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Bindman said that David Isaac was right to condemn the lack of leadership on human rights across the UK government.

Now, you're getting into the real purpose of this site; keep the readership from being too hard on the Administration for lack of leadership on climate change.

What is striking to me in Detroit and Michigan more generally is the defensiveness, finger pointing, and lack of leadership on all sides.

The governor once appointed Miner co-chair of the state Democratic Party, but the two had a falling out after Miner wrote an op - ed in 2013 criticizing him for what she described as a lack of leadership on the fiscal challenges facing upstate cities.

Minkoff - Zern also criticizes Gov. Andrew Cuomo for what he calls a lack of leadership on the issue.

ALBANY — New York City mayor Bill de Blasio chided the State Senate and Governor Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday for what he said was their lack of leadership on his proposed reforms to rent regulations and the controversial 421 - a tax abatement program.

Factor in a non-interested board, a less and less influential manager, lack of leadership on the field too and we have a recipe for where we are today.

Lack of leadership on the pitch is one of the main reason for Arsenal repeated failure after Viera's departure.

Not exact matches

And how about this uplifting message from Jagmeet Singh after he won the leadership of the New Democratic Party on the weekend: «At a time when people are feeling so despondent, when there is a lack of hope, when it feels like things will only get worse before they get better, Canadians must stand united and champion a politics of courage to fight the politics of fear.»

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

D'Alessandro counters that such poor international performance is more likely because of a lack of leadership, a problem extending back to the less - developed - country debt crisis of the late 1970s, when many developing countries defaulted on their bank loans.

Senator Bob Corker has expressed concerns about «his leadership, and just his stability, and the lack of desire to be competent on issues and understand and nothing has changed.»

Meanwhile, franchisees at McDonald's have blamed the slump in part on a lack of leadership and an overcomplicated menu, in contrast to Burger King's uncluttered yet fruitful product pipeline.

Participants were asked to rank their level of anxiety (or lack thereof) on subjects such as their country's current political leadership, economy, health care, cost of living, and their perceived level of threat from terrorism and military hostilities.

She blamed the failure of the EDS acquisition on the lack of leadership.

«The utter lack of a credible climate policy plan on the part of the Harper government has gone a long way towards undermining Canada's standing in the world, even as a clear majority of Canadian citizens seek action and leadership on climate change.»

The lack of substantial bullish follow - through in leading individual stocks in recent weeks, the absence of leadership in most ETFs (other than international ETFs), and the bearish pattern on the weekly chart of the S&P 500 Index (below) are all valid reasons to avoid the long side of the market now.

It is true, that the theologies or lack there of puts us in a place of trusting the leadership to rightly impart the truth, even as each of us on our faith walk seek the self same for ourselves... that is trusting Holy Spirit, who was given the job to draw or bring us to the truth and lead us to Jesus and the Father.

It is unfortunate that a country of this stature, who rules the world, from the skies like a god, and lacks comprehensive leadership to deal with these pressing issues... where are the Presidents akin to our late leaders that took the initiative and got things done, America has become a cold, hostile place to live, We lack the sense of unity that made us what we are... There are hundreds of thousand unemployed, Why can't the government promote an agency akin to the peace corps, that utilizes the young folks sitting on their a $ $ and make them earn their unemployment check by working in this storm zone, to rehabilitate and get these folks back on their feet... it would promote a culture of selflessness and charity and would without a question cause a paradigm shift in the minds of our youth, This is what makes a nation great!

Spongberg realized he needed a change to enable the next stage of expansion because everyone on his team had started out at WKS and lacked experience working in a leadership capacity in a larger company.

Recognising the lack of vision and leadership on these profound questions, the Australian Food Sovereignty Alliance was formed in 2010, consciously linking Australia to the global movement for food sovereignty, with the aim of promoting a different, values - based national conversation on the future of our food and farming systems.

When questioned about the lack of leadership, Arsenal legend Thierry Henry said: «The boss, Arsene, needs that [leaders on the pitch] type of help.

strategy???????? B **** S *** the truth is that in this man deluded mind and his gigantic ego adding senility and arrogance of a has been he wanted to teach Sanchez a lesson how he could beat Fool without him but of course it backfired and the lesson was all the way around...... Sanchez showed that unfortunately for us the Fans our team lacks everything we are no better than a mid table team no leadership, lack of character, clueless all this on top that our Manager lost it.....

Dixon also comments on the lack of leadership within the team and that Wenger «allows his players to express themselves».

Xhaka — paid $ 3 million more for him than Kante was sold for... another of the many ridiculous Wenger sanctioned moves... like some of his skills, especially his long - ball potential but he's looked a shadow of his Swiss National team self and that really worries me... too slow and can't seem to master the timing needed to tackle in the open field... this might have something to do with the lack of leadership and coaching on this team, made more obvious by the fact that when he plays with Coquelin he plays in a deeper role (WTF???)

We would have debated as to whether the problem with the Cavaliers was Irving's lack of leadership, or whether the problem with Irving was that he was stuck on a hopeless team.

Mertz should never have been our captain in the first place... who has ever heard of a team that makes 11th hour transfer buys (Arteta & Mertz) then seemingly places those same individuals into prominent leadership positions from the get - go... indicative of the problems that have permeated our clubhouse for the better part of 7 years under the Kroenke & Wenger... what is wrong with the players chosen and / or the management style of Wenger that doesn't develop and / or encourage strong leadership from within... Mertz was the fine collecting lackey from year one... this is what happens when you don't get world - class players because many times they want to have a voice on and off the pitch and this can't happen when you play for a fragile manager who has developed a coddling wage structure where everyone is rewarded for simply wearing the shirt and participating in the process... not enough balance between performance and pay, combined with the obvious favoritism shown to some players regardless of their glaring lack of production... remember that Ramsey has played in positions that make no sense considering his skill - set (out wide) and has forced other players off the field or into equally unfamiliar positions with little or no justification (let's remember when you read articles about how Ramsey's goals this upcoming season being the potential X-factor for our success that this is the same individual who didn't score a goal until the final week last season)... this of course is just one example of many... before I hear another word from Mertz I want this club to address the fact that no former player of any real consequence has any important role in the management structure of this club, yet several former Gunners have expressed serious interest in just such an endeavor (Henry, Viera, Adams, Bergkamp... just to name a few legends)... there is only one answer: an extremely insecure manager!!!

Desperately lacking leadership from the top but unfortunately we are stuck with a 65 % shareholder Chairman, who does not have passion nor knowledge of football to guide the club to next level on the field.

Arsene Wenger's lack of presence on the sidelines is a major issue that generates a lot of the media attention surrounding Arsenal's dire spell, and the Gunners legend Thierry Henry reckons the continued lack of passion and leadership, particularly from the players, could be one of many factors which have led to the club's downfall.

Arsenal in too many matches are bullied off the park, due in my opinion to a lack of size, intestinal fortitude, mongrel and on field leadership.

Bledsoe on his lack of overt leadership: «I am the way I am.

I am talking about the accusation that Arsenal struggle because of the lack of on - pitch leadership and with the paper reporting that the Gunners have not started with the club captain in our line - up for more than two years.

For all the wonderful free - flowing football the Gunners play going forward, their defensive weak spot has been exposed on a number of occasions, with individual errors, a lack of leadership and no strength in depth costing Arsenal dear in all competitions.

Sometimes a player can lose or fall out of the zone, for lack of better description, and Mert is one of our most concentrated of players as he needs to be because of his leadership duties, his type of game, and perceived weakness on the back foot.

We lacked leadership in the CM and I also think that Coquelin and ElNeny was in the wrong roles... Coquelin broke down some of our own attacks by passing the ball right back to ElNeny which was putting him under pressure, Coquelin seemed to play a bit better when Xhaka came on and went forward a bit more.

My only concern when the line - up was announced was the lack of on - field leadership and its absence became apparent through the game.

Lack of quality depth, strategy and leadership (on and off the field) will mean we end up where we always end up.

Nick Hagglund has a stronger physical presence than Drew Moor, especially in the air, but Moor brings leadership and organizational qualities to the table that were lacking on Saturday (as well as a little bit of Champions League experience).

Anything less than four will have a better than expected feel about it but I fear it will be worse, particularly with the lack of character and leadership on the field.

While Arsenal may lack the right mentality on occasion, the accusation that the club suffer from lack of leadership is absurd.

It's easy to simply pile the brunt of the blame on the defence, one lacking communication − two, Mertesacker and Andre Santos, have recently joined the club and may not speak fluent English − cohesion and any sense of organisation or leadership.

Although their lack of leadership qualities necessitates the presence of Sebastien Squillaci on a regular basis, there is a balance to their pairing that bodes extremely well for the future.

The nightly news reveals to them leadership discussions that have devolved into bar - room slang with an accompanying lack of intellectual comment based on facts.

Acknowledge the incidence wherever he was at his next speaking engagement since he was not in the country but still had to show leadership Instead, our president's Twitter account handlers begun a knee - jerk reaction by tweeting on social media about the incidence and in such an infantile and useless manner, this was done on three occasions which demonstrates a lack of clear thought to convey one simple message.

«The lack of Governor Paterson's leadership on the budget worries New York voters,» said Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.

China is showing a «leadership» on climate change which the UK is lacking, the chair of the Commons» environmental audit committee has told Politics.co.uk.

«I've said for many years that Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver should resign based on his lack of leadership in his support of policies that have been tantamount to political malpractice and have devastated the Upstate economy.»

As GOP Assemblyman Steve McLaughlin took his protest over a lack of hearings on water issues in Hoosick Falls to the Senate's Republican leadership, his counterpart who also represents the area in Albany backed Majority Leader John Flanagan's stance.

For the country's large population of impoverished and marginalized Muslims, lacking any credible leadership, stands today on the threshold of its most significant transformation since the partition of British India in 1947.

«The lack of Governor Paterson's leadership on the budget worries New York voters,» says Dr. Lee M. Miringoff, Director of The Marist College Institute for Public Opinion.