Sentences with phrase «control over opposition»

While the Labour leader decried rising class sizes in primary schools, David Cameron countered by yah - booing at trade union control over the opposition.

In principle that could reduce the threshold for an efficient win to (1 / n), but I don't know of any author who assumes that amount of control over opposition voters, since Duverger's Law kicks in.

Not exact matches

On Wednesday, after Leslie Moonves took over as chairman of CBS (CBS)-- the other media conglomerate that Sumner Redstone controls — there was speculation that Dauman might not be named chairman of Viacom, in part because Shari Redstone made her opposition to him abundantly clear.

Venezuela's opposition will now have the chance to break the ruling party's control over the budget and seek amnesty for dozens of jailed activists, including hardline leader Leopoldo Lopez.

When the state holds powerful control over the religious hierarchy and other public institutions, popular religion may become a nursery for political opposition.

The Queen was led to maintain the royal protection of the missionaries but exercised stricter control over their activities because she was afraid of seeing Christianity become the focus of opposition.

Iwobi recked my head last night he was weak and misplaced many passes he cant seem to control the ball its always running away from him he should not be in the middle in the middle you need good ball controllers with good eyes for passes long and short on the ground and above the ground >> > waterford yesterday were on top of us with no space giving to our players and we were scattered all over the place with no vision or leader ship too goals in the space of 3 minuets ok the first goal was a fluke but come on the second one???? and thats all what it takes to loose a match many times this season we cant play when the opposition seats in our face we have no cohesion or understanding we crumble away we need to start the game together as a unit a compact unit

When Xhaka or Coquelin plays Arsenal always seems to lose control and shape in games, the opposition tends to find lots of gaps and space all over the pitch and hence gains lots of possession.

After the opposition won control over parliament, the government created a parallel site of political power in the Constitutional Assembly.

Republicans contend Cuomo's involvement in the race, however, could hurt Fiala given the opposition in upstate communities to his gun control law as well as the controversy over a ban on hydrofracking in the state.

Despite the various internecine squabbles over who will be at the top of Republican ticket this year, conservative activists in New York remain united in their opposition to the SAFE Act, a gun control measure championed by Cuomo last year.

Kashkari's recent statements in opposition to new gun control could help him win over skeptical gun owners, who overwhelmingly backed Tea Party Assemblyman Tim Donnelly, R - Twin Peaks, in the June primary.

Lawyers for Skelos tried to focus the judge on the senator's accomplishments, which they included as his help in getting passed — over considerable GOP opposition over the years — sweeping gun control laws and the 2011 same - sex marriage statute.

The hiring comes as the bill remains stalled in the Republican - controlled Senate amid opposition from scouting organizations and the Catholic Church over the legislation's impact.

Opposition leader Ed Miliband claimed the prime minister had lost control of his party as they argued over Labour and Conservatives policies about the European Union (EU).

In the meantime, just as Fayose wants a win for the Peoples Democratic Party, the APC is also keen on taking over the governorship seat of Ekiti State, the only state in the South - West that is still in control by the opposition.

«There is a crisis of confidence, there is a cloud over this appointment,» said King, whose opposition to stringent gun control, illegal immigration and round two of the bank bailout track closely to the new New York senator's right - of - center views.

Gary Bellows won his tenth non-consecutive term as Hurley Town Supervisor this week, alongside a solid GOP majority that will allow him to continue his tight control over town matters, no matter this year's Democratic opposition calls for greater transparency and more full - time commitment to municipal matters.

«Having severally alerted Nigerians and the international community of the plans of the APC to decimate the opposition by «taking over» states controlled by the PDP, especially in Rivers and Akwa - Ibom states of the South - South zone by every means possible, we warn of dire consequences of the actions by the APC to disrupt the will of the people of the two states.

Indeed, polls have shown Mr. Cuomo with a wide lead over Mr. Astorino, whom the governor's campaign plans to attack as an «ultraconservative» over his opposition to abortion rights, strict gun control laws and same - sex marriage.

When i reached the Phendrana rifts and started reading about the space pirates role in the whole situation i began to think of them more as a power hungry race searching to gain more control over the univers, much like humans, always wanting to kill off the opposition through force.

In October 2003, over opposition from the Orleans Parish School Board, voters in the state approved a constitutional amendment, by a 60 to 40 percent margin, allowing the state to assume control of public schools that received an «academically unacceptable» rating four years in a row, applied retroactively so that failing New Orleans schools could be taken over sooner.

... Throughout this long period, we have been repeatedly frustrated by the gulf between the clear and present need, the burning desire of parents to have more control over the schooling of their children, on the one hand, and the adamant and effective opposition of trade union leaders and educational administrators to any change that would in any way reduce their control of the educational system.

The lingering effects of that controversy, along with his opposition to price controls, made him a target of militiamen disgruntled over the sacrifices they made while others profiteered.

Bill would damage credit scores of million of consumers Consumer Action joined the National Consumer Law Center and other organizations in opposition to HR 435 — legislation that would reduce consumers» control over their own data by preempting state and federal privacy protections, damage the credit scores of millions of consumers with a disproportionate impact on African Americans, and conflict with long - standing state utility regulatory consumer protections.

Over the past two years, more than 100 municipalities across the USA have overturned bans and other restrictions that target dogs in the pit bull family, and opposition to BSL comes from sources as diverse as the American Bar Association, animal rescue groups, the Center for Disease Control and even President Barack Obama, who said in August that the laws are largely ineffective while doing nothing to improve public safety, and are often a «waste of public resources».

Blitzball for example, sees both teams compete over a ball that spawns in the middle of the map - once your team has control of the ball, it is a mad dash to the opposition's goal that can be over in as few as five seconds.

Fred Guttenberg, the father of Jaime Guttenberg, 14, who died in the shooting, confronted Rubio during the town hall over his opposition to gun control.

While the skepticism voiced by Venezuelan opposition lawmakers could be seen through the lens of the ongoing political crisis in the country, the critiques put forward by members of the local bitcoin and cryptocurrency community are more nuanced and focused on the fact that the Maduro government will likely wield significant control over the cryptocurrency it's creating.

Reasons for opposition to 5 year leases included: the leases gave government more control over communities... the leases overrode the rights of traditional landowners, the leases were put in place without any consultation and the boundaries of the leases were inappropriate... [192]