Sentences with phrase «with eurosceptics»

Her conservatives have flatly ruled out the idea of a coalition with the Eurosceptics.

[274] However, he was less unpopular with eurosceptics than Clarke, and on the third ballot of the subsequent leadership election Clarke, facing imminent defeat by William Hague, offered to stand aside in Heseltine's favour, but he declined on medical advice.

The news will not come as a surprise to many as the prime minister has long had a somewhat adversarial relationship with the eurosceptic party, once famously referring to its members as «fruitcakes and loonies and closet racists» in an interview with LBC radio back in 2006.

The one thing that has really angered Pursglove — along with his eurosceptic colleagues - is the government's decision to distribute 27 million pro-EU leaflets to households across Britain, at the cost of # 9.3 m to the taxpayer.

But other voices say the Tories need to build bridges with the eurosceptic party or risk splitting the right - wing vote and letting Labour in.

The deputy prime minister is planning to take on Nigel Farage in a one - on - one debate on the EU and block any attempt by Downing Street to replace Baroness Ashton with a eurosceptic right - winger as EU commissioner.

He told TP that the prime minster would be better off working with eurosceptic senior Tories, rather than trying to «force them into places where they can't go».

Ironically, Mr Major, whose Downing Street years were scarred by battles with Eurosceptic «bastards» — particularly Cabinet members Peter Lilley, Michael Howard and Michael Portillo — were arguing for Britain to stay IN.

Despite being on the Europhile wing of the party he gets on very well with the Eurosceptic wing of the party and led the delegation of MEPs well.

According to today's Daily Express, it was made by Boris Johnson in a meeting with Eurosceptic Tory MPs just before Christmas.

A few hours later he was up on his feet once again, stabbing the eurofriendly air with his eurosceptic fingers.

During the referendum David Cameron pledged to invoke Article 50 on the morning of a Leave vote, [34] and there was speculation that he would do this on the morning with Eurosceptic MPs calling for caution to assess the negotiating position [35] and Jeremy Corbyn calling for immediate invocation.

Ukip is now within touching distance of the Conservatives, with the eurosceptic organisation polling just two per cent behind the governing party.

Not exact matches

Dutch parliamentary elections did away with the risk of a eurosceptic government in a core country.

For example, MPs with an agricultural background are less Eurosceptic, as agricultural interests are likely to lose out from Brexit because of a loss of CAP payments and EU migrant labour.

These last two points mean that hard Eurosceptics are usually associated with what the media call «the Tory right».

However, with cultural angst high on the agenda, dissatisfaction with the incumbent government on the rise and a Eurosceptic campaign that is more sophisticated than some realise, it does appear likely that whatever the result, the Leave vote will be fairly strong.

But yes, there is an incentive for May to walk away here, say «to hell with them», and present herself to the eurosceptic press like some sort of Boudica fighting valiantly against a foreign tyrant.

Holding his backbenchers in check on Europe has been ever more difficult to achieve, however, given the disproportionate number of hard - line Eurosceptics among the 2010 intake of Conservative MPs and the increasing discontent on the Conservative backbenches with the constraints of being in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

The Tories will either become non-attached MEPs, an ineffectual rump with zero influence, or they will have to cobble together an alliance with new eurosceptic parties such as the eurosceptic German AfD party, a move which would deeply sour relations with Ms Merkel.

A surge in Ukip's support, combined with an expected bloodbath for the Liberal Democrats, could leave the eurosceptic party with more seats than the coalition partner.

With the count still ongoing on Friday morning, there were seven new UKIP assembly members — the first Welsh seats ever claimed by the eurosceptic party.

This position sits in stark contrast with the history of the party, which for many decades was characterised by a significant Eurosceptic wing which sat alongside a pro-integrationist flank.

Why would a supposedly «pro-European» government stand shoulder to shoulder with the Socialist opposition, who are staunchly pro-Russian and Eurosceptic, in promoting such electoral reforms?

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

The eurosceptic stronghold of Castle Point in Essex is expected vote convincingly for Leave, with polls suggesting 70 % in favour of quitting the EU.

With a slim majority of 12 seats, the new Prime Minister's autonomy will be highly constrained by his party, including assumingly more than a hundred convinced Eurosceptic MPs, and by the statutory Fixed - term Parliaments Act of 2011.

However, I do think any Eurosceptic will end up in in reactionary territory were they to take Powell seriously as a prophet on the substance of what «national independence» means, not least because this was already a self - professed reactionary project in 1968 (with Powell believing the British Nationality Act of 1948 was the root of all of our troubles).

Tony Blair has infuriated Eurosceptic politicians with his call for remain voters to organise their...

He is also pleased with the way Eurosceptic ministers are privately falling into line — one after another — to back what he now believes will be a bigger renegotiation than was thought possible in the autumn.

Miliband allied with Tory eurosceptics to defeat the prime minister in a Commons vote on the EU budget earlier this month.

One third of members of the EP belong to Eurosceptic party groups, with similar trends unfolding in national election contests.

Few seriously doubt that the then Foreign Secretary William Hague, as one of Britain's best parliamentarian's and a committed principled Eurosceptic, will fail to commence the serious work of renegotiating our country's relationship with the EU which no MEP can do.

On Europe, and the ongoing slow - motion car crash of the eurozone debt crisis, Osborne played into the hands of the eurosceptics with abandon.

The eurosceptic party enjoyed its most significant victory to date with 11,571 votes.

Tony Blair has infuriated Eurosceptic politicians with his call for remain voters to organise their opposition to Brexit and for Britain to keep its options open.

Much is made by Eurosceptics that Brussels is more powerful than our Westminster Parliament, something borne out by your statement in your interview with Sharon Bowles: «She has far more impact on our legislation than your average Westminster politician.»

Eurosceptic feeling within the Conservative party has heightened in recent months as a result of the eurozone crisis, which is pulling the 18 member states with the euro closer together.

Thus, conservative REGNUM tended to present an atmosphere of confusion among ruling European politicians, normally trying to make Pro-Europeanists sound naïve and trivial («Moldova should strengthen efforts towards European integration, because it can bring Moldovan citizens welfare, social solidarity, good laws and respect»), but eurosceptics — witty and wise («The EU is a project with a past but without a future»),» Berdnikovs said.

The accusation is embarrassing for Tory leader David Cameron, who insisted the Tory MEPs form a group with other Eurosceptics.

The Tory Eurosceptics in parliament, with Theresa May in thrall, want nothing but a no deal, hard Brexit.

The UKIP leader was profiled in The Observer today and kept the door open for some sort of arrangement with Tory Eurosceptics.

Both Labour and the Lib Dems are getting nervous with the toxic Europhobic atmosphere that is quickly spreading from Westminster to the rest of the country and have started to mutter reserves about the EU by using language that is rich on Eurosceptic iconography.

McDonnell, an open Eurosceptic, denied suggestions he and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had not campaigned hard enough for a Remain vote, saying they had been honest with voters about their reservations.

[27] Although Davis is a staunch Eurosceptic and has criticised the record of the European Court of Human Rights, he has also argued against withdrawal from the court's jurisdiction, on the basis it might encourage countries with far worse civil liberties to do likewise.

Bernard Jenkin, a leading Tory Eurosceptic, led the rebellion with an urgent question to the government, saying the limits went further than those imposed on ministers in 1975 and created a worse atmosphere.

He later became The Daily Telegraph's Brussels correspondent, with his articles exerting a strong influence on growing Eurosceptic sentiment among the British right - wing.

Conservative eurosceptics have combined with Labour to hand David Cameron a bitter personal defeat on the EU budget this evening.

With some reservations, Spicer backs Michael Howard, and some younger eurosceptic politicians of the current generation, Daniel Hannan and Mark Reckless, who were active then, working for Spicer and Howard.

Mr Cameron will find it hard to reconcile the demands of eurosceptics who are now seeking the demise of the euro with his public support for the currency.