Sentences with phrase «wishes of party leaders»

Senator Espada was challenged by David Rosado, who acquiesced to the wishes of party leaders to leave his City Council seat to run for the State Senate.

That race ended badly, too, with Cuomo losing the Democratic run - off to Ed Koch, then — against the wishes of party leaders — fighting Koch in the general election as the Liberal Party's nominee.

7.30 pm: Boulton: «Seven Tory MPs have gone against the wishes of their party leader and refused to publish their expenses for the last 3 months.

Not exact matches

It would be a mistake to imagine that Pope Francis were somehow endorsing the policies of his predecessor as perhaps the incoming leader of a political party might wish to be seen as the anointed successor to this or that great political figure.

Founder and leader of the Ghana Freedom Party (GPF) does not understand why she should wish her arch rival and flagbearer of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) a happy birthday.

Labour's constitution stipulates that any challenger who wishes to contest the party leadership against an incumbent leader (as opposed to contesting a vacant post) must be nominated by 20 % of Labour MPs and MEPs, which would currently be 51 MPs / MEPs.

Some of the political party leaders have even sent us birthday wishes on p13 which is very nice of them.

I wish the new Labour leader well and would ask him to join us on the streets with the working class people who are taking a stand against social cleansing but for now it remains to be seen whether the rest of his party will follow his lead.

This question, from somebody who wishes to remain Anon, but was a popular theme at Saturday's Fabian conference: «If you become Labour party leader, what will you do to ensure labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?»

Of course I wish that the proposal for a graduate tax put forward now by the hon. Gentleman's leader, which comes from a party that introduced tuition fees having previously said that it would not do so, would work and that it was an alternative that we could implement.

But I would be willing to bet that most of the Labour Party members and union members wish that they had more say in the choice not only of the leader, but of the cabinet as well.

Deputy General Secretary of the NDC, Koku Anyidoho has said that even though he has an aversion to the ideologies of the ruling New Patriotic Party (NPP), he will never wish them and their leader, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo bad.

The informal title of national leader of the party was given to Tinubu at the onset which he accepted it as a sign from those who wished to recognize my contributions to the party's formation.

MPs wishing to stand as leader and deputy leader have to be nominated by 15 % of their colleagues in the Parliamentary Labour Party to be eligible to stand.

«He stands ready to continue that co-operation if that is what the new leader of the Liberal Democrats and the party wishes.»

«The interest of the minister, we wish to state, once more, was to ensure a credible exercise as the leader of the party in Anambra State.

Rather, some are understood to have told the party they will stay on board — but that they no longer wish to pay to full standard monthly membership fee of # 46.56 while Corbyn is leader.

Financier Todd Richman of Great Neck and Suffolk Legislator William Spencer informed party leaders they no longer wish to run.

In a bid to assure the NDC of not giving failure a chance if he is voted as flagbearer of the party again, he stated, «To you the teeming supporters and sympathizers calling and requesting me to declare my intentions for the future, I wish to assure you today, that as a servant - leader, I have listened to your calls and reflected.

«Labour is lucky, save in the 1981 deputy leadership contest, that it has never elected a leader or deputy in the modern era against the majority wishes of ordinary party members.

While George Osborne harbours hopes of becoming party leader and prime minister in the next parliament, it's doubtful that he wishes to fight the general election on a similarly joint ticket.

Leader of the Labour party Ed Miliband said «the whole country will be wishing them every happiness».

I know that those who carelessly condemn him in public, clandestinely go back to heal wounds knowing what the man represents, his affability, readiness to listen and reluctance to get emotional easily no wonder after years of intense condemnation, Prof Martey openly praised him for his humility and assured him of his constant prayers to succeed.In our bid to get our parties to office, we must also consider the safety of our nation and the cohesion we've enjoyed so far.I don't think the Npp in its current state can manage its internal issues if elected into office let alone manage the nation.Our democracy shouldn't be toyed with in the name of political extremism and unworkable promises.We don't need a leader who will establish himself by intimidation and force, who will choose henchmen around himself, create secret police and abandoned all pretence of consulting the wishes of the masses but will only expect regimented YES from us on all national issues like we seeing in the Npp today.

He said «it is sad that instead of focusing on those who killed its men, the police is now acting as an arm of the APC by punishing whoever acted against the wish of the vindictive leaders of the party.»

As a national organizer of our party, we wish to remind him of his role as a leader and must remain as neutral as possible till the party elects a new leader at congress, at a later date to be determined by the same body of which he is part,» the statement added.

It may offend the sensibilities of those who happily munch on sea bass and sip Sancerre at their favourite Italian eatery in Islington or Notting Hill, that ordinary people could possibly vote for a party that wishes to repatriate foreigners and whose leader denies the holocaust.

Although Murphy subsequently said that he wished to remain as Scottish Labour leader, the poor result prompted senior party figures and trade unionists to question the viability of his future in the post.