Sentences with phrase «elephant traps»

Even though a recent poll shows 70 % of the public think it shouldn't happen and the Lib - Dems and some Tory MPs» support of Labour making the vote unwinnable anyway, it is still not certain Cameron will sidestep Miliband's clearly marked elephant trap.

Andy Burnham, Harriet Harman and Ed Miliband all walked into such eminently predictable elephant traps because their moral certitude blinded them to the politically obvious.

Naughty Dog knows this, of course, and even included a side quest in which Chloe and Nadine must rescue a baby elephant trapped beneath some rubble — arguably the most touching and original scene in the entire game, punctuated with the hilarious photo Nadine takes of Chloe posing next to the herd.

But an Arsenal that won't hurl themselves blindly and thoughtlessly into their rivals» elephant traps, is an Arsenal that's going to do well.

I can't help but feel that they have set an elephant trap for Mr Brown to stumble into and are staying quiet around this area to lure him into a false sense of security.

Ed Miliband strongly supported a social security system for everyone; far from creating an elephant trap for Labour, the Tories were exposed as playing crude politics.

As a result Liberal Democrat peers have described amendments whipped by their colleagues in the lower house as an «elephant trap» and a «blunderbuss approach», the Tories point out.

«The point is to have someone who will tell you frankly what the problems are, who will point out to you the elephant traps, who will say these are the things that could go wrong.

But supporters of Corbyn immediately swung behind Burgon on social media, with shadow international trade secretary Barry Gardiner stating: «On Newsnight, Richard Burgon brilliantly keeps the focus on our popular policies, on equality & declines the elephant traps.»

Sometimes too much singleminded enthusiasm can blind the unwary to these perils and drop them painfully into an elephant trap.