Sentence examples for tory demand from inspiring English sources

But they are perplexed by the Tory demand for legislation now.

They threatened to resign in the face of exactly the same Tory demand, and the government backed down.

"Mr Cameron has ordered his policy chief Oliver Letwin to work on a deal with the Liberal Democrats, amid warnings that Nick Clegg will demand 'a heavy price' if his party is to consent to Tory demands for an EU referendum," it says.

The main reason for the merger is so that Gordon Brown can demonstrate that he is paying lip-service to the Tories' demands for civil service cuts.

If he had heeded the Tories' demands to start reducing the deficit immediately, he said, "I believe we would still be in recession".

The Polish government is keen on Lisbon, but the country's more sceptical president, Lech Kaczynski, is dithering about signing it.In Britain, the opposition Tories demanded a halt to ratification.

Several MPs, including some Tories, demanded to know if there was any link between the accident and financial constraints at BR. Modernisation of the signalling system at Clapham Junction – Europe's busiest railway intersection – was under way when yesterday's disaster occurred.

It seems to have worked surprisingly often, since Laws meticulously documents each billion-pound cuts package or faintly mad plan thwarted thanks to the plucky Lib Dems (although one can't help wondering if there wasn't a bit of devious haggling going on, with the Tories demanding things they knew Clegg wouldn't give and then making a big show of "settling" for what they wanted all along).

Tacking to the Tories and their media allies as Ed Miliband's Blairite and Tory critics demand is to sign up to their Alice in Wonderland economics.

The party leadership will announce it will veto the abolition of the 50p tax rate for people earning over £150,000 – a key Tory right demand – unless other measures, such as a mansion tax, are imposed.

But yesterday, as senior Labour as well as Tory figures demanded his head, it was clear McBride could not survive.