Sentences with phrase «by the expenses row»

For him, the damage caused by the expenses row was a direct result of the untrusting attitude which politicians have had towards the public being thrown back at them.

Beckett was seen as tainted by the expenses row after public fury at her gardening claims, but five potential candidates - including Bercow, who repaid more than # 1,400 he said he had wrongly claimed on office costs - have returned money.

British MPs should sacrifice their lengthy summer holidays until the constitutional crisis created by the expenses row has been resolved, Nick Clegg said today.

MPs should be barred from taking their summer break until the constitutional crisis sparked by the expenses row is resolved, Nick Clegg has urged.

The role of Speaker at one level is confined to chairing debates in the Commons, but in the current crisis caused by the expenses row, there is a consensus that the position is more public and will require driving a reform agenda that sees the executive brought under control.

Not exact matches

Although I've found it very cathartic to speak, vent and end occasionally rant about all things Arsenal, we need to act carefully and intelligently right now or we're going to get played by this club even worse than at present... the pro-Wengerites and the suits, who represent a considerable proportion of the season ticket holders, don't want to believe that there is no plan and that Wenger has mailed it in for several years now or that things are going to get much worse before they get better... why would they... many have spent a considerable sum buying some of the highest priced tickets in the World... they want to have a front row seat to see something special and to be seen doing so, which simply provides ample justification for the expense and the time invested... to many of them, Wenger is the sun in their soccer universe... his awkward disposition, misplaced arrogance and his utter lack of balls makes him a rather unusual cult figure, but the cerebral narrative seemed to embolden those who already felt pretty highly of themselves... many might not even of really liked football that much before his arrival and rarely games they weren't attending... as such, they desperately believe that Wenger, and only Wenger, can supply them with their required fix... if he goes, they were wrong and that's a tough pill to swallow... they would have to admit that they were duped... they will definitely resent whoever made them feel this way, but of course it will be too late by then... so when we go overboard with ridiculous comments bordering of anarchy, it scares the shit out of them and they shift their blame towards us rather than at those who really perpetrated this act of treason... we aren't the enemy... we simply woke much earlier and the reason our comments have gotten more vile in recent years is out of utter frustration... in order for any real change to occur at this club we need to bring as many supporters as possible with us or the big money interests will fade and our ultimate objective will be lost... so it's time to focus on the head instead of the heart for now

The former TfL Commissioner who was embroiled in an expenses row and other scandals was appointed by the London Mayor last year following the resignation of David Edmunds.

They have been rocked by scandal in the past year after a row over their expenses and Iris's affair with a 19 - year - old.

After the findings of a report by the women and equalities select committee caused a row between some feminists and trans people, our next piece suggested that equality for trans people must not come at the expense of women's rights.

In a sign that the government acknowledges the damage from another row over expenses, Duncan Smith said he was open to a proposal by Sir Ian Kennedy, the chairman of the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority (Ipsa), to end the right of MPs to sit in judgment on their peers.

A row over Culture Secretary Maria Miller's expenses has overshadowed a speech by the prime minister to the Conservative Party's Spring Forum.

For the second year in a row, the media is rightfully outraged by #OscarsSoWhite but it also marks the third year in a row that a Mexican - helmed film dominates the Oscar conversation, an issue that barely merits a mention within a discussion that remains — for better and for worse — locked into seeing this in terms of black and white, sometimes at the expense of more nuanced visions of diversity.

And while the part - time or kids - only third row option gives Disco Sport owners extra passenger capacity, the seven - seat flexibility comes at the expense of both the torque vectoring and adaptive damping options — as well as a full - size spare, which is replaced by an under - body mounted space - saver — limiting on - and off - road ability.

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