Sentences with phrase «as a distraction whilst»

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Mr Rowley wrote: «I sincerely hold the view that you continuing as leader whilst not in the Scottish Parliament, and not in an elected position holding a democratic mandate, means you will become an unhelpful distraction from the real issues that Scottish Labour must focus on.»

Whilst the spectre of the Ghost of the Labour Party Past in the shape of the Gord has occasionally caused distraction at Westminster, Miliband, as the Ghost of the Future according to some, has been more of a permanent miasma.

The Government want a time limited debate to ensure the issue does not drag on whilst opponents of the bill claim that democratising parliament is the wrong thing to do in a time of Austerity as it is a distraction from debating the economy or watching video's of Chloe Smith on Newsnight.