Sentences with phrase «conservative backwoodsmen»

The business secretary hit out at «Conservative backwoodsmen», insisting it was the Liberal Democrats» job to confront those who «stroke fat cats until they purr with pleasure».»

These days I am amused rather than offended when I come under attack from some Conservative backwoodsmen — one recently identified me as a member of the Socialist Workers Party: that, for advocating policies which would be considered mainstream in successful Scandinavian countries or Germany or France or even, in that socialist paradise, the United States.

Not exact matches

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson - always described as «impressive», which appears to mean «vaguely coherent» when applied to politicians - may find her biggest obstacles leading the No campaign come from the braying Tory backwoodsmen south of the border.