Sentences with phrase «figleaf of»

It's not science substantiated, it's just a scheme to seek money and power, trying to hide behind a tiny figleaf of scientific fraud.

I'm not offended, I am annoyed that YET AGAIN I am going to have to justify to people within my own party why I bother to continue contributing to this site when it is clearly run by a cabal of LAbour supporters and members who can not see past their own privelege and only allow me to contribute to give themselves a figleaf of acceptability.

Not exact matches

In response to argument from the claimants» legal teams - that parliament never contemplated Ripa being used as a figleaf for undercover sex - Justice Tugendhat suggested that most MPs were aware of accounts, albeit fictional, in which James Bond does just that.

Barber's statement that she felt «demoralised, disillusioned and full of dark fears that I have been stitched up - that actually the «art world» (whatever that is) has already decided who will win the 2006 Turner prize and that I am brought in purely as a figleaf» is widely circulated today.

She described feeling «demoralised, disillusioned and full of dark fears that I have been stitched up - that actually the «art world» (whatever that is) has already decided who will win the 2006 Turner prize and that I am brought in purely as a figleaf».

The fact is that wind turbines are much better at making money for speculative private interests and providing an ecological figleaf for the privatization and deregulation of electrical generation than they are at generating electricity.

Meanwhile, environmental groups see carbon capture as an industry figleaf to shield the EPA from pushback against its climate rules that will still allow the use of fossil fuels, albeit with lower emissions.

I'm talking about the book — have never seen the movie — and found the features that you describe to be more in the way of a figleaf to provide plausible deniability than a sincere expression of admiration etc etc..

I doubt many people really believe the deniers, but the number of people who feel that their immediate interests are threatened by structural change has been heightened by the GFC, and the lavish coverage to the delusionals in the press has allowed those who want an excuse to wave a more impressive figleaf.

In essence, guidance has been issued to all judicial office holders (not just magistrates), clearly warning them off blogging (although it says it's not a ban, IMHO this is a bit of a figleaf).