Sentences with phrase «by campaigners for»

The study is waved around frequently by campaigners for wind and solar power.

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.

Democratic Unionist, Jim Shannon responded to calls by campaigners for a relaxation of legislation, insisting any change must warrant the support of voters.

Groundgame, an app for election canvassing that integrates voter data with «geospatial visualization technology,» was used by campaigners for Trump and Brexit.

Not exact matches

The artist is an anti-violence campaigner in his hometown of Chicago, and he was recently praised by former First Lady Michelle Obama for his million - dollar donation to Chicago's education system.

And Munro, an NDP campaigner hired by the public - affairs company Earnscliffe precisely for her knowledge of that dialect, is one of the people who can tell them.

«If it were Muslims that were targeted by Legahri, I am certain many of the campaigners would find her crime too offensive for granting a pardon - Christian lives are ostensibly less valuable in Pakistan.»

Jeremy why don't you look into open air campaigners organization for training they have a wonderful program for street outreach using a sketchboard and other materials I had a friend who used this approach on streets of new York city for 30 yrs had great success OAC website is http://www.oacusa.org they have training and or you can go to major and get trained by one of their field people

Amazingly, some extraordinarily courageous individuals (initially Arnold himself, journalists David Quinn and Breda O'Brien, the Iona Institute; later on, John Waters, retired Regius Professor of Laws at Trinity College Dublin, William Binchy and the distinguished historian Prof. John A. Murphy; the gay campaigners for a «No» vote, Paddy Manning and Keith Mills, deserve special mention) did succeed in making a difference to the eventual numbers, although not the outcome: in the early Spring, polls indicated that 17 percent of the electorate would vote against the amendment, but by the time the actual referendum came around, 38 percent were indicating a «No» vote, and that was the eventual outcome.

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.

Just a few short years later, the referendum on the UK's membership of the European Union catalysed a debate in which patriotism showed its less attractive face, reaching its nadir on 16th June 2016, when Labour MP Jo Cox, a campaigner for continued EU membership, was repeatedly stabbed and shot by a man shouting «Britain first».

Good Christians are interviewed by the police in their homes for daring to express Christian teaching on homosexuality, a charity worker is sacked for even discussing such views with a fellow worker, home - schoolers are placed under suspicion, a nurse is sacked for praying with a patient, and campaigners seek to force organisations in the name of equality to employ people who want to cross-dress part - time.

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.

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.

While civil libertarians and family campaigners have been exercised by the proposed «Cinderella Law» in England and the «Named Person» legislation in Scotland, you'd be forgiven for having missed an insidious consultation being rushed through on the hush - hush in just six quiet weeks this summer.

Robin Webster, supermarkets campaigner at Friends of the Earth, explained: «The code was written by supermarkets for supermarkets.

But the Swiss food giant has been pulled up by health campaigners on numerous occasions in the past for its chocolate milk brand Nesquik.

Whilst Ronaldo will have turned 30 they are confident that the fact the experienced campaigner has largely steered clear of lengthy injuries and is supremely fit mean that they can happily hand the player a four year contract worth around # 320k a week, with an option for a fifth season also included, which has been accepted «in principal» by agent Mendes.

Donated by the family of late campaigner Anne Williams, whose son Kevin died in the tragedy, the commemorative piece recognises the heroic efforts of fans during the rescue operation on April 15, 1989 and the fight for justice that followed.

Led by the Leading Association for Catering in Education (LACA), the group consists of chefs, caterers, Unions, head teachers, campaigners and People 1st.

Nestlé is the target of an international boycott for its activities and Danone has been warned by campaigners that it may also be targeted with a consumer campaign, which has prompted it to change some practices.

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.

The bill also slashes the spending limit for third party campaigners by more than 50 % to # 390,000.

These recommendations will be welcomed by opposition parties, Labour backbenchers and civil rights campaigners, who have long argued for the element of intent to be included in the terrorism proposals.

This would be good for pro-hunting campaigners but it would have let the government off the hook by relieving them of the need to use the Parliament Act and to introduce a potentially unpopular ban just months before a general election in May 2005.

We've recently seen a change in the tenor of the debate, at least in Westminster, with pro-union commentators and campaigners suddenly seeming quite panicked by the possibility of a win for the «yes» camp.

Campaigners for sex workers» rights say that by focusing on the prosecution and deportation of the worker rather than the attack against her, police were discouraging other women from coming to them for help.

It is true that 600 Labour councillors were reported to have signed a letter for Corbyn to go, (though it turned out that some on the list actually supported Corbyn); but, we should also bear in mind that, so far, 319 Councillors have signed a letter in support of Corbyn (partly organised by our department's own tireless and inspiring campaigner and DPhil student Councillor Dan Iley - Williamson).

However the Campaign for Better Transport's sustainable transport campaigner Bridget Fox commented: «It's clear that the Government's rhetoric on tackling lethal and illegal levels of air pollution is still not matched by action.

The committee's latest report has been welcomed by campaigners including Girlguiding UK and the Fawcett Society, which has warned that proposed boundary changes could make things even worse for women looking to get into politics.

Plans to reform the tax credit system to make it more flexible and reduce the scope for overpayments have been broadly welcomed by campaigners.

Guidance published by the Electoral Commission for non-party campaigners in relation to the UK general election states: «We are unlikely to consider enforcement action against non-party campaigners that have taken prompt steps to register, even if their regulated spending is already in excess of the registration threshold».

The Lobbying Act has been widely criticised for the chilling effect it is having on the lawful raising of issues by third party campaigners which legitimately require airing at election time.

The Lobbying Act amended legislation to restrict spending by «non-party campaigners» during election periods (there are different thresholds for registered (# 20,000) and non-registered (# 320,000) campaigners; the threshold for registered campaigners is higher but also attracts onerous reporting requirements on spending and donations.

The ruling has strengthened calls by Labour and campaigners for the policy to be scrapped.

The challenge for the Scottish Labour left is to put these socialist convictions into a different mould: by reaching out not turning in, and building a party - based campaign group that joins with anti-austerity activists, trade unionists, non-aligned socialists and community campaigners to strengthen the broad movement for socialism.

Campaigners led by the charity Action For Children have called for the reform in order to punish those who make their children's life a misery with an unrelenting campaign of emotional degradatiFor Children have called for the reform in order to punish those who make their children's life a misery with an unrelenting campaign of emotional degradatifor the reform in order to punish those who make their children's life a misery with an unrelenting campaign of emotional degradation.

European Commission president Jose Manuel Barroso is seeking the financial transaction tax (FTT) called for by «Robin Hood» campaigners.

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).

Downing Street has talked up the benefits of shorter end - of - summit documents for months, but campaigners were surprised - and some disappointed - by the brevity of the final declaration emerging from Northern Ireland today.

The only white - wash I can see is the one propagated by those attempting to discredit this longstanding BAME campaigner for human rights to further their own self - interest.

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.»

Campaigners say the reforms will undermine Britain's democracy by making it harder for charities to campaign during election periods.

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».

These sentiments were echoed by Friends of the Earth London campaigner Jenny Bates, who said more funding was needed for better public transport and schemes to boost walking and cycling.

After years of campaigning, equality campaigners will be delighted by signs that the government is finally taking seriously calls for the rules of succession to be updated.

A piece of legislation which campaigners say will privatise the NHS will be voted on by the Lords tonight, in a move which some consider a game - changer for the health service.

Campaigners had called for the government to rule out watering down the proposals further by not including carbon trading in the commitment.

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 ``.