Sentences with phrase «win a big majority»

But the shift in public opinion needed to win a big majority is far too much for just five years.

In reality, though, the real insidious comfort zone in this leadership campaign is probably the nineties and noughties — the mythical golden age when New Labour could win big majorities against a directionless and demoralised Tory party in elections fought on centre - right, neo-liberal territory.

We will be looking at other hotly contested Senate races in the coming weeks but these four offer no initial indication that either party will win a big majority in the Senate in 2010.»

Not exact matches

Like the 43 other Green and NDP MLAs who now hold a majority in the B.C. legislature, Leonard won on a clear promise to stop Kinder Morgan and get Big -LSB-...]

Telecom Italia CEO Amos Genish said his position at Italy's biggest phone group would be «untenable» if activist fund Elliott manages to win the majority of board seats at a shareholder vote.

The majority still likely want him to leave, but like me apathy is starting to set in together with the acceptance that this is just a club who don't care about winning as much as the big clubs.

Well, the record shows that the declarations by our majority shareholder and CEO are no more than hot air which have come our way before which have yielded nothing but consolation prizes while we surrender the change of winning big to the new breed of bigger clubs.

Under his rival and current majority share holder Stan Kroenke, Arsenal have seen their «business» turn more towards saving money and making big bucks for the American, rather than investing the same money into players that will help the team win trophies.

The line opened at Seattle +5, and has moved a big 2.5 points to a Seattle +7.5 because a big majority of bets are taking the Giants (currently on a four - game winning streak).

Our side hasn't hit top form yet this season, while our rivals have been consistently winning the majority of their matches, but I feel that our performance against Manchester City proves that our players are really up for the big games this year.

This is partly due to the Bulldogs» big upset win over Texas A&M last weekend, but it's still very early and I'd fully expect the majority to end up on Bama by the time this game closes.

The majority of public bettors (57 %) are taking big underdog Seattle to win straight up, but their odds have drifted from +355 to +411 since opening.

The large majority of public bettors are taking Watford at a big price of +250, so fade the trendy underdog and take Crystal Palace +130 to win at home.

Despite the presence of big names like Sam Allardyce, John Carew and Robert Green, the Hammers have merely chugged along unremarkably — winning enough games to stay second in the table for the majority of the campaign so far but not pulling away from the pack...

As the season progressed, the majority of Madrid's big league wins (4 and 5 goal margins) were by the B team, as the A team often found itself scrapping it out against inferior teams.

His loss would be a win for Senate Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, who has pledged to support all incumbents — even Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., and tried — albeit unsuccessfully — to convince some big LGBT stakeholders like the Empire State Pride Agenda not to endorse Nunes against Huntley.

And even if he does win, it would be a pyrrhic victory which would cost him a lot personally, cost the party a disastrous general election defeat and cost the country a bigger Tory majority and the arrival of UKIP in our Parliament.

Add in the 11 seats won by the Conservatives in Wales, and the right would have taken 360 seats - an overall majority of 70, bigger than Blair's victory in 2005.

It looked at how the Conservatives could win an overall majority, and rested on the premise that if the party did not want to govern in coalition, it would need to build a coalition of voters big enough to allow it to rule on its own.

On this basis, expect something between a good working majority and a big win for Cameron.

On average, our combined forecast is for a Tory majority of 123; down a little from 132 last week but still a big win.

On 1 May Labour won its biggest parliamentary majority in history — an overall majority of 179 seats.

Isn't a bigger factor that representatives are elected by district, and districts are uniform enough that the majority tends to win repeatedly in multiple districts rather than proportionately to its share?

An emboldened and strengthened Republican majority appears ready to block some of the biggest items on New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio's Albany agenda after his failed fall bid to help win the Senate for Democrats.

Both Lamont and Davidson secured big majorities in the union section (65 % and 61 % respectively) whilst even Lamont failed to win a majority amongst individual members by a long way, winning less than 37 % in the first ballot — Davidson won just a quarter of that section, whilst Cathy Jamieson won about 43 % in the last Leadership election in 2008 (admittedly in the second ballot — Lamont may also have achieved that had this gone to another round).

Cardiff North is held by Rhodri Morgan's wife by a slender Labour majority of just over 1000 and competent Conservative AM Jonathan Morgan had a big win in the local Assembly elections, so there's a good chance that Mr Evans will return to the green benches.

So, after clinging on for a full five years Major goes to the polls, Smith wins with ease, presiding over a Labour majority of 150, an even bigger margin of victory than that achieved by Clement Attlee after World War II.

After the five northeastern primaries, Bernie Sanders's hopes of a pledged - delegate majority depend on an implausibly big win in California.

«A group of shadow ministers believe that one of Tony Blair's bigger strategic mistakes was to row back on co-operation with the Liberal Democrats when he won such a large Commons majority in 1997.

After five years of hard work in opposition, when his big moment came he failed to win an overall majority.

Yes, everyone's central assumption has to be a Tory win with a big majority, but Theresa May is the one who now has to deliver on that.

And I stood again and won with even more votes, an even bigger majority.»

Democrats won the first Senate majority in 50 years in 2008, thanks in part to a big Democratic turnout for Barack Obama.

Cameron's plans will apply if he wins an overall parliamentary majority — with at least 326 seats — or if the Tories are substantially the biggest party in the House of Commons.

He reaped his biggest prizes in 2015, when he won convictions of ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos — previously two of the most powerful men in New York State.

In order to change that, they need to win a majority first, a goal that Cameron, in his refusal to remove George Osborne and reverse direction on the economy (the biggest drag on the Tories» poll ratings), did little to advance yesterday.

She's also earned the support of stalwarts of the Democratic coalition such as the Hotel and Motel Trades Council and her employers at the New York State Nurses Association, which made a big investment in helping the party win a majority in 2014.

So he's focusing on something bigger: the job of top dog in the Senate, majority leader, if Democrats can win the four seats it would take to get him there.

«I was re-elected... five months ago with a bigger majority and I am determined to finish that job; to reconnect Labour with our working - class voters and values so we can win power to rebuild and transform Britain for the many, not just the few.»

And it worked again in 2001, when we won another majority of votes and seats in England, but by 2005 the Tories were back as the biggest English party by votes although we still got an overall majority in the UK.

After the Democrats» big win in 2008, the so - called «Four Amigos» or «Gang of Four» — Sens. Carl Kruger, Hiram Monserrate, Pedro Espada Jr. and Ruben Diaz Sr. — held Smith hostage, refusing to back him for majority leader until he gave them what they wanted.

The biggest majority in Bradford was won by Labour's Imran Hussain in the Toller ward, who lost to Galloway in the Bradford West byelection.

This would be bigger than the 144 majority Margaret Thatcher managed in 1983 and just short of the 179 - majority landslide Tony Blair won in 1997.

So 2,900 is not a big majority now to try to win back in 170 days time,» he said.

[T] he party is looking for ways to distance its Senate candidates from the ensuing mess... To regain a majority for the first time since 2007, Republicans would have to win six Senate seats — a big lift — but the electoral map gives them some advantages.

Based on the poll, the 12,000 majority Mr Carswell won as a Conservative in Clacton in 2010 would turn into an even bigger one for Ukip of more than 15,000 on a similar turnout.

I understand that a group of shadow ministers believe that one of Tony Blair's bigger strategic mistakes was to row back on co-operation with the Liberal Democrats when he won such a large Commons majority in 1997.

For the election to produce a majority government, the biggest party theoretically must win at least 326 seats of the 650 regional constituencies.

The Liberal Democrats would gain a majority of Ministers in some non-economic Departments, in order to give them some big wins that voters would remember.

Danner has easily translated her talents from the stage to the small screen (her Emmy wins came care of her supporting work on «Huff,» the Showtime series she won back - to - back awards for in 2005 and 2006) and into feature film offerings, but the vast majority of her big screen roles have consisted of supporting turns that she elevated with her natural grace and unique sense of humor.