Sentences with phrase «about politicians speaking»

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Those sorts of questions are much more interesting and useful than questions about whether a particular politician should accept paid speaking engagements, and certainly more important than the borderline silly question of whether money that was accepted in good faith ought to be paid back.

The court filing says van der Zwaan not only spoke with both Gates and the unnamed person about a report on a controversial Ukrainian politician's trial, but also destroyed evidence Mueller's office was seeking, including the September 2016 email.

When Singapore was part of Malaysia, Lee's belief in an egalitarian society had aroused the suspicions of Malay politicians who believed Lee spoke loftily about multiracialism even as he canvassed for Chinese votes.

Harper's motto about actions speaking louder than words points up a fundamental truth about political rhetoric - there is often a low correlation between politicians» promises and their subsequent actions.

Female politicians are speaking up about the harassment they experience on the regular, but the issue won't improve until men stop staking their masculinity on power.

For those that don't speak Italian he basically says that politicians have talked about a global currency for long time (like euro for Europe) and now bitcoin came around and he thinks it's going to be a game changer even if a bit frightening for politicians like him

Altman said he wasn't involved in putting UBI on the platform, but has spoken generally about basic income with Democratic politicians in the past.

Both politicians ran into trouble because they didn't really know very much about the people they were trying to explain, having much more in common with the ones they were speaking to.

But politicians shying away from speaking the truth about behavior, about morality — this has actually helped to cause the social problems we see around us.

Patrick Regan, the founder of XLP, spoke to Premier about how the conference went and how it's not just down to politicians to solve.

Lewis Smedes has beautifully summarized what this means: «A politician ought to speak the truth about public matters as he sees them; he does not need to tell us how he feels about his wife.

It would be easier for politicians who are our allies to speak effectively about the issue, and they would find a more sympathetic audience.

His «constant gripe» about American politicians was that they were «stupider, prouder, more self - righteous, more moralistic, more vain - glorious than the American people on whose behalf they spoke.»

New York City Mayor Michael Bloomberg spoke on Tuesday about the plan and criticized politicians he claims are using the issue for political gain ahead of mid-term elections in November.

When male politicians or pastors speak about women and contraception, they sometimes make generalizations that reflect a lack of experience.

In 2017 we launched our new Grow Green report at fringe events, and spoke to many policy makers and politicians about the benefits of plant protein agriculture.

What interests me is, when one politician speaks about one policy and expresses his own view on something, some other...

So, for instance, left wing politicians might not speak about poorer people as dirt explicitly but Sadiq Khan would happily talk about «social cleansing».

The seeds of the current crisis were sown generations ago in the failure of politicians and intellectuals to address the legacy of the British Empire and to speak positively about the contribution that immigrants make to the country.

Walrond, for his part, denounced «career politicians,» and spoke about the district's need for a «leader,» someone who could effect change not from «lofty offices» but on the ground, like an «activist.»

«I think it can happen in two ways; either suddenly young people start voting again and then politicians will sit up and take notice and speak to them more directly, thinking about what they need, or; on their own volition politicians start going after the youth vote specifically trying to chase it.»

In an era when the much bemoaned «career politician» is king and MPs are regularly drafted into constituencies far away from their upbringing or any real emotional attachment, David Lammy speaks in a refreshingly passionate way about the area he grew up in and now represents.

We spoke with Council Member Fernando Cabrera about the mayor's race, his endorsement and the impact of recent corruption charges against Bronx politicians.

Tenney spoke to local residents, business owners and politicians about their thoughts on tax reform at the event held at The Dugout Sports Bar.

I spoke to the Senate about it last year, and the Senate feels very strongly that the Constitution is about a citizen Legislature, and not a bunch of full - time, 24 - hour, seven - day - a-week politicians making the laws.

The rally, while primarily held for Deacon, also served as a platform for the politicians to speak about Clinton.

«If young people see our politicians speaking ill about gays and no one checks this, it sends a message.»

Popster and inaugural X Factor winner Will Young has been speaking out about the politicians he has...

«I think most people think he owns some buildings, has the ear of other hard right politicians, sits on the school board, and has some of Buffalo's power players in his pocket,» said the website's creator, who agreed to speak about it under the condition that his or her identity be kept a secret

Popster and inaugural X Factor winner Will Young has been speaking out about the politicians he has met.

«Films can do many things, they can entertain, terrify, they can make us laugh and tell us something about the real world we live in - sorry it's early for a political speech - and in that real world it's getting darker and in the struggle that is coming between rich and poor and the wealthy and the privileged and the big corporations and politicians who speak for them.»

The International Development Secretary also spoke to us about being moved from the transport brief to the relative backwater of international development, and the need for politicians to speak out on global issues.

«You will hear politicians speak openly about setting up their own independent committee,» Cuomo said.

Speaking following the resignation of Labour leader Ed Miliband the politician ruled out taking on the leadership role himself but said there was a need for the party to think about how they appeal to the public in the wake of Thursday's election night defeat.

On Sunday, Miliband said politicians needed to be «speaking out without timidity and truthfully about what is happening» and warned Israel that its actions were counterproductive because every death of an innocent Palestinian could increase support for Hamas.

The only reason politicians are worried about Paladino is he speaks his mind.

Democrat Colleen Deacon, an Syracuse University alumna running against Rep. John Katko in New York state's 24th Congressional District race, spoke with other prominent politicians about the upcoming election at a Syracuse rally on Friday.

Speaking further, Alli also accused the President of fighting a selective war against corruption, considering the number of accused corrupt politicians who are in the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) and still roaming about the country without being prosecuted.

«What is particularly missing at this time is her coming out in public, meeting her constituents, talking to TV cameras, explaining what happened, perhaps being a little humble about all of this and giving a satisfactory explanation to her constituents and the wider Conservative family to be quite frank, because speaking to people from the West Midlands region where she is an MP, these things do have a knock - on effect and there are other marginal seats far closer to her constituency where people have got Labour majorities to overturn which may be more difficult if the local Conservative politician is seen as tainted and not having justified their actions and also I gather that Conservative Party HQ has had party donors from the region expressing concern that she hasn't satisfactorily justified what she has done.»

Reeher, speaking generally and not specifically about NY21, said constituent services can make or break a politician.

Speaking during a Westminster Hall debate, Gerald Howarth told fellow MPs that they were entitled to be «judgemental» about the public because the public were always judging politicians.

I believe it... unlike Baroness Warsi (the Tory panellist) we will offer a referendum on the Lisbon Treaty even if all the countries have ratified it... we mean what we say and at a time when we are fighting illegal wars and have politicians with their fingers in the till it's about time a party spoke up honestly for the hard working decent British people».

We're doing well with the economy we've got a good set of messages but they're all about your head and what people are worried about here [in Thurrock, where Doyle - Price is MP], you'll hear people talking about immigration, they say to us we've not done enough about immigration, we've not done enough about welfare, actually we've done a lot, but what we need to do is talk in a narrative that people understand and can engage with because too often our political debate looks managerial and bland and that's why people here don't think that politicians speak for them.

When I listen to Labour politicians speak about Northern Ireland, I can not believe they would say the things they do if people from Northern Ireland were more actively involved.

But when people — whether politicians or that guy in your Facebook feed — say they want to cut science funding, they won't be speaking about science as a whole.

«Bulworth» (1998) Warren Beatty directs and stars in this drama about a politician who decides to start speaking the truth and using rap music to get his point across.

«If the new SAT succeeds, it will be the first time America is able to systematically shape the views, beliefs and ideologies of hundreds of thousands of Chinese students every year, not through a popular television show or a politician's speaking tour, but through what the Chinese care about most — exams,» she wrote.

PURE was founded by parents and teachers together during the last Chicago teachers» strike in 1987, to help parents and teachers speak with one voice about who was failing our children: not the greedy teachers or the lazy parents, but the politicians and bureaucrats whose neglect and poor management was forcing failure on our schools.

It's frustrating to listen to politicians speak about student loan debt and eliminating programs people rely on, since they have most likely never experienced what most of us go through on a month to month or even daily basis.

If, as a collective group, we banded together to speak out about what's wrong with BSL, no politician would even dare bring it up.