Sentences with phrase «army of conservative»

Burns can now join the small army of his Conservative colleagues in speaking out against Lords reforms.

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He also highlighted a comment from conservative pundit Katie Pavlich that had incorrectly said Obama pardoned Chelsea Manning, the US Army soldier who had provided documents to WikiLeaks, to help defend his controversial pardon of former Arizona sheriff Joe Arpaio.

It soon became clear, however, that implementing the various recommendations and agreements was being opposed by conservatives in the KMT, who feared these measures would dilute their party's control of the government, and by Nationalist generals, who objected to reducing the size of their armies.

In the current climate of liberal opprobrium, when an army of petition - signers is ready to declare someone who gave $ 100 to Prop 8 a monster, the first task of the conservative periodical is legitimation.

Conservative peer Baroness Berridge said the Church of England could now be a role model for British boardrooms, the British Army and Parliament.

Over recent months, the Conservatives and their supporters in the press have relentlessly put the case that we are being beset by a zombie army of benefit - scrounging, job - stealing aliens.

At the 1976 Conservative conference, Michael Heseltine fired a volley of attacks on Labour, calling it «a rabble of political extremists» and «a one - legged army limping away», mimicking their imagined marching orders: «Left!

The Conservatives held onto Wandsworth and Westminster with a bit to spare, despite small armies of Labour activists flooding them in recent weeks.

A former army officer and merchant banker, the son of an MP and a collector of fine wine, Mr Mitchell has the feel and flavour of a Conservative MP from the era of Francis Urquhart, which indeed was when he was first elected.

Carl Paladino, the 2010 GOP standard bearer and a reflection of the conservative base, called Gibson «an extraordinary guy» who he admired for keeping his word on term limits and returning his Army pension.

Bolton — eyed to replace Army Lt. Gen. H.R. McMaster as national security adviser should McMaster step down or be fired — would be the latest in a string of Trump administration insiders with strong links to big - spending, conservative political groups largely funded by an elite group of megadonors.

Patrick Mercer, the shadow homeland security minister, has been axed from the Conservative frontbench after claiming racism is «part and parcel» of army life.

This is a Conservative - led government presiding over the highest tax burden since the end of the second world war and the smallest standing army since Victorian times.

«The leader's tour is entirely different to the series of complaints facing the Conservatives, who paid for numerous buses to take an army of activists to specifically campaign, deliver leaflets and knock on doors in individual constituencies.

The race, to fill the seat left vacant when Republican congressman John McHugh stepped down to become Secretary of the Army, turned into a three - way contest between official GOP candidate Dede Scozzafava, Conservative Party candidate Dough Hoffman, and Democrat Bill Owens.

«For the first time since Congressman (John) McHugh became secretary of the Army, we've been able to unite the Republican, Conservative and Independence Party lines, and we're going to give voters a clear choice on Nov. 6.»

That's fair comment but I do worry that the Conservatives are missing a once - in - a-generation opportunity to build an army of online allies (my ideas for doing so are here and here).

-LCB- Casual Roma -RCB- For a long day of walking to the Colosseum and Vatican City in Rome, a simple T - shirt with army green skinnies and loafers keeps me styling and conservative (for the Vatican).

I'm an Army combat veteran who is conservative, cultured, well traveled, educated, honest and funny with a sick, twisted, dark and sarcastic sense of humor.

This much is known: In 2006, the Rev. Ian Paisley, the conservative head of the Democratic Unionist Party in Northern Ireland, and his longtime nemesis Martin McGuinness, a onetime leader of the Irish Republican Army turned left - wing politician, met in Scotland, giving the world hope that decades of violence would soon be over.

Marrying a conservative Texan soldier and becoming an Army wife was never part of her plan, but when she met Miles, Artis threw caution to the wind and moved with him to a series of Army bases in dusty southern towns, far from the exotic future of her dreams.

Breitbart reported: Present at the meeting was Melissa Henson of the Parents Television Council, Dave Grossman, a retired U.S. Army lieutenant colonel who has long argued that video games cause violence in teens, Mike Gallagher, the CEO of the video game trade association Entertainment Software Association (ESA), video game developer ZeniMax Media CEO Robert Altman, Take - Two Interactive CEO Strauss Zelnick, Pat Vance, the President of the Entertainment Software Rating Board, Brent Bozell of the conservative Media Research Center, Sen. Marco Rubio, R - Fla., Rep. Vicky Hartzler, R - Mo., and Rep. Martha Roby, R - Ala.

The simmering controversy sheds light on the vast influence of the Koch political machine, which spans from the top conservative think tanks, Republican politicians, a small army of contracted lobbyists, and Tea Party front groups in nearly every state.

But it could just as easily be a collection of «barmy army» conservative such as Bob Katter, Pauline Hanson and the Shooters and Fishers, or the anti-wind incumbents such as Nick Xenophon and John Madigan.

What we can't believe is that he is blatantly supporting a small army of workers who would surely be members of the AMW Union and wouldn't intend voting for Dan anyway, whilst at the same time ignoring and neglecting his conservative voting faithfuls.