Sentences with phrase «even public parties»

It may be thought that a law requiring a signature is enacted to serve a public policy, and private parties, or even public parties, should not be able to decide among themselves whether that policy is appropriately served.

Not exact matches

Both parties are losing, even though Republicans have managed to win a lot of elections this decade despite having lower levels of public support.

As Darby and Stenson learned, even business interactions can spread like wildfire, welcoming the court of public opinion to pass judgement on the intentions of both parties.

For instance, all three parties emphasize infrastructure (with Trudeau even saying it's worth going into deficit to pay for public works).

All parties receive substantial public funding intended to support democracy, but it also means they are in varying degrees highly dependent on money that will disappear with a Conservative majority, making the Tories even more motivated to win and gain an advantage in the election after this one.

Given that fundamental aspects of how the Internet works are being decided by the PMO, Shade and Moll say it's up to the public to get Canadian politicians «up to speed» on net neutrality the way the American public did in the U.S. To date, there is scarce indication that any of the major parties are thinking about the issue; McArthur says a letter to his Conservative MP in Edmonton didn't even generate a standard response letter.

And even though there has been increased interest in the party's membership since the PC Party became defunct under Jason Kenney's leadership, the Alberta Party has not seen growth in the public opinion pparty's membership since the PC Party became defunct under Jason Kenney's leadership, the Alberta Party has not seen growth in the public opinion pParty became defunct under Jason Kenney's leadership, the Alberta Party has not seen growth in the public opinion pParty has not seen growth in the public opinion polls.

(I was economic advisor to Presidential candidate Dennis Kucinich, whom the Democratic Party leadership blocked from even discussing a public option in the Congressional debate.)

Yet even a purely laissez - faire system requires government to enforce contracts, protect private property, prevent fraud, produce public goods such as defense and roads, and protect third parties from «externalities» such as pollution and public hazards.

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

I propose to study first an archetypical case: a secularization that occurred swiftly, with little anticipation, then a rush of public events, then a formal severance between the parties, and lastly a slow, even protracted process whereby the spirit and loyalty and identity of the institution is drained of manifest faith.

With stunning consistency, virtually every indicator of civic engagement currently available shows the same pattern of increase followed by stagnation and decline — newspaper reading; TV news watching; attending political meetings; petition signing; running for public office; attending public meetings; serving as an officer or committee member in any local clubs or organizations; writing letters to the editor; participating in local meetings of national organizations; attending religious services; socializing informally with friends, relatives or neighbors; attending club meetings; joining unions; entertaining friends at home; participating in picnics; eating the evening meal with the whole family; going out to bars, nightclubs, discos or taverns; playing cards; sending greeting cards; attending parties; playing sports; donating money as a percentage of income; working on community projects; giving blood.

Even the processes of reform of the former one - party dominance proceeded in an orderly fashion and has engendered renewed public concern with corruption and enforcement of legal norms.

Party leaders won't even talk to the public, let alone the press.

It's also possible that the public would care, as the Scots cared very much about highly technical issues last autumn, if only the political parties would stop repeating platitudes about the last 100 years (which actually aren't even true).

At the same time, while there tends to be little ostensible evidence in the UK of the blatant buying off of politicians and officials, the murky networks that connect political parties with private funders, and see the frequent movement of officials across the private and public sector, raise serious questions about the integrity of the public service ethos at the highest levels of power (as even Conservative commentators recognise — e.g. Ferdinand Mount, The New Few).

While an MP might owe his or her place in parliament, or even cabinet, not due to patronage from above, but because he was an NUM MP, or had backing from the public sector unions, or the London Labour Party etc, s / he could enter into those discussions pre-vote from a position of real stregnth.

Mr Mac - Manu said the public is not even aware of the work being executed by a «secret» consultant in cleaning the register and noted that any review of the electoral roll by a consultant must be made public with contributions from political parties.

Opposition continues in the Assembly even as supporters point to the dozens of lawmakers from both parties who have signed on in support of a version of the legislation, which would provide a tax credit to those who donate to public schools or to a scholarship program that benefits a private or parochial school.

By looking at the newly - emerging political winners, such as the Five Star Movement in Italy or the ultra-right Golden Dawn and leftist SYRIZA in Greece, one will notice that despite all their ideological differences these parties have at least one common feature: they gained public popularity campaigning on Euroscepticist (or even anti-EU) and anti-corruption slogans.

Aware of these challenges, Farage has started to soften some of the party's stances on fiscal policy and public services; he has even expressed some support for the welfare state.

Surely what you mean is «Ken may well employ sophistry to claim that he is not technically in breach of party rules, because saying that the candidate should not have been dropped, walking around for the TV cameras with the rival candidate (and having a quick chat about why the Labour candidate) did not in fact entail an explicit «vote Rahman» public statement (even though the whole point was to convey precisely that impression to any sentient being).

The Parliamentary Party is helping push through a bill with no democratic mandate (Lib Dem, Coalition or even Tory), no grassroots Party support and against the wishes of the majority of medical professionals and public opinion.

Forget that the majority of the public think Labour sits to the left of them, and Ed Miliband sits even further to the left than his party.

The business lobby is serious about crushing «the little party that could» (a Newsday headline of a few years ago), spending millions of dollars on television and mail against WFP candidates, and even trying to hire well - known progressive public relations firms to wage a PR battle against them.

Since being elected party leader in 2005, David Cameron has proved himself relentlessly pro-female and anti-male in his public statements and policy directions, yet even he faces accusations of being biased against women because of the low number of women in his Cabinet.

A loophole in electoral law in the United Kingdom means that although anyone donating even small sums of money to a political party has to declare this as a matter of public record, those loaning money at commercial rates of interest did not have to make a public declaration.

An odd coalition that includes public employee unions and the state Conservative Party have used phone banks, bumper stickers and even a TV ad depicting a state constitutional convention as a bar scene reminiscent of the famous one in «Star Wars.»

Even without the party's recent legal problems, Public Advocate is a tough office for Republicans.

Sources Friday evening said Cuomo and the leadership of the party had reached a tentative deal for the incumbent Democrat to take the labor - backed line in exchange for pushing on key progressive issues such as the Dream Act, the public financing of political campaigns and the women's agenda.

Even his most conspicuous successes: the attack on Rupert Murdoch on phone hacking, his stance on bankers» bonuses and his opposition to intervention in Syria in 2013 earned praise from the parliamentary party and broad respect in the media, but did little to rehabilitate his rather pathetic public persona.

Politicians of all parties, as well as health chiefs, trade unions, professional bodies, medical professionals and even local GPs are all prepared to think the unthinkable - but are not prepared to tell the public what that thinking is.

«Even if a party asked me to engage in a confidentiality clause, I can't because everything we spend is a matter of public record.»

Oldham East and Saddleworth is a three way marginal, between Labour, the Liberal Democrats and the Conservatives, which makes for an even more interesting test of where the parties stand with the public.

Tomorrow, the Siena College Research Institute will release the first public poll of the NY - 26 race, and word on the street is it will show the contest to be far closer than most observers had previously though — perhaps even with a single - digit margin separating the two majority party candidates.

Conversation frequently turns to who could lead the party after another defeat in 2020: the former paratrooper Dan Jarvis; the shadow business secretary, Chuka Umunna (who withdrew from the race after just a few days); the former director of public prosecutions Keir Starmer; even David Miliband.

This is true in part, as even the leaders of the US and the EU admit that foreign actors are successfully influencing domestic elections, both through direct monetary contributions (see Marine Le Pen's party and Russia) and indirect manipulation of the public opinion (Russia Today, spreading «fake news»).

Nick Clegg will not even have a chance of remaining his party's leader if he does not win the public's support for the coalition.

Ed Miliband has been subject to a relentless attack from the press and even figures in his own party over plans to fix energy prices, despite signs of a strong response from the public.

Even as he made a concession to one of his longtime sparring partners — public sector employees — Cuomo took a jab at his main rival in the state Democratic Party: NYC Mayor Bill de Blasio.

Imagine if he'd turned out to be an unpopular leader who had stuck to his central message that Labour needed to move to the right, entertain radical reform of public services, tackle the deficit through cuts and be avowedly pro-business, even though many commentators and many in his party thought that the cost of living crisis and pre-distribution were more important themes.

When employment figures begin going up, and real affordable universal health care is soon to be available, and wasteful Bush fantasies like Star Wars are back to being experimental programs on the fringes of public awareness and costing only hundreds of millions of dollars a year, when all of our long term allies are back to being on speaking terms with us, those 25 % ers will get their 25 % s and Congress will be even more democratic Party than now.

Meanwhile back here on planet Earth; where no one, (not even someone such as myself with a lifelong interest in politics,) has ever heard of either Jeremy Corbyn or Angela Eagle much before last week, the Ivory tower jibe chimes very much in tune with my own previous assessment of a now all but completely defunct Labor party completely out of touch with the public at large and with broader opinion, and out to lunch.

When the public protested, recently, the party disclaimed the news even if it added that it was the responsibility of members to pay outstanding dues.

In an analysis that will dismay senior Blairites in the party, the report suggests the Conservatives are too right - wing on crime, immigration and welfare — all areas where polling suggests the public would like to see even tougher policies.

Even as he made a concession to one of his longtime sparring partners — public sector employees — Mr. Cuomo took a jab at his main rival in the state Democratic Party: Mayor Bill de Blasio.

EMLD and SLF wrote to the Lib Dem peers urging them to stay on into the evening to vote to retain the General Duty, while the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS)-- which is not affiliated to any political party — and others also lobbied hard.

My charge against Chris Grayling is not that he was being political or even that he was using a back door party political route to make his views heard, but that in taking the decision as a Minister he appears to be putting party politics above the interests of the travelling public.

Republican - turned - Democrat George Maragos is touting campaign contributions to his new party even before they show up in public filings.

The vast majority would like England to remain English but not, the Labour Party who are even now enshrining actual racist anti white employment laws for the Public Sector.