Sentences with phrase «about defections»

The last that was heard about defection at the National Assembly was when a former member of the House of Representatives, Uche Ekwunife, who later represented Anambra Central at the Senate, before her election was annulled by the Appeal Court defected to the ruling All Progressives Congress, APC.

Rumours about the defection of the 51 - year - old Gallagher, who becomes the first person to edit a broadsheet newspaper and a tabloid, emerged in early August.

The opposition party has its views about the defection of a senator to the APC.

The last is yet to be heard about the defection of former Enugu State governor, Barr.

Most talked about their defection in social terms, friends following friends.

Not exact matches

Rumblings of dissent often swirl around the Politico empire, with periodic defections of senior staff and questions about the company's ambitious expansion plans in Europe and elsewhere.

I am happy to count among my own friends a rather remarkable number of men of high intellectual distinction who have returned to the full Christian outlook after years of defection from it, and I should say that in practically every case the renewed hospitality of their minds to Christian truth came about through their awakening to the essential untenability of the alternative positions which they had been previously attempting to occupy.

I would go further: in the absence of such historical controls, we are lured into just the kind of dubious suppositions — for example, about allegedly increased defections from oldline to conservative — that have plagued recent discussions.

They are surrogates, which is a way of saying that they are agencies by which God works; they are not substitutes, although much of the time, in our foolishness and defection, we regard them as such — and in so regarding them bring about a state of affairs which is disproportionate and destructive.

For atheists, the defection rate is about 18 percent.

Beleaguered dairy group Murray Goulburn's decision to reverse its cut to farmgate milk prices appears to have done little to stem the tide of supplier defections, with the company revealing on Monday its milk intake for the 2018 financial year will be about 18 per cent lower than in 2017.

There are about 100 different obstacles that can throw this happy train off course along the way — injuries, costly recruiting misses, coaching defections, bad luck, random personnel issues, simple poor coaching — but in theory, this is what you want.

«Out» has got into most trouble, not least with the high profile defection of the Conservative MP, Sarah Wollaston on the grounds that its claims about the amount the UK pays into the EU are not true.

«Discussions» with Conservative party MPs, MEPs and peers about potential defections to Ukip are underway, Nigel Farage has claimed.

Faso's hair - splitting statement comes as Trump faces a mass defection by Republican office holders and candidates after an 11 - year - old video depicting him bragging about sexually assaulting women surfaced last week.

Like, if the Republicans continue to control the Senate thanks to a Cuomo - approved gerrymander plus five defections that the governor was perfectly OK with, and then over the course of the next couple of years their conference blocks campaign finance reform and drug reform and a hike of the minimum wage, doesn't it become somewhat more difficult for Cuomo to explain to Democratic primary voters why he didn't just do something about it?

Not shy about bringing a little elbow into the game, Rivera is taking on the incumbent Democratic senator in the adjoining district, Jeff Klein, over his defection from the rest of the conference and leadership of a five - member rump faction that caucused and shared power with the Republicans in the past two years.

Nigel Farage told Conservative MPs unhappy with David Cameron they were «in the wrong party» as he was asked about rumours of defections to UKIP.

Lots of people will be writing about past examples today — 1982 in Micham and Morden (Lab vote split because of SDP defection, and the government got a surge of support during campaign because of the Falklands); 1961 Bristol South East (Tory gain only because the candidate with the most votes — Tony Benn — was disqualified for being a peer), 1960 Brighouse and Spenborough (ultra marginal to begin with).

Mr. Obanikoro's defection at his Lagos Island constituency ended months of speculations about the status of his political allegiance.

Carswell's defection to Ukip has caused worry among senior Conservatives that other MPs from the party could be about to follow suit.

The communique added, «The PDP state chairmen are very concerned about the crises engulfing the party as it is degenerating into the several defections from the party across the nation.

The Tory chief whip said he took Mark Reckless for a meal in the House of Commons to talk about keeping him in the party, ahead of his defection at the weekend.

His reason for his defection, he said, is simple and consistent: He claims no loyalty to any party, but believes that the Republicans offer him more support for causes he cares about, including religious schools in his district, and is unapologetic about getting whatever he can for his constituents.

Douglas Carswell faced a media scrum in the rain asking about further possible defections, the Rochester and Strood by - election, and TV leader debates for the 2015 general election.

Last week was the Labour leader's big fight - back speech, this week was meant to be about the Tory by - election defeat to Ukip and next week should have been David Cameron's Götterdämmerung with new defections to Ukip and the emergence of a letter in the press, signed by dozens of Tory backbenchers, calling for a change in leader.

Everything about politics is relative and after a stinker of a week for Labour, it's clear the Tories» conference this week is going to be even worse after the shock defection of Rochester and Strood MP, Mark Reckless, to Ukip.

Asked about other possible defections, he replied: «We have these conversations.

«I don't expect defections today or tomorrow, but over the next few weeks people will think very hard about it,» he said.

About 120 members of the Progressive People's Party (PPP) including two executives in the Ashanti Region have announced their defection...

«There's just been so much buzz around this term «grid defection,» about how everything we know is going to change,» Bloomberg New Energy Finance associate Logan Goldie - Scott said at the summit.

And you're right Jim, about how important that single defection was (though we need many more).

While the Heenan, Blaikie debacle may have more, ultimately, to teach us about human shortcomings and hubris than the perils of the immediate legal marketplace, it does underscore the reality that defections, shakeups, acquisitions and takeovers have become the norm among our nations largest law firms...

Reports, i.e., legal community gossip, about changes in the health of the firm, billable hours quotas, changes in size, new office space, defections, malpractice suits or settlements, ethics reprimands or sanctions, and so on.

«Most of the businesses we've spoken with this week are pleased with the steps we've outlined to better protect people's data, and they have confidence that we'll respond to these challenges and become a better partner and company as a result,» the company said in a statement when asked about the advertiser defection.