Sentences with phrase «better against the conservatives»

The really important polls last week were those showing Labour doing better against the Conservatives than Brown does against Cameron.

Not exact matches

Chief of staff John Kelly phoned Trump from Capitol Hill to advise him against accepting the proposal, and the president summoned conservative Republican negotiators to help build a united front against the plan, which would have provided some border security funding as well as protection from deportation for immigrants brought to the country as children and now here illegally.

In re-electing the Conservatives, the population writ large has absolved the government of the contempts against Parliament and the sooner the Liberals stop insisting on such stuff, the better for them and all of us.

Maybe the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, Mr. Anders is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.

Perhaps the most hard - edged social conservative in Ottawa, he is well - known for being the sole parliamentarian to vote against granting former South African president Nelson Mandela an honorary Canadian citizenship.

Never mind that this is the same Conservative «plan» that contributed to Canada experiencing the only recession among major industrial economies so far this year. Claiming «victory» because GDP is growing again after a recession, is a bit like commenting on how good it feels to stop beating your head against the wall. Before popping any champagne, we'd better pause to ask: why were we beating our heads against the wall in the first place?

The party ignores truly good and just conservatives like Huntsman and Paul (and Gerald Ford in his time) and go after people like Santorum, Palin, and Bachman who could never possibly win against the all - inclusive Democrats.

My conservative friends want Muslims to dial down the Sharia (religious law), but to be allies for the good in moral causes, preserving a rigorous view of truth against liberals who make so much a matter of feelings.

Agreed so long as they go against those who support liberal agendas and candidates as well as conservatives.

If a conservative Christian is against such a decision because he believes he has good reasons against it, these may perhaps be quite weighty and yet his protest against the decision may be unjustified.

The religious controversies that occupied Rembrandt's Dutch contemporaries were internal debates among Calvinist factions — the conservative Reformed establishment against the more liberal Arminian or Remonstrant sect that favored free will over predestination, and peace — a policy also good for business — over continued war against Catholic Spain.

Perhaps coincidentally, Flake is doing badly against his Republican primary opponent, even though her behavior is a reminder that the best argument against conservative populism is the people who run as conservative populists.

It provides a good warning to conservatives against falling into the trap of defending the idea of «judicial supremacy» in their critique of the president's statement about a «group» of unelected people striking down a congressional law.

It provides a good warning to conservatives against falling into the trap of defending the idea of «judicial supremacy» in their critique of the president's statement about a «group» of unelected people striking down....

When Evangelical beliefs go against the vote of this country for RoevsWade, and this causes murder of doctors, and nurses how good then is this conservative belief?

Conservatives can be the party that reduces the tax system's bias against working parents, that uses markets to increase the productivity of our enormous health care system, and that transforms our welfare state to make work and family formation a better deal.

will, regrettably, reinforce what appears to be a widespread Jewish paranoia about «the Christian Right,» encouraging American Jews to be against whatever conservative Christians are for, whether or not it is good for Jews or good for the country.

Kekes concludes Against Liberalism with a suggestion that what is worthwhile in liberalism might best be preserved by a conservative pluralism, one that recognized the incompatibility of human ends, the necessity of difficult trade - offs, and the existence of certain goods - among them, security, civility, and peace - not given much time of day by contemporary liberals.

As a Jesuit seminarian in the 1950s (he left the Society of Jesus well before ordination), he rebelled against the liberal editorials of the Jesuit opinion weekly America and soon began writing for William Buckley's flagship conservative periodical National Review and penned a fine study of G.K. Chesterton.

It's simple as this, Rick Santorum appeals to the less educated, extremely conservative and more bigot minded segment of rural America, which is largely dominated by Born again evangelicals, who as the article points out have a misguided view that that Mormons aren't Christian, and in their misguided bigotry seem to be voting against Romney based upon their religion rather than for a good candidate who can win the general election.

Actually originally conservatives were Democrats who were against slavery during the American revolution, so if you think slavery was a good part of history then i guess your right, again irony is a female dog

It would have been good if these conservative Christians had not simply spoken out against personal, but also against political, sins.

If you take Democrats out of your sentence it reads «Actually originally «conservatives» were those who were against slavery during the American revolution, so if you think slavery was a good part of history then i guess your right, again irony is a female dog

Henry rejected liberal versions of the social gospel which tended to be all social and no gospel, but he appealed to an earlier evangelical consensus of cultural engagement that included the work of William Wilberforce in campaigning for the abolition of the slave trade in England, the revivalist impulses of Charles G. Finney against slavery in this country, as well as evangelical concerns for suffrage, temperance, child labor laws, fair wages for workers, and many other progressive issues to which many theologically conservative Christians were once committed» before what David Moberg has called «the great reversal,» an evangelical withdrawal from such concerns.

Small wonder that America's movies and music and television shows make us enemies in traditional societies around the world — and small wonder, too, that many cultural conservatives, despairing of their country's future, embrace withdrawal from the world into a narrow, well - defended Christendom, where their families and their faith can be protected from the lowest - common - denominator swill that washes against the walls outside.

Vincenzo Montella's side were the better side over the two legs and fully deserved their place in the last eight, against a United team who were made to pay for a conservative approach.

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died this week at age 79 and while many wanted to dissect the politics of the conservative who fought (for some, the good fight) against liberalism, others were more, or at least equally, interested in how he died (conspiracy theories aside)-- alone, doing what he loved, hunting, with his -LSB-...]

Supreme Court Justice Antonin Scalia died this week at age 79 and while many wanted to dissect the politics of the conservative who fought (for some, the good fight) against liberalism, others were more, or at least equally, interested in how he died (conspiracy theories aside)-- alone, doing what he loved, hunting, with his loved ones nowhere near.

Boris Johnson's performance against Ed Miliband on the Andrew Marr sofa could go down in history as the moment he threw away his best chance of becoming Conservative party leader and prime minister.

The existing law is good at stopping Banksy from offering free prints to those voting against the Conservatives in the election but anything more subtle remains a challenge.

His unsuccessful bid in 2014 to strengthen significantly the Government's recall proposals won the support of almost half of Conservative MPs in a free vote but fell well short of getting through thanks to a strong Labour turnout against his amendment.

IF, and it's a big IF, there were to be a hung Parliament next time around, far better that the LibDems (and I guess this applies to the SNP, Plaid Cymru and Dr. Dick Taylor too) act as kingmakers by voting for or against the government, whether it be Labour or Conservative, * on the merits of each individual piece of legislation * than propping up some of the most loathsome, reactionary policies this side of the self - styled moral crusaders from the ear of High Thatcherism.

What the Conservatives need is for the Conservative / Unionist (adds to the Conservative majority) to do well against the DUP and for Sinn Fein to do well as they won't take up their seats (adds to the Conservative majority).

And it would present an open goal for the Conservatives against Labour (indeed, for the Liberal Democrats against Labour as well — why take the harder target?).

Last night's meeting of local party members voted 108 - 84 against a motion which pointed out the demonstration was also attended by some Conservative and DUP MPs, as well as Tory peer Norman Tebbit.

But purists like McKee worry the WFP's willingness to kowtow to Cuomo will cost the party its independence in the long run, arguing it would be better situated to push back against the AG's fiscally conservative agenda if it strikes out on its own.

The Conservatives did surprisingly well against the Lib Dems in places like Cornwall and against Labour in some of their Midlands targets, while London bucked its usual trend of exaggerating the national swing.

Carl Paladino's campaign is trumpeting a new Rasmussen poll that shows the Buffalo businessman peforming slightly better against Democratic gubernatorial designee Andrew Cuomo than the GOP / Conservative designee Rick Lazio.

The best estimates are that there will only be a handful of Conservative MPs willing to vote against the government's position while there will be significantly more Labour MPs willing to defy Jeremy Corbyn's position and vote for action in Syria.

Signs soon emerged the Tories might not be performing so well in the South West against the Liberal Democrats, who held Torbay with only a small swing from the Conservative Party.

I have no doubt that the Conservative Party will make major gains in votes and seats in the next 10 years that will build to their return to power ultimately, but they are a long way off actually winning a majority and it has to be said that a Hung Parliament now looks more improbable than at any time since 2001, demographic factors are working against the Conservative Party as well - Labour seats mostly are held with far lower turnouts which is partly why Labour can get fewer votes than the Conservatives and end up with an overall majority and far more seats than the Conservative Party.

Without re-hashing the arguments for and against a wholly appointed chamber, those who seek change in the name of `' modernity» and so - called `' democracy» should take heed of the old Conservative maxim, «to change what is worst and conserve what is best».

Past elections has shown that they generally fair better against Labour than the Conservatives.

Wendy Long did the better INTERVIEW with the Conservative Party Executive Committee against a The Ladders guy who is claiming to be an expert in and gives advise on doing INTERVIEWS....

Senate Democratic Campaign Committee Chairman Mike Gianaris was clearly pleased to see Sen. Mark Grisanti lose his Tuesday primary against the more conservative, less - well - known Kevin Stocker.

When considering who has the best policies for the country, the Conservatives were backed by 35 per cent of voters, against 25 per cent for Labour.

The Tories may do well in the south of England, where they're fighting marginal seats against the Liberal Democrats — fleeing Lib Dem voters will go to Labour, which should translate into safer Tory seats — but it's in the north of England and the East Midlands where there are many Conservative MPs hanging onto their seats against Labour challengers.

The group is joining a disparate coalition known as New Yorkers Against Corruption that includes labor unions, environmental groups and right - leaning organizations as well such as the Conservative Party and the Rifle and Pistol Association.

A conservative activist best known as a crusader against violent video games is lobbying the Cuyahoga County (Ohio) prosecutor's office to consider a criminal menacing charge against Trump surrogate Roger Stone.

«There is the additional consideration that you have made your allegations against an individual who is a good friend of the Conservative party and against a party (the PiS) allied to the Conservative party in the European parliament.»