Sentences with phrase «to be in government»

The SNP has been in government for more than a decade, but more to the point, it no longer has an election or referendum on the immediate horizon.

«I do feel sorry for him, because I think, OK, he's got the fun of being in government,» he said.

The political context will, inevitably, shape public policy, irrespective of who is in government.

Indeed, he went so far as to say that he would rather not be in government than depend on the SNP.

His message to the party faithful yesterday was «I'll be in government with anyone», which roughly translates as «I don't believe in anything».

The local authority said it is using # 1.1 m in government funding to improve facilities and help schools promote their meals to pupils.

He added that his party was bound to the Coalition because if it withdrew «we'd never be in government again».

@ 51 — Nope, the Coalition is in government.

Because what took place was in a government office meant for use to take care of our country.

Personally, I think that there should be no question that accountability is in the government hands.

It was decided that the only fair investment was in government bonds, because it was neutral.

For example, one career path may be compliance manager at a pharmaceutical firm and another path may be in government relations.

He touted his experience saying he has been in government for more than 40 years.

Naturally, it is people who were in government that could be accused of corruption.

As to why the State government won't allow congestion pricing, the last time the Labor party was in government in Victoria they copped a lot of stick for allowing any tolls on Eastlink after unwisely having said there wouldn't be any.

«But the problem is, Cameron and Clegg as a duo come across as people who are interested in being in government as an end in itself.

We've recently been in government in Scotland.

It had this status when the Liberal Democrats were in government during the coalition years, but now that the latter party has gone into opposition it is once again attracting disgruntled floating voters, but also «Remoaners» who do not accept the decision of the referendum.

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.

Balls said he respected Osborne for facing down the eurosceptics in his own party, and compared the chancellor's stance to his own decision to refuse to back joining the euro when Labour was in government.

Nick Clegg struck a decidedly cautious tone over Syria today, raising questions about how much support there is in government for David Cameron's increasingly hawkish stance over the conflict.

As the Tories are in government that means a significant perception within the UK of anti-government bias.

There is good reason to take the Lib Dem predicted result in particular with a grain of salt: they have not been in government before and so the model assumes the effect of incumbency is the same as the other two parties.

«Moreover, most voters do not think the Budget would have been better if the Conservatives were in Government now.

«Labour Members were in government until six months ago.

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Put differently, its class interest is in government rather than in the market, in redistribution rather than production of societal wealth.

«Nick Clegg says he will push to ensure no one on the minimum wage pays income tax if the Lib Dems are in government after the next election.

A new report from Canada's Brookfield Institute for Innovation and Entrepreneurship about AI's implications for policy makers found that, to be successful in implementing AI in government, a diversity in conversation must happen.

If an atheist is in the government, he brings his own personal beliefs with him.The most intolerant people in this country are the unreligious.

In response, a Vote Leave spokesman said: «Gordon Brown was in a government that gave away part of our rebate and opened our borders across the EU.

As I suggest above, being in government significantly weakened the incumbency factor.

«David Laws [the then Lib Dem MP] was in government and we didn't see much of him until I think his party realised it was too late,» he said.

But what Clegg's transformation from civil libertarian to state authoritarian really shows us is just how far being in government can change you.

But PR would not have prevented governments pursuing right - wing neo-liberal policies because, as we are now seeing, the «Liberals» are happy to support them and they would have been in government almost continuously.

Too often, this information is in government file cabinets, or in documents that aren't electronically searchable, or scattered throughout state agencies and their websites,» he said.

Officials of the New Patriotic Party who were in government during the CAN 2008 tournament said Woyome did no work to be paid that whopping sum of money.

He made noises about «getting back to work» and the budget, talked about being black and blind, indicated he wasn't planning any major changes to his predecessors more controversial policies, and became the first human being in government to express sympathy for Spitzer himself.

«If it was that when you inherit a government, then you are coming to meet a pile of money, then there is no business being in government because you simply are coming to do nothing.

Of course there are important differences between the two situations: the Liberal Democrats are a much stronger party than their southern sister, and the Liberal Democrats are in government here, rather than just hitched to a specific piece of legislation.

«It is one of the strangest things being in government as you agree with certain proposals and then it passes out of your out tray and you do not think of it for some time,» he said.

You've been in government way too long and have no understanding how business works nor do you really care so long as NY continue to dole out the freebies.

Little good it did them, as they will most likely be in the government with another right wing party ÖVP who had the most votes in the 2017 election.

«The PAYEE account as a result of deductions from workers is not up to N850 million in actual fact, but the figure was inflated so that the balance would end up in private pocket while the fake figure is in government's books,» Olatunbosun said.

Both, it turned out, were that the party were in government after Labour had messed it up.