Sentences with phrase «as leftwing»

Identifying radical Islam as leftwing also requires you to disregard the fact that their funding is almost exclusively from dissident, if hyper - rich, members of the Saudi elite and their popular support is minimal.

I'd submit that if basic human decency suggests that one should not be too quick to exploit human tragedy for political gain it is inappropriate for you to be too quick to exploit human tragedy for political gain by identifying everything evil in the world as leftwing.

In particular the association of radical Islam as leftwing is more than merely faintly ridiculous.

While 81 % of Corbyn supporters self - identify as leftwing, only 15 % of potential Labour voters do so.

We do not see arguing for fairer wealth distribution, decent jobs with good pay, terms and conditions and a substantial increase in affordable housing for the next generation as a leftwing agenda.

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Noddings» answers to these questions have won her praise in feminist and leftwing circles; her book is hailed by Rosemary Ruether and Daniel Maguire as an «important contribution to philosophical ethics» and a work that should be «significant» in theological seminaries.

Ozil played 45 mins Alexis looks like the one in need of rest but knowing him he doesn't want it, n playing upfront means he doesn't have to be involved in build up play and defending as much as on Leftwing..

Arsenal were most lethal last season when Walcott was upfront and as soon as he got injured - on his return he was played outta position on the leftwing.

we could do with a pacey, skillful, tall, creative, scorer on the leftwing as thatz what it ll take to bench Iwobi.

John Beckett, who started as an angry leftwing Labour MP and who finished in the British Union of Fascists, is linked to Dalton by Beckett's son, Francis, who wrote his father's biography.

Before Jeremy Corbyn, it was Ed Miliband who was attacked as unacceptably leftwing.

There are pockets across the country where the mood is ugly, as driven leftwing elements within the enlarged local memberships and in Momentum have targeted elected councillors or MPs whom they view as insufficiently Corbynist.

The logical consequence of Labour slumping to third place in some polls would be for more Labour voters to start voting tactically just as they once routinely expected Lib Dems to, and the leftwing think tank Compass is now actively debating this idea.

He caught Blair's eye as he swung behind the new leader's clause IV reform, though working at Millbank, Peter Mandelson took a dislike to him because he was too leftwing.

He dismisses suggestions that his plans for one person, one vote elections for the Labour leadership and deputy leadership will lead to ordinary members being swamped by a stage army of leftwing union activists recruited as affiliated supporters.

The proposed changes have been described as «tectonic» by some commentators because they mean that the parliamentary party will find it harder to stop a leftwing successor to 68 - year - old Corbyn.

As the rogue business secretary lashes out at the centre - right, his boss the DPM remains confident in avoiding the liberal leftwing drag that can be so intoxicatingly tempting to his colleagues at party conference.

He went to the US after graduation, where he attended the University of Minnesota, followed by a stint as a trainee journalist working for controversial leftwing writer Christopher Hitchens at The Nation magazine in New York.

In 1981 Tony Benn had used the new electoral college to challenge for Healey's job as Foot's deputy, albeit against the advice of many leftwing colleagues, who saw a left - left ticket (Benn's disloyalty had alienated Foot) as less attractive than a left - right one.

Corbyn made clear he regards himself as representing the same anti-austerity, anti-politics forces that led to the rise of Bernie Sanders, the leftwing challenger to Hillary Clinton in the Democratic primaries in the US; and populist parties across Europe, including Syriza in Greece, and Podemos in Spain.

Her constituency, and the surrounding borough of Waltham Forest, as well as the neighbouring borough of Leyton and Wanstead, has a large number both of new members, inspired either to join or return to Labour by Jeremy Corbyn, plus a strong existing network of leftwing groupings and minor parties.

Darling's intervention is one of a number from senior figures from the last Labour government warning against leaving the EU, as the Stronger In campaign tries to motivate leftwing voters to turn out for their cause.

Nor is there any evidence, as claimed by Blairites and the media, that Miliband's pro-cuts and «squeezed middle» Labour party was too leftwing for the public or ignored «aspirational» voters — as if all voters weren't aspirational.

The debate within Labour over how to attack David Cameron's Conservatives intensifies today with a new leftwing pamphlet warning that the Tories can not be dismissed as toffs, and nor can Cameron be characterised as a shallow salesman.

In my own corner, sometimes portrayed as an ideological battleground between a grumpy, leftwing secretary of state and true - blue Tory ministers, relations were always businesslike, often cordial.

Meanwhile, even some leftwing Labour MPs are privately enthusiastic about the Lib Dems» success, convinced a hung parliament should give them leverage they have been denied under New Labour rule — as well as the chance to make common cause with the Lib Dems» radical wing.

Ginger (Elle Fanning) is the daughter of a smug leftwing lecturer (Alessandro Nivola), who's written a book called The Idea of Freedom and is still traumatised by his time in jail as a conscientious objector in the second world war.

In fact, as reported by Mike Antonucci, five days after the election, the teacher union - dominated Democracy Alliance — a coalition of leftwing Democrats chaired by NEA Executive Director John Stocks — met to strategize about the years ahead.

Kramer fought against leftwing political bias in art criticism, and what he perceived as the aesthetic nihilism characteristic of many 20th century working artists and art critics.

It is tempting to dismiss NAAQS regulation of greenhouse gases as a conceit of leftwing extremism or rightwing paranoia.

The only remaining test is the Orwell one: will you be as quick to see corruption, when it exists, in leftwing regimes?

A recently signed peace agreement between the Government of Colombia and the leftwing guerrillas of the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC) opens the door to restoring the health of the country's natural resources, as well as preventing further damage or loss to them.