Sentences with phrase «conservative thinking on»

In addition to the measures previewed above, Mr Cameron used his speech at Walworth Academy to emphasise other important areas of Conservative thinking on education.

In a reflection of Conservative thinking on the issue, the party's official Twitter account, @ToryTreasury, said: «80/20 was aim for this parliament and that's what we've got.

Maybe we need a Conservative Digest to bring together the best of conservative thought on the Web and in print?

Not exact matches

«The thing about his appointment that I think has not been picked up on by a lot of people who've been reporting on this is when Clarke was under consideration to be chosen at sheriff, there was not any hint from anywhere that he was a conservative,» said Mark Belling, a conservative Wisconsin talk - show host.

It has been based on the production of lies developed by the fossil fuel industry through industry - funded conservative think - tanks, laundered through conservative foundations, spun and repeated by right - wing media outlets, and adopted as ideology by the Republican Party.

Ron Carson, a CFP and CEO of Carson Wealth Management Group, thinks conservative investors should not take on credit risk given the dicey economy.

Some 12 «conservative thought leaders» will join the meeting with Zuckerberg on Wednesday, a Facebook spokesman said.

Baker is a little more conservative on the next quarter — he thinks Q2 EPS will come in at $ 0.86 — but he's more bullish than Becker on EPS growth in Q3 and Q4.

An Abacus Data poll released this month found 62 percent of Canadians think Trudeau is doing at least «an acceptable job» on the economy, including 49 percent of those who voted in the last election for the Conservatives.

«I think the conservative media is the worst thing that has ever happened to the Republican Party on a national level,» he said.

But to many Republicans, he's an unreliable ally who is often at odds with traditional conservative ideology on drug policy (he's for medical marijuana), foreign intervention (he opposes most military actions) and government surveillance (he thinks more checks are needed on federal power).

Published by the conservative think - tank Fraser Institute, the report's goal is to influence public policy and «set the record straight» on «wildly off - base» reports on financial costs of raising children.

«We get millions of reports every week of potential violations,» Monika Bickert, Facebook's vice president of global policy management, said during a discussion at The Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank, in Washington on Tuesday.

Stephen Harper and the Conservative party, but also friends * who find themselves on the opposite side of the political spectrum, still think there's a choice to be made between the economy or the environment.

Given that fundamental aspects of how the Internet works are being decided by the PMO, Shade and Moll say it's up to the public to get Canadian politicians «up to speed» on net neutrality the way the American public did in the U.S. To date, there is scarce indication that any of the major parties are thinking about the issue; McArthur says a letter to his Conservative MP in Edmonton didn't even generate a standard response letter.

What are your thoughts, am I too conservative and should I not be focused on paying off mortgage?

I based my growth expectations on what I think were conservative estimates of consumption growth and the growth in productive investment (with which the reported data is currently consistent, although do not prove my assumptions one way or the other), but I always pointed out that as long as credit growth accelerated, the growth in non-productive investment would remain high, in which case reported GDP would also remain high for much longer.

You'd think the same would hold true for a governing Conservative party that came to office in 2006 on a platform of transparency and accountability, or the three opposition parties who make daily denunciations about Prime Minister Stephen Harper's penchant of secrecy.

Polls in the United Kingdom indicate the forthcoming election is likely to increase the majority of the ruling Conservative Party, an outcome that should strengthen Prime Minister May's position at home and on the international stage at a crucial time, and one we think would be welcomed by financial markets.

Lighthizer is expected to try to nix another transnational court for investment disputes, and he has backing from a wide variety of constitutional lawyers, environmental and labor groups, and conservative think tanks that say the special courts encroach on U.S. sovereignty.

Since you can't find bonds paying a 3 % interest rate and increasing it each year on top of providing some value appreciation over time, I think PG is the best bet for many conservative portfolios.

Closing Thoughts on Procter & Gamble from SSD Procter & Gamble has long been a favorite dividend stock for conservative investors.

If Canadians become more focused on economic risks, the thinking goes, they will pay less attention to the Duffy scandal, and they will be more cautious when casting their ballot. In this world - view, it actually helps the Conservatives to talk up bad economic news. This marks a U-turn from earlier messaging, when Conservatives first tried (futilely) to deny the economy was in any trouble at all. With the negative numbers piling up around them, the Tory spin machine has decided to throw in the towel, and try to make a silk purse from this sow's ear. They now want to emphasize the gloomy economic outlook (while simultaneously, of course, evading blame for contributing to it at all).

If I'm right and I think I am, it is pure desperation on the part of the Conservatives.

Conservative Governments privatize companies by spending all their money on needless things that do not show a profit (think here of our CPP and Harper in control of the board) then come back to the population telling them the company is broke and the only way to save it is to go private.

I think most investors would be wise to take a more conservative posture at this point, and be willing to give up some upside for a while... just depends on how much relative performance risk you can stomach.

After all, King is long dead and even if he could come back and tell us what he truly thinks or thought of gay people it would have no bearing on current affairs like the anti-gay sentiments of the conservative party will!

Yglesias is for it since he thinks that the Koch brothers buying the Tribune papers and turning them into conservative news outlets focused on reporting would be good for the media environment.

Ross Douthat had a nice piece recently showing the electoral and rhetorical stupidity of this strategic move on the part of Huntsman's campaign in attacking the base of what conservatives think is important.

One suspects that some conservatives supported Rubio not only because they thought they agreed with him on the issues, but also in the hopes that nominating Rubio would lead to Republican gains among Hispanic and young voters.

Fishon, many conservative Christians may balance on a two - legged stool, but I think your's has only one.

He goes on to say, «Many of the most powerful elements of the conservative movement are all Catholic (many converts) from the SC and think tanks to the media and social groups.

It sounds rather evangelical, though Avakian is, as you may have guessed, a leftist, and in fact the leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party» which seems, if we understand Revolution, the broadsheet on whose back page that quote appears, to think Mao too conservative.

I think it is really wonderful that the conservatives of this country keep liberalizing their opinions on what other ethnic groups are acceptable.

When I read the headline of this article on RealClear Politics, I thought the authors were making a familiar conservative case — that Barack Obama's learning curve in the Oval Office is impossibly steep, that he was (and remains) underqualified for the job.

Back in the 80s I think it was, when there was a war going on between the fundamentalist wing of the church and those who were merely conservative (and the few who were moderate), one of the fundamentalist leaders gave a speech or sermon in which he said, «If the Southern Baptist Convention votes that pickles are divine, then the professors at our seminaries had better start teaching that indeed pickles are divine.»

Now in Africa, most people are rural, religious, and fairly conservative when it comes to sexual behavior, despite lurid stereotypes of oversexed African men forcing themselves on women and girls without a thought.

It is a mistake to think that the 2012 election results were primarily the result of conservative stances on social issues articulated by the candidates.

Because I lack the competence (unlike Pete) to do a serious commentary on the current crisis or crises, I thought I'd address the big issue of the (token conservative) replacement for George Will on ABC.

Right wing conservative types have a Jesus who is against gay marraige, is anti-abortion, thinks there should be prayer in school, and teaches the prosperity stuff and so on... Left wing liberal Christians quote the verses about giving up possessions, feeding and clothing the poor... inner city Christians often have a Jesus who is about social justice... we were made in His image?

In thinking through Jean - Francois Lyotard's The Postmodern Condition and my position as a «conservative» Catholic sympathetic to our friends on the Porch, I'd like to throw this out there for some opinion.

The publisher thought the complaints were from people on the opposite ideological spectrum from Barton, a conservative political star who has long billed himself as an evangelical historian.

The liberal group People for the American Way's report on how conservative foundations have deployed vast sums to support think tanks, friendly media and other institutions that promote right - wing causes is titled «Buying a Movement.»

Do your conservitive freinds think you might be teetering on the edge of liberalism, while your liberal friends think you are way too sympathetic to the concerns of conservatives?

So that was it, thought Janet, another conservative on her hands.

His stance can be a little too conservative for my taste (mostly on social issues) but he is articulate and has some well thought out plans, not to mention he is pretty moderate and I think in this day and age we need a centrist, someone who isn't afraid to work with both sides of the aisle instead of just playing party politics and only pandering to one half of the country.

He associated his thought with the liberal Arminius against the dominant conservative Calvinism that insisted on the doctrine of predestination and all its consequences.

I think that in this way, the emerging church is seeking to correct what has been a bit of an over-emphasis on apologetics and doctrine within the conservative evangelical community in recent years.

You know the type... the ones who THINK Jesus would like them... the ultra conservative type that make business deals at church on Sundays, drive a Buick, gossip about the «bad» people on the other side of the tracks.

Conservative candidate for Aylesbury, David Lidington, said: «Whether you look at Ebola and our response to that, whether you look at the # 2.3 billion that was allocated to humanitarian relief in the Syrian refugee crisis, I think the Conservative Party can say that we've got a good track record on delivering practical policies with that clear ethical foundation.»