backbench in the Oxford-Paravia Italian Dictionary

Translations for backbench in the English»Italian Dictionary

backbench [Brit ˌbakˈbɛn(t)ʃ, Am ˈbækˌbɛn(t)ʃ] N (in GB) POL

1. backbench (area of the House):

backbench

= seggi riservati ai parlamentari che non hanno un incarico di governo

2. backbench U (MPs):

backbench

= parlamentari che non hanno un incarico di governo, all'incirca corrispondenti ai peoni italiani

support from the backbench(es)

appoggio dei parlamentari senza incarico

support from the backbench(es) before n committee, discussion, revolt etc.

dei parlamentari senza incarico

backbench MP N

backbench MP

parlamentare mf senza incarico

Monolingual examples (not verified by PONS Editors)

English

He remained on the backbench for his entire political career.

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For the next four years, she served as a backbench government member.

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The government survived a no-confidence vote by a single vote, and only by promising its backbench critics a leadership spill.

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He joined parliament's backbench and embraced the floor of the house with gusto, debating bills and asking questions touching on his constituents.

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Following the 1959 general election he returned to the backbenches.

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His vociferous traditional unionist approach to politics ensured him a prominent backbench position.

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The climate deniers in cabinet, the "fringe-dwellers" and troglodytes on the backbench, will almost certainly ensure a kind of do-nothing kind of climate policy.

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Still, it is one thing for a governing party to unleash the dogs of war through attack ads or the designated hit persons in the cabinet and backbench.

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