Sentences with phrase «attacked by political leaders»

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«A consistent stream of virulent and inflammatory statements by political and religious leaders and an increase in harassment and imprisonment of, and physical attacks against, these groups has led to a renewal of the kind of oppression seen in the years immediately following the Iranian revolution,» the report says.

One naturally suspects that a sort of reflexive sexism is behind it, although to be fair Nick Robinson faced similar attacks when he was BBC political editor, including protests in Scotland whipped - up by then - SNP leader Alex Salmond, who cynically manipulated this strain of left - wing anti-media activism to try to threaten Robinson into producing more sympathetic coverage.

But there were glimmers of very effective political attacks there and by the time the dust had settled, the Labour leader stood in the better position.

The Labour attack was spearheaded by leader Ed Miliband, who has been widely credited with capitalising on the political effects of the row.

Labour's decision to focus its political attack on police cuts is a change of tone from the less successful approach trialled by the party's deputy leader, Harriet Harman, on Newsnight earlier this week.

Even more telling is the silence we hear from the Democratic candidates in this district — if they really want to change the discourse they could start by calling out their party leaders who are launching these lies and false political attacks on their behalf.»

Following attack by thugs on Senator Suleiman Hunkuyi and others at a political gathering of stakeholders and leaders of the All Progressive Congress in Kaduna, the...

The Labour leader, who says his support for unilateral disarmament is one of his defining political beliefs, responded to the row by pointing out that US nuclear weapons did not prevent the 9/11 terror attacks.