Sentences with phrase «as a politician with»

I wouldn't mind at all as long as politicians with a strong Christian orientation actually supported Christ's message.

Mrs Gillan said: «As a politician with proud Welsh roots, it is a great honour to be appointed Secretary of State for Wales.

In 1784, 21 - year - old William Wilberforce (Ioan Gruffudd) was elected to the British House of Commons, and soon established himself as a politician with a conscience.

Biden's Tech Record — CNET describes Biden as a politician with «a mixed record on technology who has spent most of his Senate career allied with the FBI and copyright holders.»

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UK politicians watched on uneasily as May was pictured hand - in - hand with Trump in Washington, whose contentious travel ban and controversial remarks triggered huge protests in London and cities across the country.

The probe, known as «Operation Weak Flesh», had uncovered some 40 cases of meatpackers who had bribed inspectors and politicians to overlook unsanitary practices, such as processing rotten meat and running plants with traces of salmonella.

It also equips politicians, and then later normal citizens, with cameras that broadcast their every move as part of a radical experiment in transparency.

The Raging Bull argument highlighted growth drivers such as the energy sector's expansion, US manufacturing competitiveness, the explosive penetration of IT mobility and a housing rebound, combined with some positive demographic shifts for baby boom echo savers and more fiscally responsible behavior out of politicians.»

Italy's president cancelled a dinner with the German opposition's chancellor candidate Peer Steinbrueck in Berlin on Wednesday after he described the former Italian premier Silvio Berlusconi and comic - turned - politician Beppe Grillo as «clowns».

Thousands of people joined a global March for Science with Washington the epicenter of a movement to fight back against what many see as an «assault on facts» by populist politicians.

Facebook is mulling a plan to sell its upcoming smart speakers internationally before launching them in the U.S., as American users and politicians have increased their focus on Facebook and user privacy, according to two people who have had discussions with the company about the devices.

Should he decide to run as a Democrat, which was the assumption PPP included in the question, he would have to make his way through a field likely to be loaded with leading Democratic politicians seeking to defeat Trump.

I was at the Democratic National Convention (DNC) in Philadelphia last week, and it was very clear from my conversations with former DNC chairs, U.S. politicians, Bernie Sanders supporters, business executives, and even celebrities and athletes: a Clinton presidency will be viewed as positive for Canada-U.S. bilateral relations and a major step in the right direction for trade with Canada.

«When the town asks regional authorities for funding for a project, it's told: you have Rusal, go work it out with them,» said Erik Chernyshev, a local Communist Party politician, former member of the region's upper house, who also worked as an engineer at the factory for 18 years.

As law enforcement officers descended on the town of 21,000 equipped with armored trucks, body armor, camouflage, and assault rifles, and fired tear gas and rubber bullets into crowds of protesters during the last two weeks, civilians and politicians are making call to rein in the weapons arsenals cops have been amassing.

Schultz then went a bit contemplative on the raptly - attentive crowd, sharing with the audience his belief that individual citizens, not just politicians and political parties, need to increase civility and improve the discourse level in the country, not only every four years but ever day, in the face of what Schultz sees as increased partisanship, polarization and cynicism.

But Trump, along with other politicians and lobbyists, has frequently cited bridges as a danger to people and commerce.

Going along with anti-establishment and populist sentiments, Eurasia Group says politicians could be forced by voters «to shift toward a more zero - sum approach to global economic competition and to look as if they're doing something about lost jobs.»

He has worked with Canadian politicians and policymakers of all political stripes to craft more effective public policy, including his most recent role as an outside economic adviser to Liberal Leader Justin Trudeau.

And while politicians of all flavours are unable to agree on anything that will benefit Australia as a whole, Australians are voting with their feet.

European politicians will be watching the result with concern as it could prompt the euro zone's third - largest economy to take a more critical and oppositional stance to the European Union and the single currency.

With the NRA and NRA - backed politicians becoming a focal point of the conversation around gun control, people and companies are standing up to say «enough» as they join in the rapidly growing NRA boycott.

Even as his counterparts like Atlanta rapper Killer Mike — who has been very vocal about America's racist war on drugs and his own political beliefs — used their celebrity for fundraising, meetings with politicians, and self - penned articles; the rapper usually left politics to the side as he expanded his business and rose to the top of the corporate ladder.

Other celebrities and politicians have denied accusations, but none has stooped as low as suggesting that their accusers weren't attractive enough to be honored with their gropes.

Negotiating with politicians is regarded as a key skill for any chairman of RBS because of the stake owned by the Treasury, even though it is held through UK Financial Investments, a body that has a mandate to look after the shareholding at arm's length from the government.

You might think politicians would write off young voters as a waste of time, while cultivating seniors with boxes of chocolates and daily phone calls.

Through 2015 Facebook had actually been ramping up its internal focus on elections as a revenue generating opportunity — growing the headcount of staff working directly with politicians to encourage them to use its platform and tools for campaigning.

To begin with, through his Indonesian partner on the projects, the billionaire media mogul Hary Tanoesoedibjo (known in Indonesia as Hary Tanoe), Trump has forged relationships with several top Indonesian politicians.

Maybe our wise and patriotic politicians will start selling off our military assets just like they did with our manufacturing base so they can pay the tsunami of interest on our debt and China will take over as the world's police?

The resulting public discourse has seen furor from many quarters with politicians on both sides of the Atlantic rounding on all parties involved in the allegations with Facebook chief Mark Zuckerberg earlier facing two inquisitions from the US lawmakers as a result.

By skipping a recent leaders» debate, Doug Ford learned nothing and that means the Black community is as endangered as before because the absent politician is poised to become the one with the most authority to impact their lives, Royson James writes.

Particularly targeted were higher income groups, as politicians confuse our country with smaller Canada and Australia.

There's a fine line between celebrity and politician as we've seen clearly with the election of reality TV star Donald Trump.

That, as well as its significant lobbying arm, has often been credited with blocking gun reforms and bringing to heel politicians who benefit from NRA money and are reluctant to cross the group's vocal base.

Along with other politicians such as Sen. Richard Durbin, D - Ill., and Illinois State Treasurer Michael Frerichs, Perez took a tour of the Center for Economic Progress, the brainchild of mutual fund manager and CEO of Ariel Investments John Rogers, and then held a roundtable to get insights from the Center's staff and volunteers.

In addition to his own book, he regularly writes for the Huffington Post and the Financial Times, provides commentary for other news outlets, does television appearances, speaking engagements, consultations with politicians and everything else that comes from increasingly sharing a role as the «face» of the company with founder Bill Gross.

Similarly, in the country, the ultra-rich pay - off the politicians and then extract the wealth via different mechanisms such as money printing, bond - price (interest rate) fixing, corporate tax holidays, and excessive executive compensation while the nation's balance sheet is laden with debt.

But as long as the Dow and the S&P 500 keep levitating higher, the politicians and economists can point to the stock market as evidence of a healthy economy and «success» with regard to their policies of money printing, credit creation an unfettered Government spending.

A matter such as US tax reform was never going to pass without comment from JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon, who tends to lurk in the background of his bank's results calls like a grumpy uncle at a Thanksgiving dinner, occasionally piping up with a tirade against clueless politicians or rickety US infrastructure.

What does seem clear is that Mr. Atwal was almost as assiduous about having his photo taken with Canadian politicians as is your blogger.

(Interestingly, Simpson can sound just as condescending while favouring politicians with praise as when slagging them!)

Some Mexican politicians have also pushed a Plan C to eliminate as many tariffs as possible and become a «Latin Singapore» to encourage more trade with other countries.

The power doled out by Mr. Kowalski, and the rewards he lavished on his constituency, led some Opposition politicians to claim that he was actually running the government, with the Premier only as a figurehead.

Former PC MLAs Thomas Lukaszuk, Doug Griffiths, Teresa Woo - Paw, and Stephen Khan and current Independent PC MLA Richard Starke have been mentioned as potential candidates, though bringing in former politicians associated with an unpopular old government might not be the best strategy for the newly rebranded party.

Notley has been steadfast in her support for the pipeline, and as far as Alberta politicians go, she is probably in the best position to negotiate some sort of political compromise with a future Premier Horgan.

We would broadly agree with the IMF's picture of a healthier global economy, though it is more difficult to envisage politicians using the current expansion to deliver reforms to address the problems such as poor productivity and low wage growth facing many parts of the world.

The banks should be nationalized, at least temporarily, and every person and institution involved (otherwise known as the elite banksters and politicians who served and supported the government and «quasi» government decisions) in each of the bailouts and heists of the taxpayer's (i.e. the «common» mans) money, should be divested of their personal assets and earnings and put in a stockade for public viewing, smack dab in the middle of Wall Street, to be pelted with rotten vegetables.

Politicians and central bankers will manage the crisis of 2016 - 2017 as they have most other crises (such as 1987, 1998, 2000, 2008) by increasing spending, addressing an excess debt problem with even more debt, and pumping more «funny money» into the global financial system.

He was among about 50 Indian politicians, scholars and businessmen who attended a private midday meeting with Kerry and Commerce Secretary Penny Pritzker as they pitched a fresh start in a strained partnership with India's government.

As bankers, we are concerned about growth and returns - regulators about safety and soundness - central bankers with the competing interests of systemic risk and economic growth - and politicians have to deal with significant public discourse.