Sentences with phrase «campaigned against the decision»

ConservativeHome has long campaigned against the decision to ringfence NHS spending (eg here).
Steven Spinola, president of the Real Estate Board of New York, said the trade group plans to campaign against the decision.
ConservativeHome covered Zac Goldsmith's campaign against the decision of Sainsbury's to locate a store in White Hart Lane, Barnes.
There is a burgeoning sports boycott, which most recently campaigned against the decision of European football's governing body UEFA to stage its Under 21 tournament in Israel.
Meanwhile, Gosia McKane, quality assurance and training manager at the National Centre for Supplementary Resources, who are leading a campaign against the decision, said it could have a wider impact on the economy if such exams were scrapped.

Not exact matches

The campaign, which runs until June, has been in the works for nearly eight months, and was «developed before the killings of Canadian soldiers last fall in Ottawa and St. Jean, Quebec and Canada's decision to take part in the coalition campaign against ISIS,» writes Marketing's Danny Kucharsky.
Gates» decision comes just a day after Mueller leveled 32 new charges against Gates and former Trump campaign chairman Paul Manafort in a superseding indictment, accusing them of financial crimes related to tax and bank fraud.
In a legal filing on Monday, ETP asked a judge to grant the permit, saying that the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers, in its decision, responded to «political pressure and an escalating campaign of violence and disorder waged by protesters» against the project.
Conway hoped to encourage more women to come forward with allegations against Bill Clinton, building on the campaign's decision to bring three of the former president's accusers to the second presidential debate.
The state's Republican governor, Mike Pence — later picked by Trump as his vice-presidential running mate — decried the decision, and spoke out against it often on the campaign trail.
The campaign has been in development since last June, before the killings of Canadian soldiers last fall in Ottawa and St. Jean, Quebec and Canada's decision to take part in the coalition campaign against ISIS.
It is getting tiresome hearing everyone on the radio yapping about how voters were conned by the slick campaign machinery to vote NDP; or that we voted against the PCs rather than for the NDP; or that we were angry and so made rash decisions that we will promptly regret because everyone knows what a hash the NDP have made wherever they have reigned.
Senate Democrats and state AGs are waging a campaign against a Trump administration decision not to require internet service providers treat content equally.
In the country a campaign against the move has started with a national newspaper calling on the decision to be over turned.
CNN: Top Catholic defends Obama invite against conservative criticism Cardinal Timothy Dolan, America's most prominent Catholic official, defended on Wednesday the decision to invite President Barack Obama to a major Catholic dinner in the face of criticism from conservatives, saying the event is an opportunity for «friendship, civility and patriotism» amid a heated political campaign.
With the specter of civil war looming, the new President, who had denounced the Dred Scott decision repeatedly in his senatorial campaign against Douglas in 1858 as well as in the presidential campaign, turned attention to it in his remarks to the nation.
Wenger has a decision to make next Sunday, when Arsenal kick off their Premier League campaign against Liverpool at the Emirates, because Le Prof will have to decide whether to go with Walcott or Alexis up front, in Olivier Giroud's absence.
Mourinho was fined # 25,000 yesterday for comments he made after his side's 1 - 1 draw with Southampton towards the end of December in which he suggested there was a campaign to influence referee decisions against the Blues.
Pressure is on our side to keep pace with the top of the table after a slow start to the campaign thus far, and Nicholas thinks we should be more aggressive in our approach at home against certain sides, and leaving Xhaka out the starting line - up would be his decision.
The decision left Chelsea manager Jose Mourinho somewhat unhappy and will likely add further fuel to his argument of the supposed Premier League campaign against his side, who look destined to lift the Premier League title.
To be fair, she does owe Arsenal a few favours after another season of awful injury blows and poor decisions from the officials and they do say that luck is supposed to even itself out over the course of a campaign, so maybe those penalties we should have had but were denied against West Ham and the latest minor knocks that have ruled out Koscielny and Ospina will be the last bits of bad luck the Gunners get, for a while at least.
Jose Mourinho has been moaning about the officials having a campaign against Chelsea, but this sort of thing is exactly why they have not been getting decisions and the refs will be all the more reluctant from now on.
Humanists UK, which leads the national campaign against religious discrimination and segregation in schools, has stated that such a decision would ignore the evidence that the cap has boosted integration in faith schools and instead show that the Government has bowed to the demands of the religious lobby instead of sticking up for the interests of children.
As Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury, under the leadership of John Smith MP, Harriet led Labour's campaign against the Tory decision to put 17.5 % VAT on gas and electricity.
In retrospect, the decision to reject Facebook, Google and Twitter embeds sounds familiar, since the Clinton campaign had so much faith in its own decisions and data models that staff routinely ignored information that went against their assumptions:
Having electrified Brexit backers with his decision to campaign with them and against the government ahead of the EU referendum, Boris Johnson instantly suffered a full - on prime - ministerial assault.
«We're going to demand that Governor Cuomo provide the funding that was afforded to us in a court decision for our schools,» she said as she joined advocates to push for more funding under the Campaign for Fiscal Equity, which in 2007 won a lawsuit against the state to provide increased education funding to the city.
«You promised the Chinese that if they sponsor your campaign to win the election, you will pave the way for them to engage in galamsey only for Ghanaians to kick against the decision then you run back to beg them claiming you went there for a deal so we should praise you.
Mr. Vance's campaign accepted $ 32,000 from Mr. Trump's personal lawyer, Marc Kasowitz, five months after he made the decision not to pursue charges against the Trumps.
Labour believes the prime minister's belated decision to champion a position he had been campaigning against highlights the weakness of his overall position in the EU.
His decision to step aside and endorse his former House colleague turned the Democratic Primary into a mere formality — Berman dominated in both fundraising and name recognition, and cleaned up with nearly 96 percent of the vote in her head - to - head against the fledgling campaign of first - time candidate Arthur Morrison.
Plainly a lot of voters took a decision to vote SNP to keep out the Tory, and Moore's decision to campaign against the nastiness of the Tories backfired on him as he took blame for coalition policies.
The angry NDC supporters on Wednesday afternoon protested at one of their meeting grounds and threatened to vote «skirt and blouse», and also campaign against the President should he not rescind his decision of not visiting the constituency ahead of the December polls.
The general consensus, as championed by renowned human rights lawyer Femi Falana SAN, seems to be that the decision represents a significant setback for the effective and fair administration of justice in the country, and President Muhammadu Buhari administration's approach to the «campaign against corruption.»
The decision follows a high - profile campaign against the project that included advertisements on New York buses showing images of the burning Twin Towers, an iconic landmark razed when al - Qaida terrorists flew packed passenger planes into them in 2001.
Ukip dispute claims that they have discriminated against Mr Biggs, accusing him of launching a «deliberate smear campaign» prompted by Ukip's decision to run a local candidate against his daughter.
Her campaign's chief strategist, Joe Trippi, tells CNN that Maloney has made her decision to run against Gillibrand and will soon formally announce her Senate bid.
But he also said he understands the board's decision and says this will free him up to focus full - time on his campaign, which pits him against four other Democratic candidates, including the incumbent, Pedro Espada, Jr..
In spite of Bevin's campaign against the Republican leader last year, multiple McConnell allies were encouraged by the governor - elect's decision to hire Brickman.
The timing of his last - minute decision — six weeks after Anthony Weiner's success at launching a viable campaign — means that throughout the election season Spitzer's sins will be measured against those of the disgraced former congressman.
In an interview with The New York Post, Donald Trump said the decision to not press charges will help him in the presidential campaign against Clinton.
The decision reverses an earlier decision reported here, and follows pressure from constituency parties eager to start campaigning against the Tory - led government.
The Working Families Party's decision to oppose the legislative extension of term limits — and the possibility that it will campaign against supporters who seek re-election in 2009 — will make some City Council members think twice about voting to allow a third term.
Reports late in the campaign suggested that Dole suffered from Barack Obama's decision to aggressively contest North Carolina in the presidential election, [21] while Hagan received substantial support from independent 527 groups lobbying / advertising against Dole, [20] as well as the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, which spent more money in North Carolina than in any other state during the 2008 electioncampaign suggested that Dole suffered from Barack Obama's decision to aggressively contest North Carolina in the presidential election, [21] while Hagan received substantial support from independent 527 groups lobbying / advertising against Dole, [20] as well as the Democratic Senate Campaign Committee, which spent more money in North Carolina than in any other state during the 2008 electionCampaign Committee, which spent more money in North Carolina than in any other state during the 2008 election season.
De Blasio, who has railed against the political spending allowed under the Supreme Court's Citizens United decision since he was public advocate, said Monday the donations made to the Campaign for One New York, which its operators voluntarily disclose, are relatively small donations made for the public good.
Sen. Mark S. Kirk's decision not to campaign this year against his in - state Democratic colleague should come as no surprise.
President Barack Obama's directive today to his science adviser to «restore scientific integrity to government decision - making» is a culmination of a long campaign by science advocacy groups against the policies of the Bush Administration.
It presents evidence that «there had been a campaign of discredit» against De León, prompted by his complaints against another administrator, and that the decision to dismiss him was motivated in part by professional envy.
And she wants to lead a campaign against high - stakes decision - making based on test scores at the same time she firms up her union's support of the Common Core.
And lead a campaign against high - stakes decision - making based on test scores at the same time she firms up her union's support of the Common Core.
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