Sentences with phrase «to hold the balance of power»

Her loss would be a blow for the party's left, wing, which currently holds the balance of power on the powerful body.

But it is a sensible idea to target the marginal constituencies first, where the thoughtful hold the balance of power.

Indeed, despite holding the balance of power when it comes to confirming a second date, women still wanted to be asked rather than do the asking.

I remain intrigued by the prospect of Alex Salmond and dozens of MPs holding the balance of power at Westminster post-election; it will be little more than the main parties deserve after the contemptuous way they treated those inclined to vote yes in the independence referendum.

Andrew Weaver, the Green Party leader who holds who holds the balance of power in B.C., isn't prepared to vote down the government on Site C (and cause an election over the issue) despite the fact that he is equally outraged.

The remarks by Clegg, which are relatively recent, may undermine his claim that he has no preference over a future Lib Dem coalition partner if the party holds the balance of power after the next election.

Now, with The Greens holding the balance of power in the Senate, the government was forced to concede the limits of carbon pricing and adopt additional renewable energy support measures.

A hung parliament could potentially see the Lib Dems holding the balance of power between likely Labour and Tory leaders Gordon Brown and David Cameron - with the chance of cabinet seats if a power - sharing executive is formed.

In the most recent provincial election the Greens won three seats and now hold the balance of power in a minority government by lending their support to the socialist New Democratic Party (NDP) which has formed government.

Far more difficult, though, if after the 2015 election Scottish MPs hold the balance of power in the House of Commons.

The expenses issue will see an increase in the anti-politics vote and a close result could lead to the Lib Dems holding the balance of power.

After the 2010 election, with a hung parliament, and the Liberal Democrats potentially holding the balance of power, AV + was again the subject of discussion, as a potential part of a coalition deal.

But whatever they show, the Liberal Democrats won't have given up hope of holding the balance of power in a hung Parliament, even if their Commons representation looks to be decimated.

Meanwhile, the minor parties have a significant impact on national policy debate by holding the balance of power in the Senate.

Nigel Farage says the Conservatives and Labour both «fear» UKIP holding the balance of power after May's election.

They also maintain that Cameron does not himself want a reform that — leaving aside questions of high principle, and looking only at partisan advantage — would have the severe drawback of leaving the Liberal Democrats holding the balance of power in the upper house.

Jose Mourinho has acknowledged that Marouane Fellaini holds the balance of power in his Manchester United contract negotiations, but believes the midfielder wants to stay.

If their poll numbers hold, then they could end up with about 50 MPs — up from 6 — and so hold the balance of power in any Parliament.

And if the Lib Dems see their number of seats slashed in 2015, it could be their reduced numbers mean they no longer hold the balance of power.

Come November and December 2018, the IDC will likely still hold the balance of power in the Senate, even if they are weakened by this.

Although last week's local election results were hardly inspiring for the Liberal Democrats, they did well enough where they have MPs to suggest that they have the potential to retain enough seats to hold the balance of power again after the 2015 election.

«My ambition would be that Ukip in the next Westminster parliament holds the balance of power, as the Lib Dems did in the last parliament of 2010.»

The disappointment for Nicola Sturgeon and the SNP, of course, is that their powerful block of MPs doesn't hold the balance of power at Westminster, as they'd hoped.

While acknowledging it was possible that the Lib Dems could hold the balance of power if no party won an outright majority, he said: «We will aim to consolidate the position we're in — in second place, having clearly overtaken Labour.»

Nigel Farage has predicted UKIP could hold the balance of power following the next general election after his party gained its first elected MP.

Klein is senate «co-leader,» and his caucus currently holds the balance of power in the state senate.

[13] The Liberal Democrats hoped to make gains from both sides, and possibly hold the balance of power in a hung parliament.

But many Labour MPs fear that an elected Lords would challenge the supremacy of the Commons and they do not see why they should vote for a reform that would allow the Lib Dems to hold the balance of power permanently in the Lords.

The expected poll boost largely failed to materialise, but the Lib Dems still had enough MPs to effectively hold the balance of power in a hung Parliament when the votes had been counted.

Under AV or, particularly, PR the Liberal Democrats would gain MPs and could routinely hold the balance of power.

In Worcester, another hung council, the Conservatives are also the largest party but it's the Greens who hold the balance of power there after picking up an extra seat.

Austria's far - right looks set to be part of the country's next government, with polls showing it on course to hold the balance of power ahead of Austria said on Thursday it has begun organising the repatriation of an estimated 5,000 passengers stranded by the grounding of the airline Niki, a unit of

He even went so far as to predict that Ukip could hold the balance of power at the general election next year.

Ticking off every demand the New Democrats put on their long list — from giving motorists a break on their insurance to delaying and eliminating some corporate tax breaks — the Liberals have thrown down the gauntlet and put the party that holds the balance of power between a rock and a hard place.

Fast forward through five years of coalition government and he's not now so bashful: «Someone is going to hold the balance of power on the 8th of May and it won't be David Cameron or Ed Miliband.

After all, it is the Crown who holds the balance of power in most plea negotiations.

Nevertheless, the existence of minor parties holding the balance of power in the Senate has made divisions in that chamber more important and occasionally more dramatic than in the House of Representatives.

Since then unionism has been in retreat in Scotland, with the Scottish National Party (SNP) increasing its membership four-fold and looking set to emerge as Scotland's dominant party at Westminster, and potentially holding the balance of power.

UKIP held the balance of power in what should have been 20 Conservative seats at the last General Election.

Brown was the leader of the Green Party in the Tasmanian Parliament from 1989 to 1992, when the Greens held the balance of power.

Many people may be impressed by the notion of a party prepared to foreswear the attractions of ministerial cars and salaries, just as the pollsters are prepared to speculate that the Lib Dems may, conceivably, hold the balance of power after the next election and find themselves able to dictate terms.

Moreover, an earlier minor party which held the balance of power in 1996 split in two after a year in coalition with National, with one side supporting the continued National Party led government — and neither half of this party is represented in Parliament today.

«This means that in many cases we would hold the balance of power.»

Moon estimated that in 16 states with a total of 278 votes in the Electoral College, «the Negro, in a close election, may hold the balance of power.»

OPINION: The polls appear to be tightening ahead of next month's election, with renewed interest also in which minor parties may hold the balance of power.