Sentences with phrase «calls by campaigners»
Democratic Unionist, Jim Shannon responded to calls by campaigners for a relaxation of legislation, insisting any change must warrant the support of voters.
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There had been such muddles over the complex ticketing arrangements, and such hostility from sections of the mass media, and such horrible things said by campaigners opposed to the Church's teachings, and such tragedy over the evil actions of priests who had betrayed their calling.
The call from the bishop marks the first intervention by the Church of England in the row, following an outcry from human rights campaigners.
Mr Prescott also called on ministers to ratify the European Convention on Human Trafficking, described by campaigners as the modern form of slavery.
The upcoming badger cull will be overseen by phone calls rather than on - the - ground monitors, it has emerged, in a move triggering outrage from animal rights campaigners.
The ruling has strengthened calls by Labour and campaigners for the policy to be scrapped.
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 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).
Campaigners hope the so - called «Norway option» of EEA membership would soften Brexit by granting Britain access to the single market.
Privacy campaigners are extremely concerned about the move, and point in particular to the danger of it being combined with the plans to keep a database of all phone calls, text and emails sent or received by UK citizens.
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.
Campaigners had called for the government to rule out watering down the proposals further by not including carbon trading in the commitment.
Campaigners are calling on the UK government to explain the reasons behind a spike in tax credit errors after official figures found inaccuracies by claimants had risen by more than a third in the space of a year.
But speaking to Accra based Citi Fm, Mr. Woyome said the call by the anti-corruption campaigner will backfire.
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 Labour MP led the calls for Theresa May to take action on the Windrush crisis and has duly been named «Campaigner of the Week» by parliament's official magazine.
Brexit campaigner Shahmir Sanni told Channel 4 that the British referendum's «Vote Leave» campaign spent over its legal limit by using the Canadian data firm called Aggregate IQ — adding that the company had links to Cambridge Analytica.
Campaigners had sparked frenzied speculation yesterday by calling for supporters to go to his old constituency of Morley & Outwood for a surprise rally.
Poundland has been criticised by mental health campaigners for selling sweets called Nutters which feature cross-eyed faces on the bags.
Campaigners tend to respond by taking their call to arms straight to the centre, namely — for publicly ‑ funded schools at least — the Department for Education (DfE).
London art gallery sparks racism row Artists and campaigners are calling for the closure of LD50, an East London art gallery accused of promoting «hate speech» by hosting openly racist speakers and exhibiting neo-Nazi art.
Notably, the meeting, organized by a coalition called Avoided Deforestation Partners (an offshoot of the Center for International Policy), also saw some environmental campaigners who had long opposed the inclusion of forests in carbon markets strongly endorsing the idea.
I get daily phone calls and get stopped by campaigners at Farmer's Markets and at street fairs, asking me about my political leanings and concerns.
«The United Nations, having called for this audit, must take quick and decisive action to ensure that the audit is carried out in full and by a properly trained, reputable and unbiased team of auditors,» says Alice Blondel, Global Witness campaigner.
Handing in a petition, signed by more than 8,000 residents, campaigners today called on State Governor Minchin to make good -LSB-...]
It is «a broad movement of campaigners and organizations is calling on everybody to join action against excessive surveillance by governments and businesses».