Sentences with phrase «debate as»

William Hague tried to draw Labour further into the English votes debate as he accused them of «betraying» voters as he set out the Conservative blueprint for delivering «English votes for English laws.»

This would allow time for an informed debate as to the question to be asked, and for the Eurozone crisis to play out.

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Yesterday, he spoke in the debate as a newly elected member of the home affairs select committee:

[10] Also in 2007, Cameron used the website to challenge Gordon Brown to a live televised political debate as he prepared to succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister, arguing the format had proved useful for discussing «serious policy issues» during the 2005 Conservative leadership election.

Department for Work and Pensions assessment released before Commons debate as welfare bill passed by majority of 56

Washington (CNN)-- CNN and the Boston Media Consortium are partnering to present a live televised debate as Massachusetts voters prepare to select the state's next governor.

I say to the Under - Secretary of State for Health, the hon. Member for Broxtowe (Anna Soubry)-- perhaps she will have the courtesy to listen when she is being spoken to from the Chair — that it is not acceptable for any Member of the House to treat the debate as a private conversation between himself or herself and the Member on his or her feet.

It is a great pleasure to open the second day of this debate as it gives us an opportunity to look at the detail of the Budget and then to highlight the things the Chancellor chose to omit from his speech yesterday.

De Blasio pointed out, as he has repeatedly since this debate began, that New York City residents, through fares and state and city taxes, pay the vast majority of the MTA's expenses anyway (something that prompted one budget expert to describe the entire framing of this debate as «stupid.»)

Education took center stage this budget season in Albany, with teacher evaluations, testing, and tenure the major points of debate as New York Governor Andrew Cuomo and the legislature worked on the details of the spending plan, which passed this week.

His being away, which coincided with travels by President Nana Akufo - Addo to Liberia and Ethiopia, became a subject of intense debate as many, especially communicators of the opposition NDC, questioned what might cause the sickness.

«Better we have a general election on the issue and all the other issues because then you have a wider debate as well.»

As the United Kingdom leaves the European Union, there is debate as to whether the UK should remain in the EU Customs Union (or in a bilateral customs union with the EU, which I believe is almost the same in practice), or leave so that it can negotiate its own trade treaties.

Latino scholars and activists are criticizing Republican Mike Pence for referring to «that Mexican thing,» at the vice presidential debate as he tried to brush aside criticism of Trump's comments about Mexican immigrants.

They pointed to the debate as evidence of what left - wing coalition negotiations would look like.

Philip Hammond weighed into the debate as he was visiting Singapore on Sunday.

An experience best lived unsullied by «democracy» or «accountability» This time that unhappy partnership is Ed Miliband's Labour party, hoping to cause maximum pain for the Coalition by dragging out the debate as long as possible and the Tory Right led by the 1922 Committee who are hoping to cause maximum pain for the Coalition by dragging out the debate as long as possible.

We all have our own answers to these questions, but in this engagement phase of the review I want to hear as many different contributions to this debate as possible.

He warned against framing the debate as «mean - spirited» as it could put off many potential Ukip voters who appreciate the fact that Britain is a generous place.

A written Parliamentary question by Farrelly, answered on 19 October 2009, became the subject of debate as The Guardian newspaper was prevented from reporting on it by a court injunction that became known as a super-injunction.

You never know with him, but Paladino's campaign manager tells the Times that they see «the debate as an opportunity for him to reintroduce himself to skeptical voters and, perhaps, surprise them with his grasp of substantive issues,» so it seems as if he might embrace this opportunity to appear like a serious person to voters, for once.

Trump last month cited a non-scientific Syracuse.com online poll on a Republican debate as one indication of his popularity in Upstate New York.

Hawkins said he would participate in the Sept. 4 WNYC debate as long as Credico and Cuomo were also invited.

Undecided voters like Bill Hosley viewed the first presidential debate as an opportunity to solidify their opinions of the two candidates.

This would give us time to have an informed debate as to what the question should be, but would also allow the eurozone crisis to play out.

Papers divided This morning's papers painted different pictures of the debate as the press remained divided over the debate's winner.

It is a major victory and a glimpse of a world where legislation will be as far removed from the gay debate as spanners are from sandwiches.

Despite his lead in the polls and in fundraising, Mayor de Blasio says he is preparing for his Democratic primary debate as if he were the underdog.

Hours after a rally in support of three University at Albany students who said they were assaulted on a Capital District Transportation Authority bus, a video posted on Instagram incited intense debate as to whether the altercation was racially motivated.

The ruling released on Monday in a 5 - 3 decision is being considered by advocates on both sides of the abortion debate as one of the most consequential in a generation from the high court.

The Liberal Democrats have welcomed the debate as a «great opportunity» for Parliament to modernise and democratise.

Leaving aside the intellectual inconsistence of this position — which puts Cameron and Osborne on the same side of the debate as France's Socialist President Francois Hollande - this lecturing has not gone down well in Berlin.

«When you are changing examinations, it's important to have a clear view about what you achieve, but it's also important to listen to the teaching profession and let parliament and parents get involved in the debate as well,» Gove told the Today programme.

Mr Kutluoglu described the ongoing debate as «just noise» and «local tremors... for politicos to talk about».

If things were reversed, and it was Carl Paladino hiding and refusing to debate as Cuomo is doing, I'm convinced that «The Sky Would Be Falling» due to that media coverage.

This diminishes the wider public debate as well as Labour's prospects.

Dietl expressed confidence in his ability to raise significant amounts in the remaing five weeks of the campaign, but he also made clear that he sees next Tuesday's mayoral candidate debate as a lynchpin of that ability.

Raju Mann, who has been involved in and closely following the debate as director for policy and planning for the Municipal Art Society of New York, offered a similar assessment.

In recent months, Jonathan Westin, executive director of New York Communities for Change, and Met Council on Housing executive director Ava Farkas have lambasted de Blasio for painting the debate as an all - or - nothing scenario.

There has been some academic and legal debate as to whether the Acts of Union 1707 place limits on parliamentary supremacy.

Tampa, Florida (CNN)- Tim Pawlenty, who endorsed Mitt Romney for president Monday, will attend the Republican Tea Party Debate as one of Romney's guests.

«I think that we have a great chance of winning,» Barron said, praising the debate as «a great opportunity for those who have been locked out.»

«We wanted this debate as part of the mayor's race,» he said.

19 debate as well as each of the other five debates TimesLedger hosted at Flushing Library last week.

The Pensions debate as just one piece of the jigsaw is not about affordability it is about increasing employee contributions - OUR contributions so that there is huge scope to reduce the contributions of the employer.

Given that the Prime Minister described the main topic of debate as «instability in the eurozone», one could have predicted Eurosceptic members would turn up in force - as indeed they did.

«The Board of Elections is engaged in an internal debate as to whether a crime was committed when it involves a pass - through,» Jones said, referring to a series of campaign fund transactions lying at the heart of the case.

Urging «everyone in the City to watch,» Malliotakis cast the debate as the «beginning of holding Mayor Bill de Blasio accountable» with the public able to see «what's happening in this City.»

As the campaign kicked off there was some debate as to how the «Shadow Shadow Cabinet» would deal with it — whether now the game was afoot they would feel obliged to call a truce with the Corbyn leadership and take part in the national battle.