Sentences with phrase «under party leader»

Joining the Conservatives, he was elected MP for Henley in 2001, and under party leaders Michael Howard and David Cameron he was in the Shadow Cabinet.

Not exact matches

The leader of Germany's socialist party is under heavy pressure to fix the country's political stalemate.

The leader of Germany's socialist party is under heavy pressure to fix the country's political stalemate — despite the experienced lawmaker not being involved in recent coalition talks.

Trudeau's Liberal Party under a former leader swept to power in 1993 and won three subsequent elections — all of them while interest rates were stable or falling and the economy was relatively strong.

The strength of any long - ruling political party is the ability to reinvent itself under new leaders and changing circumstances.

Currently held by former PC MLA and now Liberal Party leader Raj Sherman, the next vote will be a test of his personal popularity as he runs under his new party's baParty leader Raj Sherman, the next vote will be a test of his personal popularity as he runs under his new party's baparty's banner.

The constituency is currently represented by Liberal Party leader Raj Sherman, who was elected under the PC banner in 2008.

Leader Greg Clark became the first MLA elected under the Alberta Party banner when he unseated PC Education Minister Gordon Dirks in Calgary - Elbow in in May 2015.

This frightened party leaders, who immediately threw him under the bus.

It may well be that no one nation, party, policy or leader can rightly claim credit for the success, but history warns us that leaders are always ready to lay claim to a people and its history, especially when historical achievements seem to be under threat.

The Northern League, once a marginal party that called for the independence of the northern Padania region, became mainstream by appealing to national and religious sentiments under its new leader, Matteo Salvini.

i know that we need to keep both players, their importance to the team should be reflected in their wages, i'd like to see them get between 200 000/250 000 a week but they shouldn't hold us to ransom and ask for 300 000 like i read somewhere also they shouldn't take into account the reasons why they've been playing well (very well i should say) the fact that they are at the right club playing under a manager who gives them the freedom to express themselves on the pitch, teammates that respect them and see them as their leaders they must enjoy leading the team and the way our team plays its football, i think right now both the players and the club suit each other and the best outcome for all parties (including fans) would be to agree on contracts that satisfy everyone!!

The small, three - floor operation is in full flow, just under a month remains in party leader Sophie Walker's bid for City Hall, and the former journalist is in full campaign mode.

Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos has seized on today's scathing IG report on AEG as proof that state government is suffering mightily under the «arrogance» of single - party rule.

Never in the history of the United Party, UP tradition of what is now referred to by our leaders as Busia, Dombo, Danquah tradition have we suffered so much dissension, division and bad - blood - letting as we see today under the Flagbearership of the man who claimed by some as a longstanding political activist, decision - maker and frontline actor; Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.

And the press, which is as much a part of Westminster as the MPs are, doubles - down on the process, presenting even the slightest deviation from a leader's views as evidence of a party in chaos and a leader under fire.

Speaking at a mammoth rally at Suhum on Monday evening as part of his campaign tour of the Eastern Region, President Mahama stated that divisions and suspensions in the NPP under Akuffo Addo vindicates Ex-President Kuffuor statement captured in a video where he advised party members to elect a leader who is not divisive and creates tension.

There is no foolproof way to choose a party leader, and what really matters is that vanquished candidates accept their defeat under the current rules.

Friends of Dugdale have since pointed out that Rowley, when seeking election as the Scottish Party's deputy leader last year, promised that if he won he would not accept a protected place at the top of one of the lists from which a 56 of Holyrood's 129 MSPs are elected under a system of proportional representation only to go back on his word as soon as he won that particular race.

Bakir Izetbegovic, the former leader of one of the three main political parties in Bosnia and Herzegovina, portrayed the history of Bosnian Muslims as a struggle for recognition and equality under a multitude of oppressors.

If the party in question wins a majority (so that the unelected leader would ordinarily become PM), is there any protocol that determines how a Prime Minister would be chosen under these circumstances?

One name believed to be under consideration is Diane Dodds, a DUP MEP who is married to the party's Westminster leader Nigel Dodds.

yUnder the circumstances of a very close election, during which the main three party leaders will be under far more scrutiny than ever before, your Scottish prediction seems spot on.

Corbyn is unlikely to stand down voluntarily and under Labour Party rules, challengers to sitting leaders need to be nominated by 20 % of the parliamentary pParty rules, challengers to sitting leaders need to be nominated by 20 % of the parliamentary partyparty.

That new judges — including Democrats and Republicans — would thank the Conservative Party leader who is under a cloud speaks to the power of the political machine Walsh has built.

I understand an investigation may be under way involving a leader within the Independence Party, and I am confident it will be conducted properly and thoroughly.»

But as the coalition descends into unresolvable divisions he will have a real chance to present himself as the leader of a united party with a clear alternative to the divisions and tortures of life under the coalition.

The first of six new Conservative policy groups has today been set up to help decide the direction of the party under its new leader, David Cameron.

«He has laid out a bold agenda to reform and I am proud to stand with him and this diverse group of leaders to bring New Yorkers together — regardless of their party affiliation — under this big tent and behind this agenda for reform.»

In just under a week, Jeremy Corbyn will almost certainly be re-elected as Leader of the Labour Party — and, if all the credible indications we have are correct, perhaps by a wider margin than the 60 per cent or so of the votes that he received last year.

Mr Corbyn also came under fire for polling loyal party members on the Syria question, which some MPs saw as a scare - tactic from the leader to back his anti-war position.

A Muslim community leader, Sheikh Aremeyaw Shaibu, is doubtful that Zongo communities around the country will see any significant transformation under the incoming New Patriotic Party (NPP) government.

Gov. Cuomo called a special election after Weiner resigned under pressure from national party leaders once he was exposed sexting raunchy photos of himself to online admirers.

In 2010, when the party was under federal investigation and risked falling off the ballot in the following election, it agreed to endorse Cuomo after he made the party's leaders sign on to a pro-business platform that included fighting organized labor.

After 3 years of inactivity, the Scottish Libertarian Party launched again in December 2015 under new leader Alan Findlay, [3] officially registering with the Electoral Commission in March 2016.

Vulnerable to the charge of having previously shown no interest in Holyrood, he told STV's Scotland Tonight that he will be a candidate for the Scottish Parliament elections in 2016 and added «if I can get into the Scottish parliament earlier than that that would be better» as he would be duty - bound to do under present party rules if elected as leader.

The video, which features IDC Leader Jeff Klein speaking directly into the camera about the eight conference members, comes as the conference is under pressure from liberal advocacy groups to return to the fold of mainline Democrats in the Senate and deliver a working majority for the party.

The Liberals flailed under leader Michael Ignatieff, with the Liberals dropping to third - party status.

Pugh is more generous in his assessment of Ramsay MacDonald who he judges to have been, under difficult circumstances, a good party leader, but less successful as prime minister.

Cox also praised IDC Leader Jeff Klein, who has come under pressure from liberals and mainline Democrats to rejoin the mainline conference or form a new alliance with his party.

Many on the left of the party — including party grandees such as former leader Charles Kennedy — are likely to be further troubled by Clegg's message that under his leadership the party is no longer a natural home for disaffected Labour supporters.

Her message was undermined however by Peter Lamb, the Labour leader of Crawley Borough Council, who said the party was going «backwards» under Mr Corbyn.

Since then the party has been overtaken in the polls by the Tories under its charismatic leader Ruth Davidson and some are forecasting it could slip to third place in this May's elections.

«He will admit that as the election nears there will be further tensions between the parties, and both leaders will be under increasing pressure to act in their parties» interests as opposed to the national interest.

IDC Leader Sen. Jeff Klein, has also been under pressure from the left - leaning elements of the Democratic Party.

The source added: «This campaign will be a positive campaign based on the future the party can build under a credible, left - wing leader.

Cuomo, under pressure from party leaders, recorded a video promising that he'd work to expel Republicans from co leadership of the State Senate, and work to reinstall Democrats instead.

IDC Leader, Senator Jeff Klein, has, like Cuomo, also been under pressure from the left leaning elements of the Democratic Party.

Tim Collins A former press secretary to John Major and member of the Downing Street Policy Unit, he was elected MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 1997 and held a number of frontbench posts, including a series of roles in the shadow cabinet under three party leaders.

Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood is under the spotlight following allegations the party approached UKIP for support.