hustings
Noun
Meaning
A court formerly held in several cities of England; specif., a court held in London, before the lord mayor, recorder, and sheriffs, to determine certain classes of suits for the recovery of lands within the city. In the progress of law reform this court has become unimportant.
Any one of the temporary courts held for the election of members of the British Parliament.
The platform on which candidates for Parliament formerly stood in addressing the electors.
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Although then ruling Congress hoped to reap electoral benefits from Indira canteens in the May 2018 Assembly elections in view of their popularity, it was defeated at the hustings due to a fractured verdict.
As one who has been in the hustings since the 50s, an examination of all elections since 1957 shows a consistent pattern of racial voting throughout the length and breadth of Guyana.
FILE PHOTO: Stanley Johnson, father of Boris Johnson, arrives at a hustings event with Britain's Conservative Party leadership candidates Boris Johnson and Jeremy Hunt, in Exeter, Britain, June 28, 2019.
Let no future contest hold such a purgatory of hustings, forcing candidates to say something new every day: Lisa Nandy and Rebecca Long-Bailey fell into the trans thorn bushes, while Keir Starmer may have overpromised.
Green Party leadership candidates Eamon Ryan and Catherine Martin will take part in the second of three online membership hustings – in this one, Dublin candidates can ask the leaders questions (watch out for Neasa Hourigan’s).
Labour deputy leadership hustings descends into chaos as.