Sentences with phrase «time the government won»

The last time any government won a by - election was in 1983, and with Labour considerably behind in the nationwide polls and Corbyn's popularity low, a gain in either seat would be a remarkable victory for the Conservatives and further evidence that they are dominating the post-Brexit political landscape (though, as Matt Singh points out on NumberCruncherPolitics, it would be even more remarkable than this).

This time the government won, but the rules remained mired in lower courts and were never fully implemented.

Not exact matches

If the government wins, this case will be cited as legal precedent in hundreds of cases going forward, just as the DOJ cites the 1977 ruling that ordered New York Telephone to give the FBI access to a suspect's pen register (the file that contains the time and phone number of every call).

People queuing up for Mega Millions tickets aren't the only ones salivating over the record $ 540 million jackpot that could be won Friday — some state governments struggling through lean times know a hometown winner would bring a tax bonanza.

The «Squawk on the Street» crew weigh in on the Justice Department's demand AT&T sell Time Warner to win government approval to merger.

Antitrust lawyers were scratching their heads over the government's insistence that AT&T sell key assets to win approval to buy Time Warner.

In 1996, the only time in history a British Columbia government won without a plurality, Gordon Campbell of the BC Liberals decided to rest on his oars and lost.

While I spent a considerable amount of time knocking on doors for candidates in Edmonton, I was also working with a group of MLAs, lawyers and former PC cabinet ministers on what would have been the plan to transition the Liberals into government if the party had won that election ten years ago today.

Varney asked Stockman about a New York Times column by Nobel Prize - winning economist Paul Krugman in which Krugman argued now isn't the time for government austerity.

It's Harper's first visit to Israel since winning power in 2006, though he wasted little time in shifting his government's Middle East policy towards the Jewish state.

A liberalisation of contractor laws could provide the federal government with a much - needed win in the Senate, with key independent senator and former building industry tycoon Bob Day a long - time advocate of independent contracting.

Usyk represents Ukraine internationally, and spends time with the ATO soldiers; I suspect that he'd have a good chance winning a public showdown with some corrupt government ministry.

Hence, in times of disasters and emergencies, WIN believes that donations of milk products must be allowed as long as such donations are coursed through the government authorities concerned.

Ball, of course, went on to win the seat vacated by the now - incarcerated Vinnie Leibell, who made a quixotic run for county executive even though he was under investigation by the federal government at the time.

If it is the case that not intervening would have led to a significant massacre within this week / fortnight, there is a pragmatic lesser evil case for on balance supporting a not very well thought through intervention (the US has clearly not spent a long time doing this), and a stalemate, and then looking to the Arab League to mediate a political settlement over time in which the government can't win by massacre.

The Fixed - term Parliaments Act (FTPA) was introduced by the Conservative - Liberal coalition government in 2011, primarily to prevent David Cameron, the prime minister at the time, from seizing on the first significant poll lead for the Conservatives to call an early election and win a Conservative majority.

If Labour goes ahead with its plan to argue for more time and oppose the government motion, and if three dozen Tory and Liberal Democrat backbenchers join forces, then, with the support of at least some of the minor parties, a government defeat or a pyrrhic win is far from impossible.

However, it is unlikely to win plaudits for the Party if, at the same time as making the case for far more active government, the Party insists on taking credit for Conservative measures — above all the fiscal mandate — which have frustrated recovery and intensified Britain's economic problems.

«We are going to win all nine seats on Long Island this year because no one wants to go back to the time when New York City Democrats controlled our entire state government and enacted the MTA payroll tax,» Reif said.

David Cameron, prime minister of a majority government, had to carefully time his parliamentary vote on airstrikes over Syria in order to win.

The president told the people that his government had not discriminated against the people of Sekondi and Takoradi even though the NDC has not won the seats for a very long time.

The Akufo - Addo government wasted no time in implementing the Free SHS programme after winning power in the 2016 elections.

> How ConservativeHome reported the Bombardier decision at the time: Eurosceptic Hammond seeks way of giving UK manufacturers a better chance of winning UK government contracts

Those seats we can win and «need» to form the next Government are most easily assessed via the swing required for us to win, compared to last time round.

10:39 - «Some of your questioning is behind the times,» Brown suggests - companies are already winning out because of government action.

In addition to John Preston becoming President, Ray McCann today becomes Deputy President and Glyn Fullelove Vice President of CIOT.1 On tax simplification John Preston will say: «Whichever party wins on June 8th, we hope they take seriously the unquestionable need to simplify the UK tax system... Whilst the OTS has achieved a great deal under John [Whiting]'s leadership and, I'm sure, will continue the great work under his successor Paul Morton, it must feel at times that they are fighting with one hand tied behind their back with the Government deciding certain reforms are simply politically unacceptable.

In 15 years, in fact: they were fighting seats won in their 2008 high - water mark, in broadly urban seats, after two years of being in government at a time of tough spending cuts.

The Buffalo News has partnered with PolitiFact.com — a Pulitzer Prize - winning fact - checking website run by the Tampa Bay Times — to launch PolitiFact New York, which will augment the political and government coverage already provided by The News» Albany bureau chief, Tom Precious.

In 1974, Labour supporters protested at Heath's attempt to hang on when he had not won the largest number of seats but Harold Wilson bided his time before forming a minority government.

Democrats won two special elections for the New York State Senate on Tuesday, theoretically giving them a one - vote advantage in that chamber, and full control of state government, for the first time in years.

Hawkins» unsuccessful political past hasn't bogged him down — he ran for mayor of Syracuse in 2005 and has run for office in local, city and state government more than 20 times without winning a single election.

Reflecting on his time with the Association, John said: «Recognition by government in the appointment to the Building Regulations Advisory Committee in 2006 was an early win.

Next time round the Lib Dems hope to win votes from Labour voters dis illusioned with the government's performance and Tory voters angry at William Hague's lurch to the right.

The CDU - CSU won an outright majority — to date, the only time a German party has been elected to a majority government in a free election (the CDU and CSU sit as a single bloc in the Bundestag).

72 per cent of British adults believe Ed Miliband should spend more time outlining what Labour would do in government if they won the next General Election, according to an ITV News Index poll.

Backbench bills have to clear the same path as other bills, but the problems for them is a lack of Parliamentary time unless they win some backing from the government and party whips.

The key to winning support in the Senate, according to DeFrancisco, is easing up on state - mandated programs and costs to local governments while at the same time acknowledging that some communities have taken steps to curb costs and consolidate services.

If they are to form a new government, they need to win seats from the government and their opponents make «gains» and keep or «hold» all the seats they had last time.

Even Harold Wilson didn't always succeed in early elections - the 1970 General Election which the Conservatives won unexpectedly and the October 1974 General Election despite Edward Heath being still Conservative leader only had limited success - in fact the only time that such a strategy of holding an early election has worked since 1945 for a government has been for Harold Wilson while Edward Heath was Conservative leader, because it worked people assume that somehow Harold Wilson was some kind of elections genius when in fact he might just have been lucky that he wasn't faced by someone more electable.

A former government whip today called on Lord Mandelson to tell Gordon Brown it is time to step down as prime minister to save Labour's chances of winning this year's general election.

For the first time, the Chinese government has revoked a major technology award because the prize - winning work turned out to be fraudulent.

The big government (s) at the time were still considering whether a preemptive nuclear first strike might be a good strategy (the idea that World War III could be won in a few days or a week and without a lot of collateral damage)-- or not.

Three years ago, the last time the Russian filmmaker was here, he garnered widespread attention for Leviathan, his acclaimed, partially state - funded tale of corruption that was seen as challenging Vladimir Putin's government and which won the best screenplay award.

But all this changed in 2011 when Republicans won control of the House for the first time since Reconstruction, while maintaining the Governor's Mansion and the Senate, Finally, Republicans had near total control of the policymaking levers of state government.

The government will seek «whatever measures necessary» to firm up term - time holiday rules, ministers have vowed after a dad who took his daughter to Disney World won a landmark ruling in the High Court.

We all know the government doesn't dole out 4 - star safety ratings all the time, so it's incredibly exciting to see a great crossover SUV like the Jeep Patriot win such a great safety rating.

The lender (fed government) would win because a large influx of cash would come into their coffers in a short amount of time (one in the hand is worth 2 in the bush).

The big government (s) at the time were still considering whether a preemptive nuclear first strike might be a good strategy (the idea that World War III could be won in a few days or a week and without a lot of collateral damage)-- or not.

During his time with Howes Percival, Andrew has been instrumental in guiding the firm's growth from leading the team that won significant government contracts in 1996, to helping oversee the investment and expansion programme rolled out by the firm nationally in the last three years.

Often times, government will aggressively litigate until the end, only to tell the appellate court that fees to a successful party were excessive or multipliers unjustified despite the contingency risk absorbed by the winning party's counsel showing great acumen to prevail in the matter.