Sentences with phrase «conservative critics who»

Liberal Democrats were delighted the bill had made the Queen's speech, but were scathing about Conservative critics who claimed constitutional reform was a diversion.

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The prime minister's Conservative party critics, who are already unhappy with her leadership on Brexit, are poised to speak out against her leadership should Labour make major gains across the country.

The «Shark Tank» judge, investor, and outspoken critic of net neutrality will be joined by conservative pundit Ann Coulter, who has been cast for the role of Vice President, Variety reports.

The Fed has been a target of some conservative critics in the U.S. Congress, who say the bank risked sparking inflation with its easy monetary policies in response to the global financial crisis.

Even Diane Ablonczy, the Conservative party immigration critic who led the calls to have Sgro step down, admits that how the scandal was revealed is disturbing.

At its core, Mueller's conservative critics point to Uranium One to bolster their case that the former FBI chief has his own complicated history with the Clintons and Russia, making him too biased to fairly and impartially investigate the man who defeated Hillary Clinton for the presidency.

And recent opinion editorials by critics like conservative economist Jack Mintz, who suggested Alberta could be the next Greece, have verged on the bizarre.

Supporters have praised the government for supporting the elderly, who are some of the most vulnerable in society, while critics have said increasing the state pension is a ploy to secure votes from older people, the majority of whom vote Conservative.

Whether in Methodism, Catholicism, or numerous other communities, the bureaucratic defenders of platforms such as «Political Responsibility» routinely dismiss their critics as disgruntled «conservatives» who are unhappy about not getting their way.

It is interesting that an early critic who wrote on «Buddhist Economics» was a conservative Catholic.

Occasionally Barr mentions a scholar who breaks out of fundamentalism into a genuinely critical stance (though usually extremely conservative)-- but only to call into question the honesty of such shifts without frank recognition of the break and even apology to critics whose work had been dismissed and motives impugned.

Prophets are almost always rejected — by conservatives and liberals, by the pious and the rebellious, by their faithful critics and by the ones who once followed them.

Garry Wills, a harsh and sometimes caricaturing critic of those of us who are religious conservatives, once said that the failure of Evangelical political activism is that it is not Evangelical enough.

Even so, Francis reiterated the church's stand against abortion, defending it against critics who call such arguments «ideological, obscurantist and conservative.»

It might come as a surprise to readers who know the work of Stanley Fish only by his reputation among conservative literary critics, but every sentence in his new book How Milton Works validates» indeed depends on» Hirsch's principles of interpretation.

DeFrancisco is considered a conservative Republican and a sharp critic of incumbent Gov. Andrew Cuomo, who is seeking a third term.

Still fresh and revived from his triumph at the general election - and to wipe out the Conservatives» majority at an election called suddenly and unexpectedly by a prime minister who was twenty five points ahead in the polls was a genuine triumph - Jeremy Corbyn's words will be received by renewed adulation from his admirers and a new respect from critics who he proved to be wrong in many of their outdated assumptions.

And Ken Clarke, who has held a number of senior government posts, compared the decision to John Major's attempts to keep the Conservatives together by bringing in critics to the Government.

How does she respond to critics on her left who say her record is too conservative?

Mr Gove, who previously worked as a journalist and counts Rupert Murdoch as a personal friend, is arguably the most eloquent critic of the inquiry within the Conservative party.

Mr Cameron also appeared to signal a more conciliatory approach to Conservative backbenchers, who this week elected Graham Brady, a critic of Mr Cameron's leadership, to represent them as chairman of the 1922 Committee.

(CNN)- The controversial pastor who called Mormonism a «cult» after introducing Rick Perry at a conservative conference is firing back at his critics, saying religion has an important place in presidential politics.

While he is a fierce critic of Iran, many conservatives in his central and southern Brooklyn district have excoriated anyone who dares to back the deal, including Mr. Nadler, a proud pro-Israel Democrat.

He was already a fierce critic of Conservative leader David Cameron, who earlier that year had described UKIP members as «fruitcakes, loonies and closet racists».

It was an opportunity for him to shake hands with the rank and file, parry critics who think he's not conservative enough and bury the hatchet with DeFrancisco's supporters.

Critics of David Cameron's tax arrangements should admit that they «hate anyone who has even got a hint of wealth in their life», a Conservative MP has said.

Ben Bradshaw «s 1997 victory came after a particularly bitter campaign against the Conservative candidate Adrian Rogers who was the head of the Conservative Family Institute and a vocal critic of homosexuality.

Lt. Gov. Spencer J. Cox, a longstanding Trump critic who is running for re-election this year, said he was impressed with Mr. McMullin's conservative message.

Washington — Senator Orrin G. Hatch, Republican of Utah, who is noted for his advocacy of conservative causes on Capitol Hill, has surprised his critics and supporters alike by announcing that he will moderate his stance on two key pieces of legislation that deal with sex equity in education.

All of the Black leaders who supported vouchers, most especially Polly, took a lot of abuse from critics, who made all kinds of wild claims, including that conservatives were using us to push their own hidden agenda.

Critics like The Nation's Dana Goldstein describe it as a mean - spirited caricature of classroom teachers funded by a conservative millionaire who wants to destroy public schools — a 2012 version of «Waiting For Superman.»

The work on display was groundbreaking, even to the point of vexing some conservative critics, who dismissed as folly works such as Robert Rauschenberg's Combine paintings, Jasper Johns's flags and targets, and especially four nearly monochromatic black paintings by a 23 - year - old Frank Stella.

These camps include abstract painters, social practice artists, conservative and theologically minded artists, various critics and their acolytes, digital media artists, and my personal favorite, the Art School Pedagogists, who «seek to arm their followers with free knowledge to counter and subvert academia's authority.»

It had been nearly two decades since the 1993 segment in which he derisively lumped together the work of Jeff Koons, Cy Twombly, Robert Ryman, Robert Gober, Christopher Wool, Felix Gonzalez - Torres and Jean - Michel Basquiat while inviting conservative art critics like Hilton Kramer, who died last week, to confirm that it was all indeed overpriced tripe — «the emperor's new clothes,» as he put it.

Other famous 20th century art critics in the United States included the so - called formalist Clement Greenberg (1909 - 94), his rival Harold Rosenberg (1906 - 1978)- who tended to focus on the content and circumstances of the artwork - the conservative John Canaday, art critic of the New York Times, and Leo Steinberg (1920 - 2011)- the critic and Renaissance historian, noted for his scintillating lectures, his clarity of writing and his book Other Criteria: Confrontations with 20th Century Art.

American Scene Painting was promoted by conservative, anti-Modernist critics such as Thomas Craven, who saw it as a way to defeat the influence of abstraction arriving from Europe.

Sabin makes a strong case that Ehrlich's brand of science made it easy for conservative critics to caricature environmentalists as doom merchants and fear mongers who peddle dubious science as a means of advancing their big - government agenda.

Notable mandates: Represented physicians involved in providing care to Ashley Smith during the 2013 coroner's inquest; acted for Ontario Premier Kathleen Wynne in a defamation action against Ontario Progressive Conservative party leader Tim Hudak and energy critic Lisa MacLeod; in Wise v. Iran, acted for a Canadian victim of a suicide bombing (executed by individuals who received material support from Iran) who sought leave to intervene in ongoing proceedings commenced by United States plaintiffs in the Ontario Superior Court of Justice seeking orders recognizing the enforceability in Ontario of judgments they obtained from a U.S. court against Iran totaling about $ 370 million; in Khadr v. Edmonton Institution, acted as lead counsel for an intervener, the Canadian Civil Liberties Association, to argue that in interpreting Omar Khadr's sentence for the purpose of enforcing it in Canada, Correctional Services Canada was obliged to consider Khadr's right to liberty and principles of fundamental justice; acted for a physician in a malpractice claim in Moore v. Getahun, a precedent - setting case about restrictions on communication between counsel and experts in preparation of expert reports.

Bob Ambrogi: There does still seem to be concern from conservative corners in particular something that's been expressed any number of times over the years, the legal aid lawyers spend too much time litigating, political and social causes and not enough time representing those that they're intended to serve, what do you say to critics of the LSC who raised that issue?

The CanWest News Service article entitled Funding for minority groups to challenge federal laws under review reports that the program, first set up under former Prime Minister Pierre Trudeau, «has been the target of harsh criticism from social conservatives and critics of so - called judicial activism, who assert the initiative is a slush - fund for left - leaning groups to circumvent the will of elected legislators by challenging them in court».

In addition, the article pointed to a number of tweets that were political in nature: a complaining reference to a Conservative MP who was a prominent critic of Whitehall waste; a re-tweet of a Labour MP's attack on government «spin»...