Sentences with phrase «act as a whip»

This acts as your whip, grappling hook, stake, and more... It's really quite versatile!

Not exact matches

However, May's sincerity was questioned by Labour's Lisa Nandy, who reminded her of three previous occasions when, as Home Secretary, she had been failed to act on information suggesting that incriminating evidence against individual MPs was routinely used by whips to enforce party discipline.

Rep. Elise Stefanik remains a key undecided vote today as House Republicans try to whip up support for a revised bill to repeal and replace the Affordable Care Act.

He saw himself as representing moderate euroscepticism, and believed his role was to act as a negotiator between the various eurosceptic groups and Richard Ryder, the chief whip.

Proponents of a bill known as the Employment Non-Discrimination Act, which would provide job protections for gay and transgender workers, are actively taking a whip count to see whether the measure has enough support for floor action.

However, Gordon Brown has acted by suspending Mr Morley as a member of the Parliamentary Labour Party and also suspending the whip from him in Parliament.

The Specator's James Forsyth says Michael Gove has been acting as chief whip for the last two weeks.

While the government's front benchers sat together in the House of Commons and the two parties acted as a bloc during PMQ, [11] the Liberal Democrat and Conservative backbenchers sat apart and each had their own whips, [11] and the two parties competed in by - elections.

Mr. Arhin who is vying as Chairman for Cape Coast North constituency in exclusive interview with mynewsgh.com, disclosed that even though the President is not involved in the lawless acts, it is incumbent on him to allow the security agencies to crack the whip and deal with any lawless party member.

Wild backyard parties at Bronx «B&B» feature strippers, lewd whipped cream acts, giant TV screens and DJs spinning loud music as revelers party into the wee hours of the night Legislation will be introduced to stop one - and two - family homes -LSB-...]

In October 2008 he was made an Assistant Whip in the Labour government and acted as Assistant Regional Minister with Barbara Follett, the Regional Minister for the East of England.

Close and contentious Commons votes mean drama: lobbying, protests, MPs torn between the demands of constituents and Whips, Governments struggling with rebels - with much of this acted out beneath the blazing glare of the media searchlight, as backbenchers give interviews, Ministers are doorstepped and their Parliamentary aides resign.

Their spinning, whip - like tails act as motors to drive them forwards.

Above all, this is a superbly acted movie, stolen without remorse by Letitia Wright's work as Shuri, T'Challa's whip - smart sister, who outfits him with all of his vibranium - enhanced tech.

While Washington's Whip does grapple with an internal struggle that's soaked in lies, denial, self - loathing and more (and this is where Washington shines the most, when he's not uttering a word, but generally drowning in consequences and negotiating what maneuvers he's got left), his final act of redemption is far too predictable (and therefore less satisfying), as every other option of salvation has been exhausted by his self - destructiveness.

After an act of courage that puts Katniss between the whip of the Commander and a loved one, President Snow decides to play one more trump card up his sleeve and that is to change the treaty charter and initiate a new type of tournament known as the Quarter Quell.

«Structured» (using that term very loosely) as a mockumentary in three haphazardly labeled acts (titled «Missionary Position,» «Whips and Chains,» and «Doggie Style» — are we laughing yet?)

Like other coral reefs, the Great Barrier Reef buffers waves whipped up by tropical storms, acting as an aesthetically stunning breakwater that reduces shoreline erosion and protects waterfront neighborhoods and ecosystems from floods.

The former chief whip was brought back to a frontline Cabinet role to oversee Tory plans to scrap the Human Rights Act; continue to «review our legal aid systems» (as the party's manifesto euphemistically put it); as well as stave off a brewing crisis in our prisons, sort out a demoralised police force etc..