Sentences with phrase «by campaigners as»

It has been welcomed by campaigners as a first step, but Iain Duncan Smith, the former work and pensions secretary, has said it does not go far enough.

Mr Prescott also called on ministers to ratify the European Convention on Human Trafficking, described by campaigners as the modern form of slavery.

The judgement has been jumped on by campaigners as proof that indeterminate sentences are an example of badly planned and poorly implemented government posturing on crime.

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Facebook proved to be the ultimate weapon and the best election campaigner, as Nix explained, and as comments by several core Trump campaigners demonstrate.

The Archbishop of York was confronted by pro-gay marriage campaigners as he arrived at a cathedral in Nottinghamshire.

On the other hand, he was certainly a great hero to the younger anti-Nazi campaigners, such as the «White Rose» group at Munich University (Hans and Sophie School — who were, incidentally, also inspired by the writings of another great Catholic, John Henry Newman) and the youth group at St Ludwig's Church in the same city who combined opposition to National Socialism with devout Catholicism and enthusiasm for the emerging liturgical movement.

A decision by the most senior court in India to grant a Christian campaigner bail has been hailed as a source of «some solace» for believers in the country as Easter celebrations draw near.

Sister Supporter told the Daily Mail that patients - as well as people living and working in the area - have been subjected to «sustained intimidation» by anti-abortion campaigners.

The minimum 50p per unit price, delayed for six years by a legal challenge led by the Scotch Whisky Association, has been welcomed by the medical professional and health campaigners as the biggest breakthrough in public health since the ban on smoking in public.

Campaigners likened the strategy to the responsibility deal brought in by Labour and continued throughout David Cameron's premiership, which was widely condemned as a failure.

That bettered seasoned campaigner Eilish McColgan who was sixth, followed by Scottish teammate Steph Twell in seventh as the best - finishing Brits.

The new Regulations will not go include all the changes wanted by health campaigners — such as a ban on advertising and promotion of follow - on formulas — but it will be an important step in the right direction in the protection of infant and young child health

The real attack on freedom of speech has come from the French state itself and it is directed against those it perceives as potential subversives: the school children who will not say Je Suis Charlie, the Muslim families who are subject to raids by police, the environmental campaigners who want to demonstrate in front of world leaders.

The former minister's political career has spanned 30 years and he was honoured by the Pope last year for his work as an anti-poverty campaigner.

Originally written as a protest song against boarding schools, the song has gone on to be adopted by protesters in apartheid South Africa and campaigners against the West Bank barrier.

«As parliamentarians who often speak to whistle - blowers — from campaigners whose groups have been infiltrated by the police to those exposing corruption in government departments — this judgement is deeply worrying,» Baroness Jones added

Chris Abbott, a researcher and academic who was punched in the face when Police Officers suddenly surged forward, Hannah McClure, a Masters» student who mentors foster children, who was pushed over by an officer who then stood on her stomach, and Josh Moos, a Plane Stupid campaigner, who was knocked to the ground as a baton - wielding officer vaulted over him.

Parliament faced one of its most bizarre protests this lunchtime as liberal - minded campaigners demonstrated against pornographic censorship by sitting on each other's faces.

Parliament faces one of its most bizarre protests as liberal - minded campaigners demonstrate against pornographic censorship by sitting on each other's faces

The latest threat to funding is a particular blow as campaigners and charities had been cheered by a government U-turn on plans that would have seen refuges hit by the housing benefit cap.

A concern that a new settlement will be a stitch - up amongst the major political parties and the vibrancy of the referendum campaign in Scotland have energised campaigners to call for a convention that is either constituted fully by randomly - selected citizens (as with the British Columbia Citizens Assembly on Electoral Reform) or one that is a mix of randomly - selected citizens and participants appointed by political parties (as with the Irish Constitutional Convention).

The second problem is that Momentum has become a battleground between three groups within the movement: the traditional (and by now rather old) Labour left, sometimes referred to as Bennites; younger, politically - engaged campaigners; and members of the various small political groupings to the left of the Labour Party, such as The Socialist Workers Party, Alliance for Workers» Liberty and the remnants of the Communist Party of Great Britain.

BHA Faith Schools Campaigner Richy Thompson commented, «We will continue to campaign for this information to be published, as while we are not opposed to Free Schools, we do have concerns around the diversity of religious and pseudoscientific Free Schools which are being backed to open by the Government, and believe there therefore needs to be more transparency in the approval process.»

It was lapped up by anti-Brexit campaigners and described by one pro-European reviewer «as the campaigning guide that all Remainers have been waiting for».

In an announcement viewed by green campaigners as a key test of the coalition's credentials on the environment, the energy and climate change secretary told MPs progress would be reviewed before the end of the parliament.

Labour First, shadowy right - wing Old Labour group run by John Spellar got in first (though the mouth of former Labour national executive member Luke Akehurst), describing the new group as «a slap in the face for grassroots campaigners ``.

Although it is not regarded as truly proportional by campaigners for electoral reform, AV is favoured by some because it maintains the constituency link, ensures elected MPs have the support of at least 50 per cent of voters and allows supporters of minority parties to express opinion through their first vote while giving their second preference to a mainstream party.

Brexit transition deal breaks seven promises made by ministers, say campaigners — as it happened

«Unfortunately, the lead ammunition debate has been hijacked by campaigners who are looking to damage shooting as a whole.

The anti-poverty campaigner said it was a case of the «good, the ok and the ugly», as he detailed the findings of a report by campaign group Data, which he founded with fellow musician Bono.

Charlotte Church has burnished her credentials as leading anti-austerity campaigner by announcing...

As pro-EU campaigners seek to highlight the risks of Brexit with a «Better The Devil You Know» strategy, David Cameron has led from the front by calling an Out vote a «step into the dark» and the «gamble of the century».

The revelations come as a result of Freedom of Information (FOI) requests submitted to the school by the BHA and other campaigners.

It's welcomed by anti-poverty campaigners as a means of redistributing the grossly unequal manner in which the world's resources are currently divided.

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Charlotte Church has burnished her credentials as leading anti-austerity campaigner by announcing that she would have no problem paying tax at a rate of 70 % if it would protect public services.

The British General Election of 2015 should be perused by all politicians and campaigners, but especially Labour, not least as a distraction from their current introspection.

The BMF, as a long campaigner for safer crash barriers for motorcyclists, was concerned that given the large numbers of motorcyclists expected to use this route, such a road should not have steel or wire - rope safety barriers but have instead the latest, motorway - standard, concrete barriers and this has now been confirmed by Lancashire County Council.

There was also a minor disturbance at the speech as Cameron was heckled by Eurosceptic campaigners, understood to be linked to the Vote Leave campaign group.

Viewed as feckless by at least some politicos, Mr. de Blasio is still a relatively deft campaigner and messenger, a veteran of several tough elections.

The measure, criticised by civil liberty campaigners as a «snooper's charter», has been taken out of a more general Home Office and Ministry of Justice - sponsored crime and courts bill, which ministers need to get on to the statute book as fast as possible.

Campaigners say that as little as 1 % of lobbying activity will be affected by it.

The NHS Bill 2015 campaigners see their proposed NHS Reinstatement Bill as complementary to - but likely to go further than - a private members Bill by Labour backbencher Clive Efford MP.

[38] The party's 2014 leadership election was won by Jim Murphy, an MP who had previously served as Secretary of State for Scotland and had been a prominent campaigner for the pro-Union side in the referendum.

Among other complaints raised by the campaigners included the wrongful spelling of «Ghanaians», written as «Ghanians» and a false statement that Ghana's president - elect, Nana Akufo - Addo had contested a general election in 1998.

Mr Obama's intervention into the EU referendum debate has been criticised as «hypocritical» by London Mayor and EU leave campaigner Boris Johnson and UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he was the most anti-British US president ever.

Pro-life campaigners like Ms Dorries, have argued that there is a conflict of interest with clinics run by Marie Stopes and the British Pregnancy Advisory Service offering advice as many women go on to have abortions.

A policy similar to the one used by Australia was among the key pledges made by Vote Leave campaigners such as Boris Johnson ahead of the referendum on June 23 - but the new Prime Minister, appointed after the vote, dismissed the idea saying there were questions about whether such systems ever worked.