Sentences with phrase «campaign against the alternative»

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Extending the franchise to 16 - and 17 - year - olds narrowly saw off an alternative proposal to campaign against racism and religious discrimination to be adopted as the UK wide cause.

The campaigns for and against the alternative vote (AV) began today with a battle of the speeches between David Cameron and Nick Clegg.

This alternative to austerity is what the Peoples Assembly Against Austerity is campaigning for.

Both the campaigns for and against the alternative vote have become increasingly negative in the run - up to polling day.

Smoking cannabis was also becoming a popular alternative to alcohol, until Harry J. Anslinger began his propaganda campaign against it after Prohibition was repealed.

I support this coalition because a hung Parliament makes it necessary, but I would not support changes to our voting system that would make hung Parliaments the norm, so although I will loyally vote to hold a referendum on changing the voting system, I will campaign vigorously against the alternative vote.»

In the 1980s, CSPI actually spearheaded a highly successful campaign against the use of healthy saturated fats, touting trans fats as a healthier alternative, so take their official stance against coconut oil with a (big) grain of salt.

The American Federation of Teachers union is unveiling a seven - figure advertisement campaign ahead of Dec. 9, a day that the group has billed as a «national day of action» against the education reform movement and push alternative solutions.

Manana Kochladze, founder of Georgia's largest environmental NGO, Green Alternative, won the Goldman Prize in 2004 for her precedent setting campaign against the Baku - Tbilisi - Ceyhan (BTC) pipeline.

If she publicly campaigns against wind power she has a moral obligation to inform herself of the implications of the alternatives.