Sentences with word «backwoodsman»

These days I am amused rather than offended when I come under attack from some Conservative backwoodsmen — one recently identified me as a member of the Socialist Workers Party: that, for advocating policies which would be considered mainstream in successful Scandinavian countries or Germany or France or even, in that socialist paradise, the United States.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson - always described as «impressive», which appears to mean «vaguely coherent» when applied to politicians - may find her biggest obstacles leading the No campaign come from the braying Tory backwoodsmen south of the border.

But after his backbenchers and backwoodsmen made plain this was one thing they would not wear, Cameron threw both the Tory machine and the considerable Tory bankbook at the operation.

His first film role was the bumptious backwoodsman Whitey in Buster and Billie (1974), after which he paid his dues in a series of villainous bit parts: shooting down Burt Reynolds at the end of Hustle (1975); beating up Kris Kristofferson in A Star is Born (1976); and so on.

Levi Graham is a strong independent backwoodsman, who stumbles upon the injured young woman.

The business secretary hit out at «Conservative backwoodsmen», insisting it was the Liberal Democrats» job to confront those who «stroke fat cats until they purr with pleasure».»

And now we learn what the Tory backwoodsmen are going to do if their «red lines» are not accepted by Clegg.

A backwoodsman was elected President and a savage civil war broke out.

those that would normally be considered their base - whether it be on Europe, taxation and the deficit, immigration, and even snide little comments by Gove on «backwoodsmen» etc..