Sentences with phrase «as political footballs for»

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As Carlos says this has turned into a political football about which party «won», the NDP for getting the Bill through the Legislature or the WR for stopping it or slowing it down.

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 DhaFor 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 Dhafor 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.

He's going to use NY as a political football, doing cosmetic changes to show he's a tough fiscal manager while being careful not to offend the unions too much, make - nice with the environmentalists, and generally use the Pataki game plan for setting the national stage.

The government made it abundantly clear that they were more than happy for those on low incomes to be used as political footballs, in order to achieve nothing less than petty, childish point - scoring.

David Cameron accused the home secretary and chancellor of using the issue of national security as a «political football» in their fight for the Labour leadership.

Malliotakis, a state assemblywoman from Staten Island who in recent weeks has sought to distance herself from Trump as she wages a campaign against Democratic incumbent Bill de Blasio, said in her statement that «thanks to our men and women in the military, NFL players have the right to express their personal political views anywhere; except for in their workplace — the football field.»

Dr Babu has called for a strong independent health watchdog in Wales along with cross party commissioning to stop the Welsh NHS being used as a political football.

I think the absolutely crucial thing on the Olympics... is that it was bipartisan and I did meet with the Chancellor last week and I said «there's only one thing I really need on this project, this has to be bipartisan, you can't have this as a political football, it's too crucial for the nation».

As the mechanism for apportioning congressional districts — and billions of federal dollars linked to geographic, income, and population data — the census has always been a political football.

In July, the House of Commons» Education Committee could rue Tony Blair's pledge no longer and showed his and successive governments a red card for kicking school sport around as a political football and ditching the opportunities thay would ensure that the pledge could be fulfilled.

During this year's legislative session lawmakers used teacher assistants as political footballs, lobbing them back and forth as either a group deserving of losing their jobs — Senate budget writers proposed ridding the state of half of its TAs to pay for teacher raises — or, as the House and Governor Pat McCrory preferred, saving them from the chopping block.

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.

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Infrastructure as a political football is symptomatic of competing visions for the nation's energy — a divergence that makes energy policy a key issue for U.S. voters this year.

For too long, Indigenous peoples have been used as a political football.