Sentences with phrase «worse than a coalition»

The authors admit that nobody knows what would have happened, but they challenge this orthodoxy (which the Lib Dem leadership often relies on to argue that a supply - and - confidence arrangement would have been much worse than a coalition);

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Merkel diminished as establishment parties suffer at polls German chancellor Angela Merkel will be forced to cobble together a three - party coalition after her Christian Democratic Union fared worse than expected in Sunday's election.

So I've heard from more than a few of my Reformed brother and sisters that I have a bad habit of painting the Reformed tradition with a broad brush (especially when I'm disagreeing vehemently with more conservative groups like the Gospel Coalition!).

... Delight in smooth - sounding platitudes, refusal to face unpleasant facts, desire for popularity and electoral success irrespective of the vital interests of the State, genuine love of peace and pathetic belief that love can be its sole foundation, obvious lack of intellectual vigour in both leaders of the British Coalition Government, marked ignorance of Europe and aversion from its problems in Mr. Baldwin, the strong and violent pacifism which at this time dominated the Labour - Socialist Party, the utter devotion of the Liberals to sentiment apart from reality, the failure and worse than failure of Mr. Lloyd George, the erstwhile great war - time leader, to address himself to the continuity of his work, the whole supported by overwhelming majorities in both Houses of Parliament: all these constituted a picture of British fatuity and fecklessness which, though devoid of guile, was not devoid of guilt, and, though free from wickedness or evil design, played a definite part in the unleashing upon the world of horrors and miseries which, even so far as they have unfolded, are already beyond comparison in human experience.

The context is made all the worse for the coalition by the fact that parties in opposition nationally tend to win more seats in local elections than governing parties.

You know it's worst of all when the prime minister's veiled comments appear to criticise his coalition partners, rather than the opposition, in PMQs.

«Regrettably, all the excellent support, guidance and information that was previously available to schools was discarded by the Coalition Government when it came to office and replaced with a few inadequate paragraphs of advice which amount to little more than telling schools that «bullying is bad and you shouldn't tolerate it».

Chote went further, suggesting the worse - than - expected performance of the UK economy might reflect the coalition's austerity drive having had a more severe impact than previously thought.

If anything his party is doing slightly worse than before he became leader... despite George Osborne's announcement of spending cuts... despite an average disapproval rating for the Coalition of 10 %... and despite unhappiness about Europe and crime from the Tory base.

To pull together a coalition with more than one other party, such as one of the nationalist groups, would not only be difficult but would look like the worst imaginable form of opportunism.

«While the fees are not part of state formula aid, which has been held at no less than flat for districts, the fees nonetheless reduce a school district's budget and the high increase was another bad surprise,» read prepared testimony from Lynne Strickland, director of the Garden State Coalition of Schools.

They're almost worse than your friends in the Global Climate Coalition [an industry group that in the 1990's fought efforts to strengthen the United Nations climate treaty].

The coalition's policy brief entitled «Weathering Extremes» reveals the worst weather calamities in the last decade cost the region tens of thousands of lives and more than US$ 4 billion annually.

With a hung parliament expected following the UK general election this week, most partners would prefer another coalition over a minority government, with more than two - thirds of respondents to a new Legal Week survey arguing a minority government would be bad for the economy.