Sentences with phrase «erosion of»

It seems that the risk of the PLP deciding to resist further erosion of accountability is being minimised this time by resorting to a trick the Blair machine used before.

And Lorigo said the erosion of the traditional alliance of past years between many Democrats and the Conservative Party now shunned by most Democrats has exacted a price.

A defeat would have been treated as a further erosion of Gordon Brown's authority and a disastrous chapter in his already problematic administration.

«National security is the first duty of government but we are also committed to reversing the substantial erosion of civil liberties,» Ms May said.

The net result is the definite erosion of «liberty» in Britain.

Due to soil incompatibility and erosion of the mining sites the ground is rendered unstable for electricity poles erections, hence, the ECG had to spend extra money to divert voltage lines to areas which can guarantee stability.

To add insult to injury, our political classes have ensured that those «with the broadest shoulders» have been able to protect and in many cases, add to their wealth whilst those who had no hand whatsoever in the crisis are having to deal with the impact of the recession head - on by way of pay cuts, pay freezes, redundancy and the systematic erosion of employment rights, all in the name of «economic necessity».

The people I have seen posting suicide help resources online are almost all involved in the LGBT community, many of which seem to think that a Trump - Pence presidency will lead to a massive erosion of rights.

«We are sceptical that the proposed protections will prevent the erosion of liberties of religion and conscience,» the signatories declare in the letter, which is published in today's Telegraph newspaper.

With the Liberal Democrats committed to «a full programme of measures to reverse the substantial erosion of civil liberties and roll back state intrusion», the stage was set for real progress.

He was apparently still angry that I had heckled him over his government's erosion of civil liberties, when he opened the Taking Liberties exhibition at the British Library late last year.»

The President the new orientation became imperative after realising that most of Nigeria's problems arose from what the «erosion of the country's value system.»

In June 2008 the then Shadow Home Secretary David Davis resigned his parliamentary seat over what he described as the «erosion of civil liberties» by the then Labour government, and was re-elected on a civil liberties platform (although he was not opposed by candidates of other major parties).

With the subsequent erosion of the power of the House of Lords, we have essentially been left with a unicameral parliament in which there are no checks on the government's power to pass legislation.

The Alliance for Quality Education has been touring schools around the state to document what they say is the erosion of districts in economically depressed areas.

Tom Michl and Trudi Renwick review the erosion of the purchasing power of... (read more)

«Over the decades, the erosion of trust has broken down the bonds between the government and the people that it serves.

Escalating the tension on Tuesday, DiNapoli issued a report that was critical of the pension proposal that was baked into the budget and questioned Cuomo's desire for more control over how money is moved between agencies, warning it could lead to an erosion of oversight.

«There has been a serious erosion of government support for housing at the federal and state levels since the 1990s,» he said.

Approval ratio numbers for senators show a predictable erosion of support for Democrats running in red states.

Tonight's success for the Conservatives followed the steady erosion of Labour's majority since 1992.

I was going to fight on the issue simply of the erosion of our freedoms.

«The Erosion of Civil Liberties: Pre-charge Detention and Counter-Terror laws», The Police Journal

A media - centric, consumeristic celebrity culture, the erosion of civic responsibility, & the effectiveness of machine /» gangster» politics on a dynastic scale all contribute in challenging the assumption that a government of the people, by the people, & for the people can sustain itself in the long run.

What we were worried about was a slow erosion of our economy if we don't get certainty and security for the future.»

The political crisis created by the MPs» expenses scandal, the shock of the financial and economic crisis and the erosion of trust in big government has created the conditions for an unexpected revolution.

In the past decade or so, the Labour government has been at least complicit in a lamentable erosion of civil liberties, including freedoms to demonstrate and protest.

On 12 June 2008, Davis resigned from the Shadow Cabinet and announced his resignation as an MP, in order to force a by - election, and cause a wider debate on the single issue of what he believed to be the erosion of civil liberties.

The slow and steady erosion of local links is real threat.

Unite national officer for community and youth workers Colenzo Jarrett - Thorpe said: «What this research identifies is the systematic erosion of youth services in England since 2010.

Labour has not won a major election for a decade, while the party has suffered a sharp erosion of support due to the unpopularity of its previous leaders and its inability to manage the issue of immigration (Clarke, Sanders, Stewart, & Whiteley, 2014).

The government has to recognise that this erosion of confidence can only be halted by having enough civil and public servants with the right resources to do the job.

«Over the years there has been a slow, and sustained, erosion of legitimate adult authority in this country,» he said.

These so called «Competing Factors» are the types of cancerous erosion of oversight in the Comptrollers Office that become the tumor spreading the disease!

The Romanian Parliament, also dominated by USL, is currently debating the modification of the 2003 Mining Law and considering amendments which would facilitate important erosion of citizens» rights, particularly by allowing foreign companies to expropriate the lands and houses of Romanian citizens on behalf of the Romanian government.

Yet the history of American separation of powers among the Executive, Legislative and Judiciary branches has seen the gradual erosion of Legislative power in favor of the President.

The FOI Act has become a smokescreen to hide the ongoing erosion of freedom and democracy by this Govt, from ID cards to the Planning Act.

The Polish parliament has approved government proposals to hand the ruling Law and Justice party (PiS) effective control of judicial appointments and the supreme court, in a move seen by critics as an erosion of judicial independence.

At least the Tories have finally found some balls regarding the erosion of our civil liberties.

I'd vote Labour if, and only if, they stood against the erosion of our liberty.

The desired result is clear: there will be less pressure to address the decades - long erosion of pay and benefits for most working people in the private sector if public anger can be focused on the bus mechanic who still has health coverage.

The new regulations, agreed upon last month as part of a much bigger budget compromise between legislative leaders and the governor, will do little to halt the erosion of middle - income housing in New York City, and are more dangerous to landlords in principle than in practice.

Opponents see bills as an erosion of judicial independence under populist Law and Justice party

«At three prior expirations of rent protections, there was an erosion of benefits,» said Lopez.

Yet strangely, other than Unite and ASLEF, there is no calling for Murphy to resign despite losing 40 seats in Scotland and seeing a massive erosion of support following his election as Leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

His theory for the Lib Dems» next two years is that this is the best «configuration» to start a coalition with, expressing that his «hero» Paddy Ashdown's Lib - Lab pact worried him because he felt it resulted in an erosion of Lib Dem identity, so chummy was the «long - term love - in».

Adam's CentreForum investigation concludes that there are significant opportunity costs which must be accounted for — I would emphasise the further erosion of already - stretched public services, which could impact a great deal on millions of low earners.

There has been a major erosion of support for public housing from the State over the last few decades.

Amr Osman compared debates amongst Egyptian intellectuals, pointing to the erosion of the legitimacy of the 1952 Revolution under presidents Sadat and Mubarak, particularly since the 1979 peace treaty with Israel.

But, in truth, the real tragedy is the further erosion of British democracy.