The government, which called a snap election on September 16th, may yet face a backlash over its handling of the fires.
将于9月16日召集临时选举的政府,可能会因为对此次火灾的反应而面临反弹。
He won again in 2005, and would presumably have won a third time, in the snap election he called in April 2006, had the opposition not boycotted the poll, in effect invalidating the vote.
Mr Cameron’s speech, perhaps his best to a Tory conference since he impressed enough to see off Mr Brown’s mooted snap election in 2007, showed an appetite for the fight.
The thinking behind calling a snap election was that it would last until polling day.
要求进行临时选举时的想法是,认为该选举会持续到选举日。
In four months of hearings, the tribunal examined allegations of misbehaviour by the accused parties during a snap election Mr Thaksin had called in April last year.
经过4个月的听证会,法庭对去年四月他信召集的短期选举中的不当行为进行了检查。
But his continued refusal to say when he will quit has led to speculation that he might call a snap election on the nuclear issue.
但是由于他始终不同意立即退位,让人们猜测他可能借此次核危机而提前召开大选。
Though he assembled a cabinet of exceptional mediocrity last September, he expected to call a snap election while his approval ratings were still fairly high.