Sentences with phrase «conservative bastions»

Virtually overnight, Williams became the public face of the pro-voucher movement, accepting speaking engagements at such conservative bastions as the Heritage Foundation, Hoover Institute, and the California State Republican Convention.

The seat when covers the westernmost fringes of Sheffield itself, including the richest and most affluent suburbs of the city like Ecclesall and the Conservative bastions of Totley and Dore.

Moore flies home to B.C. every weekend and, as lead political minister for a province that has increasingly become a Conservative bastion, logs a lot of road time up and down the coast.

In the last election, Cohen ran a close race against Oppenheimer, winning the endorsement of the New York Times — not exactly a conservative bastion — in part because Oppenheimer had «too little to show for her years in Albany,» an editorial in the newspaper commented.

The city represents no Conservative bastion, but it's a touchy subject since Democratic incumbent Byron Brown has always sought the line.

About... A conservative bastion in the liberal state of California is difficult to find.

Not exact matches

Both are Tory bastions which were flagship councils under Margaret Thatcher, but factors including the EU referendum have pushed up support for Labour, which advocates a softer position on Brexit than the Conservatives.

Despite Canada's image as a bastion for conservative banking laws and post-crisis economic stability, Krugman warned that the crisis has yet to play itself out globally, and that the other shoe has yet to drop.

As an Austinite (the liberal, free thinking, live and let live — even you conservatives we all don't agree with bastion of the state), I am queasy just reading this.

The crash at Tie Siding has propelled people in Laramie, only 16 miles to the north, and beyond into a frenzy of self - examination, with both the state's image as a bastion of macho self - reliance and its conservative political establishment coming under fire.

From an anecdotal perspective most of my right - wing friends are absolutely convinced that the BBC is run by closet Communists, while my left - wing friends think that it's the last bastion of the Conservative establishment and dedicated to propping up Cameron.

This NPR report (hardly a bastion of conservative right - wingism) cites numerous studies; none of which establishes causation.

The capital of Britain and a diverse three way battleground, in the South West are affluent battlegrounds between the Conservatives and Liberal Democrats, inner London has both exclusive Tory bastions and safe Labour strongholds, the northern and south - eastern suburbs are packed with Labour vs Conservative marginals.