addo Has No Wisdom to Unite People — Alhaji Banda» TV3Network.com 12/24Party Presidential Candidate's woeful lack of «wisdom» to be elected President of Ghana — he has yet to inform us about the level of President Mahama's wisdom, if any at all, that qualifies this grossly incompetent Ghanaian leader to be reckoned as a better presidential material than the man he claims to have intimately befriended for quite a while now — Alhaji Asoma Banda now says that what he actually meant was that the three - time NPP Presidential Candidate lacks the requisite wisdom to unite the membership of the country's main opposition party, and therefore Akufo - Addo logically lacks the wisdom to become President of Ghana (See «Nana Addo Has No Wisdom to Unite People — Alhaji Banda» TV3Network.com 12/24party, and therefore Akufo - Addo logically lacks the wisdom to become President of Ghana (See «Nana Addo Has No Wisdom to Unite People — Alhaji Banda» TV3Network.com 12/24/15).

Mr Brown said programmes such as Question Time allowed the public to see party leaders and other MPs debating evolving issues, a democratic opportunity which is not available in other countries such as France and the United States.

That suggests Labour should take it slow over finding the new leader - although possibly not as slow as last time, when they waited until the party conference in September.

He argued: «If you look at the recognition of any party leader, it's always three times as great as the next most recognised person in any party.»

In his resignation letter to David Cameron, Strathclyde said the time was right to leave, having recently clocked up 15 years as leader of the Tories in the Lords, and 25 years on the party's frontbench, having previously served as a whip, chief whip and minister.

The party's leader Nick Clegg told a conference rally in Bournemouth they had to be «realistic» about the promise to abolish tuition fees, as new figures out today show total public borrowing has risen above # 800bn for the first time.

Buerkle has at times been at odds with leaders of her own party in Washington and has been targeted by the Democrats as a Tea Party «extremist.&rparty in Washington and has been targeted by the Democrats as a Tea Party «extremist.&rParty «extremist.»

As Labour MPs gather for the first time since the election defeat, interim leader Harriet Harman says she has commissioned a report looking into why the party performed so badly.

«Have you got confidence in Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party when this country is facing immensely challenging times?

Governor Cuomo gathered with leaders of the legislature to celebrate an on time budget for the second year in a row, but some minority party members weren't as happy.