Sentence examples for dropped conservative from inspiring English sources

In fact, it often appears that the movement may be, in the end, more right than left — that it may have picked up a dropped conservative stitch in the American political tradition.

The left got shaky when the "public option," a government insurance program, was dropped after conservative opposition.

But it is a useful reminder of his pragmatic, reforming side.To get the law through, the president quickly dropped the conservative idea of school vouchers.

Mr Cameron disappointed those who thought he was committed to the environment: within two months of taking office, in 2010, he notoriously dropped the Conservative opposition to the third runway at Heathrow and during his premiership refused to invest in renewable energy.

But now that Colbert is stepping up to succeed David Letterman as the host of "The Late Show" in 2015 and dropping his conservative blowhard character, audiences could see a different side of him.

Many have dropped the term "conservative" altogether, because there is really very little left to "conserve" these days.

The show was dropped after the conservative academic Paul Wilkinson – a Professor at Aberdeen University who specialised in the study of terrorism – voiced strong objections to its transmission.

But that idea was dropped when some conservatives balked at increasing the minimum wage.

But conservatives dropped to 23percentt of the electorate from 28percentt in 1997.

Some 41% of those polled said they would vote Labour, up two points on last month, the Conservatives dropped back three to 31%, and the Lib Dems fell one, to 14%.

Labour's share of the vote was down 20% on its 2010 figure, while the Conservatives dropped by almost 23% and the Liberal Democrats lost their deposit after netting 4.59% of the votes – down 7% on the 2010 general election result.