Sentences with phrase «decision as a politician»

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Sugar said: «If [politicians] lie, which results in massive decisions like leaving the European Union, or gaining votes in a general election, then this should be a criminal offence as it would be in a public company if I lied to my shareholders.»

British politicians aren't exactly known as paragons of good decision - making right now, so Canadian regulators and the federal government may want to do the opposite of anything that's happening over there.

Taylor regularly interviews Australia's leading executives, politicians and global decision makers including IMF Chief Christine Lagarde, past and present Australian Treasurers and Finance Ministers as well as New Zealand's Prime Minister John Key.

The Globe «s Jeffrey Simpson offers Canadian politicians plaudits for the following good deeds: Ed Stelmach's decision to fund research into carbon capture and storage; Dalton McGuinty's decision to protect the boreal forest (because «untouched forests are wonderful carbon sinks») and to sign on to the Western Climate Initiative; Stephen Harper for agreeing to pour money into Ontario infrastructure; and the premiers for finally agreeing «that within one sovereign country, there ought to be as few obstacles to the movement of people and capital as possible.»

The banks should be nationalized, at least temporarily, and every person and institution involved (otherwise known as the elite banksters and politicians who served and supported the government and «quasi» government decisions) in each of the bailouts and heists of the taxpayer's (i.e. the «common» mans) money, should be divested of their personal assets and earnings and put in a stockade for public viewing, smack dab in the middle of Wall Street, to be pelted with rotten vegetables.

And a politician always will have an incentive to avoid unpopular decisions such as making it more difficult to buy a home.

In this case, as in all others, evidence matters, and citizens should demand politicians base their decisions on it.

This kind of thinking takes the fear out of the politicians minds as they are making incredibly ridiculous decidions in Washington, decisions that harm me (the one working and paying the taxes) and only benefit them.

Practical implications: The detailed overview about the development of the bulk wine market is interesting for all managers concerned as well as politicians to assess the competitiveness of their own or the domestic wine production regarding prospective strategic decisions.

There was an unexpected backlash against the decision to strip Fred Goodwin of his knighthood this morning, as senior politicians, business leaders and media outlets criticised the move.

The Thatcherites, from the intellectuals such as Cowling, Hayek and Scruton to politicians such as Thatcher, Lawson and Tebbit, revolted against what was most significant about the post-war years: the preeminence of politics as a decision - making method for social problems.

«As with the ongoing devolution of tax powers to Scotland, it is essential that our politicians making a decision on whether to vary from the UK rate understand all the technical and practical issues involved.

Burnham's decision to stand for the new post was seen by many as a signal that for ambitious Labour politicians, the place of power may no longer be in Westminster but rather the combined authorities — with all the powers they carry.

This creates a puzzle for academics: the ambiguity about whether donations are rewards or incentives — as well as the sheer multitude of factors that affect politicians» decisions — has led to inconclusive evidence about the influence of money in debates like this.

Imagine being a politician and think of the effect of seeing stories such as MPs» expenses, councils» use of credit cards or an online list of which politicians supported what controversial decisions.

The Cabinet Manual - specially written to guide politicians through the process - made it clear that the Queen could not be embroiled in political decisions about who should become prime minister, because, as a constitutional monarch, such a scenario would be entirely inappropriate.

During the 2014 independence referendum campaign, Sturgeon - as part of the nationalists» Yes Scotland group - told a story about a Scotland that would go its own way, where politicians would break from Westminster «austerity» and take decisions that reflected the peculiarly compassionate nature of the people (readers who had the misfortune to be born outside Scotland must remember that those of us who entered the world north of the border are special because we just are).

«I made the decision to get into this race because I could not stand idly by while I witnessed career politicians drive us to perilous debt levels that threaten our future as a nation.

As he probed News International's extensive dealings with leading politicians over five premierships, extensive and sometimes cosy (Labour slumber parties, Tory country suppers and borrowed police horses), the judge detected «patterns of behaviour» suggesting that public policy decisions were also sometimes traded for favourable treatment in Fleet Street.

He has worked to minimize conflict with the Republicans, who control the New York State Senate, and this tone of bipartisanship is probably as responsible for Republican strength in legislative races Tuesday as any specific campaign decision that Mr. Cuomo made, senior Democratic politicians suggested.

The decision maddened parents, teachers, and students at the school, as well as local politicians, who have been speaking out against BCC.

The institutional left has grown increasingly worried as court decisions dismantled restrictions on political giving, and see a public matching system as the only way to prevent politicians of both parties from catering only to the rich.

What we must point out is that when people in leadership are simply not here every day, and that goes for bank presidents (which we used to have a few of around here) as well as politicians, important decisions that affect our lives get made by people who don't see the conditions they are deciding about.

Politicians like to talk of tough decisions but are often not as quick to make them.

Patterson is unpopular because he's making those unpleasant decisions, meanwhile the NY legislature plays politics like they always do, and NY residents refuse to vote for a politician that speaks to them as adults.

Excerpt: «As your representative, I'll work to take decision - making out of the hands of the politicians and bureaucrats!

When government funding for research depends on annual Congressional appropriations (as it always does, at least in the U.S.), the direction of careers can depend on decisions made by politicians that have little, if anything, to do with scientific needs.

This decision was made after she and Wenders had mused upon various well - known identities that could function as ex-angels including sports stars and politicians.

From where Washington State politicians and Petrilli sit, the Obama Administration's decision is «punishing schools and educators» because the state will now have to fall back on No Child's Adequate Yearly Progress accountability provision, as well as the aspirational provision that states must ensure that all kids are proficient in reading, math, and science.

As the first deadline for the Every Student Succeeds Act arrives, there have been sharp disagreements between advocacy groups and state - level politicians on key policy decisions.

So schools will still be dependent on LA decisions by local politicians — as will academies, as their budget share element of GAG is reliant on the local formula.

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In a lot of cases, the politicians that made the decisions will be dead and the young people who were apathetic will be dealing with the consequences as middle - aged individuals.

We can no longer leave the decision as to who lives and who dies with elected politicians or one single shelter manager.

As I've long stated, these decisions must be made by engineers and not Politicians — and that's why I oppose a Federally mandated Renewable Energy Portfolio Standard by Congress.

The truth on the natural cause of the recent global warming has to be proven to politicians as decision makers simply enough, that even they themselves can it understand.

In an interview with the Financial Times, Dr Goosby said that in discussions with policymakers and politicians, «I will always wrap myself in the science as the justification of decision - making.

There is no inherent reason why that politician / decision maker can not consider those facts in exactly the same way as a group does under the «Deliberative Model».

I have understood that Judit Curry is waiting from us for a clear solution, which even politicians as layman decision - makers can be made understand.

by Tom Tanton, E&E Legal Director of Science and Technology Assessment As appearing in Fox & Hound To hear certain politicians, interest groups and newspaper columnists describe it recent decisions by the South Coast Air Quality Management District Board will condemn Southlanders to a return to 1970s levels smog with dire consequences to life and -LSB-...]

In contrast, as Hsu shows, a carbon pollution tax's laser focus on CO2 pollution creates incentives for all low - carbon alternatives, leaving specific technology decisions to engineers rather than politicians.

Not so much that it gets us running around like headless chickens, taking poor decisions and spending a lot of money (it certainly does), but because it muddies the waters for a long time to come as to the reliability and wisdom of scientists and politicians.

Conversely, politicians using catastrophic global warming as the basis for legislation have «camouflaged controversial policy decisions as science,» a trend that George Washington University's Susan Dudley calls the «scientization» of politics.

I think the reasons are both political, as well as in terms of some interests perhaps dominating decision - making in this area, and how politicians are going to deal with it is really a question that they have to answer.

Before he was arrested, he characterized President Obama's impending decision to approve or disapprove the pipeline as a test of the President's moral seriousness: «If he chooses the dirty needle it is game over [for the earth's climate] because it will confirm that Obama was just greenwashing, like the other well - oiled coal - fired politicians with no real intention of solving the addiction,» Hansen said.

However, the key question is, how you can make even politicians as decision makers believe that they are wrong.

On behalf of taxpayers — since acting as a tax - payer watch - dog is their main raison d'etre — politicians are entitled to make political decisions on legal aid.

Has the time come for scholars to produce critical editions of those works that were close at hand to Canadian lawyers, judges, and politicians as they made the legal decisions that have shaped our past?

JY - In recent decades it has become quite clear that judicial elections can be ugly affairs with lots of negative campaigning - doesn't this hurt the judiciary's image - making people see them less as esteemed decision makers and more as politicians in robes?

Prof. Grove traces this change of political heart to the aftermath of desegregation decisions, showing that even those politicians who, like President Eisenhower, had originally seemed to accept resistance to court orders as legitimate then came to condemn it.