Sentences with phrase «honourable gentleman»
The phrase "honourable gentleman" is used as a polite and respectful way to refer to a man who is considered to be honorable in their actions, behaviors, or character. Full definition
The right honourable gentleman said it himself last week - Tory cuts versus Labour investment.»
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Few believe that politicians are still honourable gentlemen and honourable ladies.
as opposed to «would the right honourable gentleman sitting opposite me use the veto?»
«It is bizarre for the Right Honourable Gentleman [Mr Starmer] to dismiss it without having yet seen it and when committee members have had an opportunity to consider it fully and reflect on it I think they will reasonably conclude that the Government has fully discharged the terms of the motion.»
Contrary to the hype and threats of lawsuits, my reaction to Newman's great writing is the Right Honourable gentleman comes off pretty well, warts, profanity and all.
The honourable gentleman said to us: «I want you to understand just one thing.
At last week's PMQs, Cameron gleefully retorted that, «the issue for the honourable gentleman is why he is in favour now in opposition for things he never did in government; some might call it opposition, some might call it hypocrisy».
«The Right Honourable Gentleman's foreign policy is to object to and insult the democratically elected head of state of our most important ally.
«The right honourable gentleman is a one - trick pony, and he has run out of road!»
««I've indulged the honourable gentleman for the length of his question, but I'm glad that he's now taken that hat off and I sincerely hope he won't put it on again — preferably at any time but certainly not in the chamber.»
«The right honourable gentleman has interesting and important things to say about youth work programmes.
«The reality of the situation is when the honourable gentleman talks about an opt - out that's not what they negotiated.»
Mr Hammond replied: «I agree with the honourable gentleman that the lack of information is inexcusable.»
Gove wryly responded: «I'm grateful as ever to the honourable gentlemen in his lessons in humility and arrogance.»
«I'm sorry the right honourable gentleman has had a slight sense of humour failure.
From Cameron's first words - «all I can tell the honourable gentleman» - the tone was set by Labour MPs, jeering the PM for not knowing everything.
Bercow replied: «I thank the Honourable Gentleman for what he said, and indeed for the way in which he said it.
«I want to hear the honourable gentleman's views about the 18th century!»
Cameron parried the blows with considerable ease, delivering a pleasing one liner of his own; «It wouldn't be Christmas without the repeats and that is all we ever get from the right honourable gentleman».
Osborne, in response to a rare question from David Miliband: «The Right Honourable gentleman has interesting and important things to say about youth work programmes.
12:35 - Cameron says: «I completely respect the honourable gentleman.
«In this Oscar week,» he began, which made me think he was about to make an off - key quip about Oscar Pistorius that even Eastleigh candidate John «Have I Got Alarmingly Aggressive Views For You» O'Farrell would envy, «when Daniel Day - Lewis was so convincing as Abraham Lincoln, perhaps the best we can say is this — the right honourable gentleman is just as convincing as Gordon Brown.»
«Wherever there is a brutal Arab dictator in the world, he'll have the support of the honourable gentleman.»
«I know Martin Luther King had a dream, but I think it's time the honourable gentleman woke up,» the prime minister retorted.
The Right Honourable Gentleman is right when he says that it's only fair for those with broader shoulders to bear a greater load.
And that's why we see from the honourable gentleman the smooth reassuring mien of the bank manager.
«And for the moment, I am concluding for my own peace of mind that the honourable gentleman was thinking of a high functioning intelligent robot and therefore for the moment, I will not call him to order for the use of the word.
Paisley claims: «The honourable gentleman makes my point exactly.»
The right honourable gentleman is utterly convincing as Gordon Brown.»
«The Secretary of State has made the Honourable Gentleman's day — possibly his month, conceivably his year.»
Let me congratulate the honourable gentleman getting to 100 not out.
Mr Ainsworth responded: «I don't retreat from many of the comments made by the honourable gentleman.»
May then duly declared: «Can I say to the honourable gentleman I think I'll have to be resisting the temptation to call the goose Jeremy.»
Every critical one starts with «what the honourable gentleman doesn't realise...» followed by an old policy measure which doesn't address the question.
«The honourable gentleman will now resume his seat!»
Every sympathetic answer starts with «the honourable gentleman raises an important point».
«The right honourable gentleman is absolutely right, he is owed an apology, the conduct of these officers was not acceptable.»
It was the right honourable gentleman.
He told octogenarian Labour MP Dennis Skinner: «The honourable gentleman has the right at any time take his pension and I advise him to do so.»
As she told Corbyn repeatedly today: «Unlike the right honourable gentleman we think that we should deliver on what the people want.»
Gordon Brown slipped in a little «punch - and - judy» by pointing to Mr Howard's infamous «did you threaten to overrule him» interview with Jeremy Paxman, saying the honourable gentleman knows a thing or two about not answering the question.
«I think the right honourable gentleman ought to do something more useful than just read the newspapers,» Cameron observed, before pointing out that shadow justice secretary Sadiq Khan had called the sentencing approach a «perfectly sensible vision».
«If the Right Honourable Gentleman judges that he has more material that he wishes to share with the House, which of itself could be very helpful, that's fine, but the implication of that is blindingly obvious, and that is that the Right Honourable Gentleman should offer to deliver an Oral Statement to the House of up to ten minutes.
«I can assure the honourable gentleman I did not at any stage walk out of that meeting.»
12:16 - Geoffrey Robinson (Lab) asks about RBS, to which Cameron replies: «The honourable gentleman knows a lot about lending money.»
After being asked what he knew about the health service, the health secretary appeared to lose his temper, saying: «The honourable gentleman says «what do I know about the health service?»
«I completely respect the honourable gentleman.
«The honourable gentleman always brings a flavour of pantomime to our proceedings,» Cameron joked after one particularly theatrical question from Labour MP Stephen Pound.
Mr Clegg called Mr Bryant's remarks «outrageous», replying: «We all indulge in a bit of hyperbole, but I have to say to the honourable gentleman quite seriously that to refer to «cleansing» will be deeply offensive to people who have witnessed ethnic cleansing in other parts of the world.»