Sentences with phrase «against the government on»

Which is an oxymoron, as they are against the government on the first place...

Heseltine was one of 13 Conservative peers to vote against the Government on whether Parliament should have a «meaningful» say on the final terms of Brexit, including if the prime minister chooses to withdraw from negotiations without a deal.

She is expected to take part in her first debate in two days time, speaking out against the government on the Maastricht Treaty.

One of the fears expressed by the six Tory rebels who voted against the Government on tuition fees last night (full breakdown of who rebelled is here) was that the increase would deter people from poorer backgrounds fro going to university.

> On Comment today, Richard Harrington MP explains why he will be rebelling against the Government on Lords reform.

Stewart Jackson, who resigned as a ministerial aide to the Northern Ireland secretary Owen Paterson last October after rebelling against the government on whether to hold a referendum on Britain's membership of the EU, said: «An increasing number of people are very frustrated at the compromises that are necessary with coalition.»

If the Commons votes against the Government on a motion of no confidence, the Fixed - term Parliaments Act 2011 specifies that Parliament automatically dissolves unless a subsequent motion of confidence is passed within fourteen days.

Campbell was first elected as an MP for Blyth Valley at the 1987 general election with a majority of 853 votes, and has often voted against the government on issues such as the Iraq War.

Opposition parties in the Northern Region are set to demonstrate against government on August 22, 2016 over what they call «killer electricity tariffs».

Buhari said corrupt people had accumulated a formidable arsenal of illicit wealth, which they were deploying against the government on diverse fronts.

First, there are sufficient Tory rebels — an alliance of Remainers and liberal Leavers — who will vote against the government on Brexit issues.

Buhari said corrupt people had accumulated a formidable arsenal of illicit wealth, which they were now deploying against the government on diverse fronts.

He has also voted against the Government on tuition fees and yesterday voted against air strikes on Islamic State militants.

More than 40 lawsuits have been launched against the government on allocation issues.

This section addresses the issue of whether a patient who is unable to access treatment as a result of a government's refusal to fund that treatment could claim against the government on grounds of negligence.

We have obtained significant trial victories against the government on behalf of our clients, though most often we are successful in avoiding formal criminal proceedings altogether or having charges dismissed before trial.

Firstly, the Supreme Court heard the appeal by the Public Law Project in the residence test case and unanimously ruled against the government on the issue of whether the proposed residence test was ultra vires the enabling statute.

Julian undertakes advisory and judicial review work in the field of public and constitutional law for central and local government, other public authorities, and individuals, and has been instructed for and against government on issues of major public importance.

Not exact matches

Mueller said on Thursday that the government would need likely need three weeks to present its case in court against Manafort and Gates.

As HuffPost reported on Tuesday, the judge who ruled against DAPA in 2015 had included among his reasoning the possibility that any DAPA applicants who offered their personal information to the federal government in exchange for protection from deportation could be at a heightened risk under a different presidential administration.

Catherine Lhamon, the Department of Education's assistant secretary for civil rights, said in a statement that the government would «vigorously enforce Title IX's prohibition against discrimination on the basis of sex, including gender identity, in every applicable school.»

The statement comes on the same day that Microsoft announced it's one of 34 companies that signed the Cybersecurity Tech Accord, a document promising that, among other things, participants won't help governments operate cyberattacks against innocent people or companies.

In Iraq, part of Petraeus's success was built on helping to engineer a shift in loyalties among Sunni Muslim militias that, in many cases, had been fighting against the U.S. and Iraqi government.

The latest data on derivatives trading against the default of world governments.

CNBC's David Faber reports on comments from Makan Delrahim, U.S. assistant Attorney General, about the government's antitrust case against the AT&T - Time Warner deal.

Lane kept up that effort, saying that governments must put a greater emphasis on retraining and lifelong learning or risk a public backlash against the merits of freer trade.

Two JRs have been brought against government departments in Northern Ireland relating to decisions taken by these departments (on planning and environmental grounds) and Dalradian is a notice party.

Syrian President Bashar Assad and his government are suspected of having used nerve - agent and chlorine gases against people living in Douma, Syria, on April 7, killing dozens and injuring hundreds of men, women, and children.

Pensioners demonstrate to protest against deep cuts to pensions and measures included in the government's draft 2018 budget, on November 23, 2017 in Athens.

Trump ordered the launch of 59 tomahawk cruise missiles against a Syria - government airfield on Thursday evening.

Polish opposition leaders said on Saturday they would maintain their blockade of parliament's main hall and called for popular protests against a government that has accused it of trying to seize power.

Since the financial crisis, the U.S. government has been on a crusade against tax evasion.

It has already drawn severe criticism from the Iraqi government, whose forces are working closely with U.S. forces against ISIS, and from Iraqi politicians now threatening to impose travel restrictions on Americans entering Iraq,» he added.

Over the years Alfa has come out on top in bitter power struggles even with people closely linked to Vladimir Putin: it defended its telecoms empire against Leonid Reiman, Putin's communications minister, who ultimately left the government after a string of disclosures about his links to an offshore company.

Meanwhile, the EPA has censored science on government websites and retaliated against whistleblowers, creating an Inquisition - like atmosphere for government scientists.

Coles said the time was right for a «new team» to lead Unifor and fight back against what he called attacks on labour by the federal government.

WASHINGTON / BEIRUT, April 14 - U.S., British and French forces struck Syria with more than 100 missiles on Saturday in the first coordinated Western strikes against the Damascus government, targetting what they called chemical weapons sites in retaliation for a poison gas attack.

Sunshine Hillygus, who advises the federal government on the census, notes that this question is likely to fuel suspicion on the part of the undocumented that the census will become a political tool to be used against them — with negative implications for both data accuracy and for the long - run reputation of the Census Bureau as a nonpartisan agency.

«Clearly, the C.F.T.C. has taken a strong stance against Wall Street after the financial crisis, but in a broader context we do worry that the revolving door can make enforcement officials more sympathetic to the companies they oversee,» said Michael Smallberg, an investigator at Project on Government Oversight, a nonprofit group.

«We can watch very focused efforts to steal American information, to infiltrate the United States with spies — with people who are going to work on behalf of the Chinese government against America,» Pompeo said in an interview.

Governments will likely impose more reporting obligations on social media firms in the fight against terror financing, according to Ryder.

«The amendment to the underlying Iran sanctions bill maintains and substantially expands sanctions against the government of Russia in response to the violation of the territorial integrity of the Ukraine and Crimea, its brazen cyberattacks and interference in elections, and its continuing aggression in Syria,» said Republicans and Democrats on the committees.

Algeria said on Sunday it expected heavy hostage casualties after its troops ended a desert siege, but Western governments warned against criticizing tactics used by their vital ally in the struggle with Islamists across the Sahara.

But these forces were not used at that time and were instead sent to northern Mexico to conduct operations against drug trafficking when the Mexican government started to work more closely with the United States to fight the so - called war on drugs.

According to a Federal Aviation Administration spokesperson, FAA regulations do not specifically prohibit mounting a weapon on an aircraft, so there are no government regulations against police flying weaponized drones.

Crimes verging on genocide were being committed against the Rohingya minority in Myanmar, and those crimes bore «the fingerprints of the Myanmar government and of the international community», the United Nations special adviser on the prevention of genocide said on Tuesday.

Most of the region voiced support for the July 16 referendum convened by the opposition against the assembly, and the EU and the US have suggested they could level sanctions on the Maduro government should the July 30 vote go ahead.

The Western Australian government has called on its federal counterpart to beef up its Trade Practices Act (TPA) to help protect small business against predatory pricing by big business.

Trump on Monday railed against the recent string of attacks in Afghanistan, and ruled out any US discussions with the Taliban as part of the effort to seek peace talks between the Afghan government and the insurgents.

WASHINGTON, Jan 19 - U.S. lawmakers raced against the clock to avert a federal government shutdown on Friday but it was not clear if hectic negotiations would bring a deal before a midnight deadline.