Sentences with phrase «when elections approached»

Togbe Afede said he did not understand why politicians only frequent chiefs when elections approached and described that act as show of insolence to traditional authorities.

Not exact matches

This means that, when it comes to the slowly approaching general election campaign, they have to be equally critical to both their Tory partners in government and the Labour opposition.

His failure to mention it in his 2014 party conference speech was just one sign of a rather muddled approach to the problem; after the 2010 election, the party's initial strategy was to talk about the necessity of cuts in general while opposing some of the most high - profile cuts introduced by the coalition, particularly when it came to welfare.

While the hyper - liberal approach the Schneiderman campaign has adopted might be a risky strategy — particularly when it comes to winning the support of Cuomo, who is clearly concerned the senator's left - of - center ideology will hurt him in the general election against Staten Island DA Dan Donovan — it is one that is being expertly executed.

As they approach next year's European elections, when they will be making the case for an in - or - out referendum while fighting on two fronts, they should also be reassured.

When the 2014 governorship election approached, Jonathan presidency brought in money in tones of different currencies, its security operatives including army became army of occupation.

After the excitement of an unexpected leadership contest, a new leader, a surge in membership and fresh approach to PMQs, what can the party expect from its members and supporters when it comes to doing the less glamourous work of fighting a local election?

Her outrage on behalf of Gordon, when she feels him traduced, is very touching: «What really upsets me is knowing that this is a very deliberate attempt to smear Gordon... as we approach an election... it is so personal, so destructive, and comes from a place of low morality».

Cottrill cautioned, however, that non-legislative approaches «contribute neither to decreased vote percentages when incumbents win elections nor to a greater probability of their defeat.»

As the election approaches, a hotly debated topic has been the comparison to 1992, when a catastrophic opinion polling failure led almost everyone to predict a hung parliament, with Neil Kinnock as Prime Minister, only for John Major's Conservatives to win with a 21 - seat majority.

It sounds the obvious thing to do but it wasn't the approach pursued at the last general election when the Big Society was floated as the Conservative Party's main message and it hadn't even be tested.

Mr Blair's approach to tax was forged in 1992, when John Smith's shadow budget, which involved increasing taxes to pay for higher pensions and child benefit, was blamed for the party's election defeat.

This question invariably emerges as a topic of spirited debate when the U.S. presidential election approaches.

When she is approached to run the campaign of an unpopular candidate (Joaquim de Almedia) in the forthcoming Bolivian elections she is initially reluctant, but her discovery that her rival Pat Candy (Billy Bob Thornton) is running the campaign for Gallo's chief opposition sparks her interest.

As Hansen goes on to point out, the Obama administration declined to push such an approach when the Democrats had large majorities in both houses of Congress, principally because the perceived the fee / tax on carbon would cost them in the next election.