Sentence examples for the third party of from inspiring English sources

Mr Clegg defined his goal as turning them into "the third party of government".

Their poll rating is flatlining in single figures and Ukip is now claiming the right to be called the third party of British politics.

And he gave them a message to pitch as the "third party of government" that would ensure that British politics was "anchored in the centre ground".

But that is not, however, the same as saying that Ukip on the verge of a nationwide electoral breakthrough and could unseat the Lib Dems as the third party of British politics.

On the other hand, if this coalition is followed by another power-share, then Lib Dems will feel that they have achieved Mr Clegg's goal of irreversibly transforming themselves from "the third party" to "the third party of government".

In late January 2006, when the Liberal Democrats were at a dangerous crossroads after the resignation of Charles Kennedy and sexual shenanigans of leadership candidates, a long-term friend of new Conservative leader David Cameron gleefully predicted the third party of British politics could split in half – with the brightest stars defecting to the Conservatives.

It happened at the first party of the year.

O'Donovan led the first party of six there earlier this year.

For such voters, many of them working-class, the FN is often the first party of choice.

The party's combative leader, Marine Le Pen, had hoped it would come top in first-round voting and become, in her words, "the first party of France".

On the outbreak of the Spanish-American War in 1898, she joined the Red Cross, taking charge of the first party of Red Cross nurses sent to Cuba.