Sentences with phrase «win over referendum»

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This referendum was called by U.K. Prime Minister David Cameron because of a promise made in his election campaign to renegotiate terms with the EU and then hold a referendum, designed to win over voters he feared would defect to UKIP.

The party was growing increasingly restless over his inability to come up with the so - called winning conditions for another referendum on sovereignty.

In 2015, the UK Parliament was projected to come out about even between the top two parties, but the conservatives won by over 5 %, ending up with the majority (which was considered to be a near 0 % chance possibility as the day began), this summer Brexit passed (considered almost certain to fail as the day began, ended up passing by 4 %), and last month the Colombian Peace Referendum failed (after being consistently polled to pass by about 10 %).

By playing the referendum game, Cameron hopes to come out with a win over the EU, Conservative Eurosceptics and UKIP.

In her defence she assumed David Cameron would win the referendum in 2016 and had given little deep thought to Brexit issues before taking over as prime minister.

From the «betrayal» of the Lib Dems over the Jeremy Hunt vote, when Clegg's party abstained and won the enmity of vast swathes of the Tory party, or the vicious tactics of the «no» campaign in the electoral reform referendum which disgusted Lib Dems and led to open rowing at Cabinet, the «calm and businesslike» relationship between the two parties has become a myth anywhere below the most senior levels.

A group of campaigning lawyers have, meanwhile, won the first stage of their High Court challenge over election spending in the run - up to the EU referendum.

Yes what a triumph it will be for the National Union of Journalists in particular the over 4000 of them that work for the BBC when Labour wins the next election and effectively turns whatever is left of the UK at that time (given the likelyhood of a referendum on independence for scotland before then) into a one party socialist state.

His full findings will be published in a report over the summer, but for now he's clear his party faces a real challenge, «referendum or not», to win round voters who feel Labour no longer understands them.

UKIP leader Nigel Farage says he believes there will be «a complete stitch - up» on a referendum over Europe if David Cameron wins a majority.

However, David Davis, a former Conservative Europe minister, said Cameron still faces major challenges in Europe over his negotiating strategy if he wins the election and wants to deliver reforms before arguing to stay in at a referendum in 2017.

Both sides in the Scottish referendum campaign have held rallies as they make their final efforts to win over undecided voters.

I suggest that labour - uncut, goes off, thinks up a few sensible policies, that are relevant to a government of 2020, maybe has a few ideas on the EU referendum, and accepts that the Corbyn fans of Students who read a article about how, capitalism is bad, because there was enough money for everyone in the 80's, and the Tories only got in because people who voted for them were dumb and read the Daily mail, because you're not going to convince anyone that labour Will be destroyed in 2020 ′ because the Tories may implode over infighting like they did with Westland or ousting Thatcher, but win in 87 ′ and 92 ′ anyway

A group of campaigning lawyers have, meanwhile, won the first stage of their High Court challenge over election spending in the run - up to the EU referendum.