Word: centrists
(lookup in dictionary)
(lookup stats)
Dates: all
Sort By: most recent first
(reverse)
...ought not to be taken as a given that if the centrist regime were to fall, the victors would be the left. The right is not a one-man dictatorship, like Somoza's, but a rather powerful grouping that is able to function effectively even without possession of the government...
...national executive committee. Said she: "I believe the party I loved and worked for over so many years no longer exists." With other leading Laborites set to follow her out of the party early next month, Williams' defection set the stage for the formation of a new centrist Social Democratic Party that could drastically alter British politics...
...accomplishments, though, Suárez failed in one democratic essential: he was unable to mold a coherent political party out of the disparate centrist and conservative groupings that made up his Union of the Democratic Center (U.C.D.). Last week, fed up with relentless sniping within his party, Suárez, 48, acted with uncharacteristic boldness and resigned his posts both as head of the government and party leader...
...move toward a breakaway was led by a trio of former Cabinet Ministers -Shirley Williams, David Owen and William Rodgers-who created a new "Council for Social Democracy" to protest radical policies and eventually form the basis of a new centrist party. They immediately became known as the "Gang of Three," but were quickly joined by a fourth, former Deputy Leader Roy Jenkins. By week's end, nine more Labor M.P.s had joined the rebel ranks...
...pursued by the [Thatcher] government" might be attracted to a new "third grouping." Liberal Party Leader David Steel, 41, called for the right-wingers to "abandon Labor" and predicted that a new party "could prove an unstoppable combination." The early polls supported him. One survey suggests that a new centrist coalition could win nearly 40% of the popular vote, vs. 31% for the hard-line Tories and 29% for left-leaning Labor...