Sentences with phrase «as a political football by»

The result of the foregoing does not excuse the findings of the Auditor General but do point out the damage that has been done to this publically owned institution that delivers relatively cheap power but has been used as a political football by successive Liberal energy ministers.

Not exact matches

For example, you might think that Premier League in a cynical exercise in separating English football from its core congregation and repacking it as a globalised machine for the printing of money, and you might think that Manchester City's sudden rise to the top of the league is nothing more than an equally cynical exercise in soft political power by the ruling family of Abu Dhabi.

The challenges of geography and a false sense of superiority based on an exclusive (i.e. white) identity have been consolidated by the use of immigration as a political football.

«By joining Assembly Democrats in the fight to preserve affordable housing in New York, the governor has made a strong statement that he will not allow this issue to be a political football as this session winds down,» Heastie, a Bronx Democrat, said.

The department has been used for decades as a political football to be influenced by lobbyists with large amounts of money, that «buy» influence from whatever politicians are in power, the PRESENT administration is no different.

By likening his job to that of a home plate umpire who has little discretion to «interpret» pitches, Roberts was painting the law as something that is «objective» and «non-partisan» and not, to momentarily switch sports analogies, a «political football.»