Sentences with phrase «who formed governments»

BASC, the UK's largest shooting organisation, will be working to ensure that those who form the government continue to be well informed and supportive of shooting.

I agree with the Fabian Society idea that the rules need to be codified and * Parliament * should decide who forms a government.

It is clear why: Labour would likely suffer from the emasculation of Scottish MPs and whatever the chaos, the Conservatives (who only secured a single Scottish MP at the last election) would more often command Commons majorities on «English» votes; irrespective of who formed the government.

They would gain over a dozen of seats every election, leading to more hung parliaments where Nick Clegg gets to decide who forms the government.

Not exact matches

He said while the government will likely always participate in regulation in some form, it would «behoove investors» to come together and form some type of independent oversight committee — before Congress makes a decision as to who should regulate spot currencies and how.

A recent analysis of U.S. government data form the Brookings Institution found that people who still work near or past their traditional retirement age earn significantly more per hour than their younger colleagues.

Notwithstanding the clear statistical rationale for making completion of the long - form census mandatory, I'm not entirely unsympathetic to those who say «I shouldn't have to give the government detailed information about my life».

It proved a good move for the Conservatives, who gained 25 seats and formed a new minority government, as well as for the New Democrats, who added 10 MPs.

Horgan's strong performance is welcome news to anti-pipeline warriors who have been nervous because of Horgan's uneven resolve before he formed government.

It formed government with the support of three Green MLAs who also opposed the project.

Last December, he said he was stepping down and was succeeded by Bill English, who is now negotiating to form his own government after elections last month.

The levy had been in the works since the government was formed seven months ago, James added, noting: «It doesn't matter if you're from Toronto, Montreal, Calgary or overseas, the speculator tax will impact those who choose to speculate or take housing stock off the market.»

If you're unemployed, many lenders accept applicants who receive government benefits as a form of income, but you'll still need to demonstrate you can afford to repay the loan while on those benefits.

There are other nations who have a similar form of Government.

I was thinking more of organizations and businesses who receive special treatment from government (usually in the form of tax breaks) because they have political clout.

Niek de Goeij is speaking as separatist and Islamist terrorists continue to cause violence in the north African country, despite a peace agreement in June between the Mali government and rebel groups who wanted to form a separate state.

Moving beyond laissez - faire, democratic governments have also formed safety nets for those who can not compete effectively, regulated workplaces to protect worker safety, and guaranteed universal access to education and health services.

I would readily concede that, in the founders» minds, the presupposition of republican self - government is not liberty in the form of license (Locke himself said as much) but the self - governed man who is master of his passions.

That said, part of «the church [being] only too happy to let» the government get involved was that churches only wanted to serve the deserving poor: people with the right social graces, people who were properly grateful and avoided forms of immorality rejected by the middle class, and frankly, people who were the right color.

They create fear in the lower class by saying the conservatives will do away with welfare and then say they will keep it in place and make sure that the people continue to get what they are getting now.The Conservatives point to the 47 % who are taking some form of government handout and tell their base that this should not be so in its present state, but should be reformed.

According to this interpretation, our form of government enjoys lasting legitimacy because it was created by Founding Fathers who were deeply influenced by Judeo - Christian values.

A central issue between those of us who oppose the present form of globalization and those who celebrate it is the role of governments.

While it is not within the province of government to determine who is religious and who is not, nor to discriminate between the different forms of religion, irreligion, and idolatry, except where public security is at stake, it is the function of the democratic state to persuade and encourage its citizens toward religious faith and away from irreligion and idolatry.

George Soros in America and Jane Kelsey in New Zealand have both referred to «market fundamentalists», by which they mean those who reject all modern forms of socialism and government interference in economic issues, and who seek a return to the free market and private enterprise of pre-modern society.

But there are Muslim thinkers — usually and somewhat misleadingly called moderates — who believe that such a form of government is possible, and we should be listening to them.

Jesus Christ in both his ministry and technings quoted I'm no part of this world, otherwords while on earth he avoided any form of politics and only support the future government that God will establish for all those who abide by his commands.

He is violently opposed to concepts of God derived from autocratic forms of government, at whose word everything began, whose rule is by divine fiat, and who is ultimately responsible for all evil and suffering.

The government mandate covers all forms of FDA approved contraceptives and the administration has said time and again they felt the policy and its exceptions «struck the right balance» on religious freedoms and providing health care for people who need it.

Forms of church government differed; but nobody except the Quakers challenged the notion that a religious local community needed a general overseer, no matter whether he lived in (like the Baptist preachers who farmed during the week) or out (like the circuit riders of Methodism).

It was another Chinese educated by them, Sun Yat - sen, also a Christian, who became the leader in initiating for China a new and revolutionary form of government to take the place of the old when it crumbled before the impact of the West.

They are Madisonian pluralists who stress Federalist Paper No. 45 as the preferred side of Madison: «The public good, the real welfare of the great body of the people, is the supreme object to be pursued: and that no form of government whatever has any other value than as it may be fitted for the attainment of this object.»

On the one hand, there were the Christians who affirmed the validity of violence from a political point of view, as a way of fighting tyranny and bringing in a republican form of government or insuring submission to a «constitution.»

Sometimes I am tempted to make up some such activities, to see what happens (like the man who answered «Principal purpose of visit» when asked on a US immigration form whether he was concerned in plots to overthrow the government of the United States).

In 1951 the nation's scholarship program was opened up to qualifying students who wanted to attend private secondary schools; the government also began providing for children attending all elementary schools a minimal supplementary aid in a form similar to the tuition voucher plans presently under discussion in several American states.

I do nt think you should be judged based on your religon, BUT I do believe that anyone with 1 child or more who wants ANY form of government aid should have to undergo mandatory sterilazation.

Those of us Christians who live in the USA often pride ourselves in our «Christian» form of government, and believe that our Constitution and indeed many of our laws are based on Christian principles.

The Roman government, like all organized forms of human life, disliked two kinds of people outlaws, who were below the level and would not live up to it, and saviors, who were above the level and would not live down to it.

Speaking at the event will be the recently - formed Food Waste Reduction Alliance who will emphasise the importance of a collaborative approach to reduce food waste and in particular, how the private sector needs to work with government and NGOs.

Residents who belong to the group Citizens for Better Communities, which was formed to muster local support and to lobby government to prevent the land from becoming a gravel pit, were also on hand to thank Hoffman and members of the park board for their actions.

Patrick Flynn, a former commissioner who formed an organization called Citizens for Better Government with former treasurer Ray Conway, said about 50 of the 62 people who attended the meeting Thursday have signed petitions asking Commissioners Mike O'Neill, Dale Larson and Robert McKenna to leave the Park Board.

The Cabinet Manual merely notes «[r] ecent examples suggest that previous Prime Ministers have not offered their resignations until there was a situation in which clear advice could be given to the Sovereign on who should be asked to form a government.

Will it be David Cameron or Ed Miliband who get first go at forming a government?

The Queen would then, according to the Cabinet manual, «invite the person who appears most likely to be able to command the confidence of the House as prime minister and to form a government».

The minister who vehemently denied any form of directive by government to retrench staff of NIS and NPS said the information was a piece of news to him.

We conclude that the most effective and democratic way to decide who should be tasked with forming the next government in such situations is a vote in parliament to nominate the new Prime Minister, in the form of a recommendation to the Monarch.

It would be much clearer to voters if they could see that in our parliamentary system, first we elect a parliament, and then it is up to the new parliament to decide who shall form the government.

But «parliament» does not just apply the Palace of Westminster — the devolved governments and local government too are «parliamentary» in form: that is they are made up of elected representatives who appoint an executive of some sort.

Although the Cabinet Manual says it is for the political parties to work out who can command confidence in the new parliament, there is a risk of confusion and uncertainty if there is a standoff, with both main parties claiming to be able to form a government.

In our report we analyse the experience of other European countries, which have parliaments without a majority party most of the time, and we identify six rules that are in practice used to guide who should be asked to form a government.

He told them that diasporans need to stop whining and shared his own experiences as a returnee who left a well - paying job as vice-president at Coca - Cola Africa to join the first New Patriotic Party (NPP) government formed in 2009.