Sentences with phrase «if public opinion»

Politicians also have responsibility to act if the public opinion changes.

I can understand the scores for GTA IV and Skyward Sword, even if the public opinion changed around it afterwards.

Coca Cola is still one of the most consumed soft drinks in the world, but if public opinion concerning dietary sugar and childhood obesity continues to strengthen in the years ahead, products like Coca - Cola Life and Coca - Cola Plus will inevitably play a bigger part in the company's strategy.

And they all know that, if public opinion is to be well measured on an issue, the issue must be framed with great care.

Shadow cabinet minister Andrew Gwynne suggested Labour's support for Brexit could be «flexible» if public opinion turns against leaving Europe

Footage emerged of shadow cabinet member Andrew Gwynne hinting that Labour could even switch sides on Brexit if public opinion shifted against leaving.

If public opinion concludes that an injustice has been done, a particular politician can be convinced to grant a pardon.

Deputy leader Tom Watson has said «you should not rule anything out» on the issue, while Emily Thornberry has said Labour could back one if public opinion shifted.

Emily Thornberry has suggested Labour could yet back a second Brexit referendum if public opinion suggests the vast majority of voters want to stay in the EU.

For if public opinion about his conduct will be the decisive factor in determining whether Cameron feels he has no choice but to drop Hunt, it is the media which will play a leading role.

President Nana Akufo - Addo has said legalisation of homosexuality is bound to happen in Ghana if public opinion for it legalisation grows stronger.

Of course, Obama's current uptick could just be a temporary blip, but let's think this out: what happens if public opinion IS actually shifting in the Democrats» direction across the country, potentially putting the House of Representatives in serious play?

Far more serious than any of the startling events of the decade was the massive erosion of the legitimacy of American institutions — business, government, education, the churches, the family — that set in, particularly among young people, and that continues, if public opinion polls are to be believed, in the 1970s even when overt protest has become less frequent.

Some people have misunderstood consensus to mean simply public opinion, and have asserted that if public opinion approves an action it is therefore acceptable to Islam.

Not exact matches

If that sounds familiar, it's because it was also true in 2016 and 2013 as public opinion on the issue has been rising at a steady clip.

While it's still unclear if Session's views will translate into changes in policy or enforcement, this attitude shift at the federal level doesn't align with public opinion on the issue.

It now remains to be seen if NERC will listen to the public and christen their ship with, in our opinion, the greatest name of all time.

If Ford will not listen to public opinion, his colleagues or his hand - selected deputy mayor, it seemed unlikely that he would suddenly heed the advice of, say, a bank CEO.

According to the last seven polls — spanning from July 2014 to November 2015 — conduced by the French public - opinion institute Ifop, Le Pen has led each time when voters are asked, «If the next presidential election was next week, which candidate would have the best chance of getting your vote?»

«If you go back to the rapaciousness and lawlessness of Gilded Age capitalism, it was the slow burn of public opinion that gradually gathered force and ultimately became the driving force that provided cover for dramatic new legislative and regulatory efforts,» she said.

If so, such comments were rare and not part of a concerted effort to shape public opinion.

Survey shows majority support for an effective climate plan and minimum carbon price, even if some provinces disagree OTTAWA — New public opinion research shows that two - thirds of Canadians believe it is more important to have a plan to meet Canada's climate change targets than to have all provincial and territorial premiers agree with that...

If they had, they would have known that the public's opinion had already been well - documented.

And even if Canadian courts ultimately deem such probing too onerous within the rubric of «reasonableness» review, such details can provide fodder for public commentary that can undermine the government's position in the court of public opinion (regarding the economic case for increased oil sands production, for example, see University of Alberta Professor Andrew Leach's commentary here).

Public opinion polling during the summer of 2008 placed the Conservatives and Liberals in a virtual dead heat, leading most to speculate at the time that if an election were held there would be a third minority government.

Past school shootings have usually had transient effects on public opinion, if any.

Republicans would be more welcoming (and more in line with public opinion) if they adopted a pro-enforcement, pro-working-class, and pro-immigrant agenda.

When asked his opinion of Taunton before a public debate, Hitchens said, «If everyone in the United States had the same qualities of loyalty and care and concern for others that Larry Taunton had, we'd be living in a much better society than we do.»

You hate it so much, you actively seek out articles on public news sites about it to rant and rave as if you genuinely think people give a squat about your opinion.

If I can position myself as the one under attack and you as the attacker, then I'm more than halfway to winning in the court of public opinion.

If we refuse one group's opinions access to the public square, we're certainly not acting «American».

Public opinion is slowly coming around on counseling, which used to be something you only got if you felt like you had a serious mental or emotional illness.

Incredible public displays of contempt for white opinion, in defense of the indefensible, and all with the tacit, if not explicit, support of much of mainstream black opinion.

If you enter the public square with an opinion someone doesn't like, they flip out.

What is at first heard and perhaps scoffed at, if it is true gets listened to, thought about, and finally accepted by enough people to place behind it the power of public opinion.

The conclusion to be drawn from Riezler's treatment of public opinion is that true community must be re-established in mass society if that society is to remain a free one which serves the people.

If you are offended by the opinions of others, I recommend you stay away from public forums.

If you are that sensitive, don't go out in public where you might run into someone with a differing opinion.

And were an accommodation possible it would have to be based on something more secure than public opinion, if by «opinion» we mean merely an inclination or impression that happens to be widely but perhaps transiently held - for example, a taste for frozen yogurt.

If in public places like our major universities we are going to operate on the premise that moral judgments are relative to communities, then we should follow the implications of that premise as consistently as we can and not absolutize one, or perhaps a few, sets of opinions and exclude all others.

My opinion is if a school is being funded by the government, religion of Any type should not be taught b / c in public schools there are many different types of people who attend.

If the World Trade Organization penalized countries that imposed such a tariff, its nature would be exposed, and public opinion, acting through governments, might yet reduce its power or change its policies.

If the media does not like something, their bias taints information getting to the public, and this forms public opinion.

If someone succeeded in their life, and acheived a high station because of it, dissenters could say «look at them, they are so proud of themselves, they obviously think they're better than you all», and turn public opinion against them.

Religious identification is after all a public opinion (even if a deeply held one) which is intrinsically chaotic.

If it were generally recognized that habitual drunkenness is a symptom of a disease that is both personally and socially devastating, and if it were generally accepted that frequent use of alcohol as a means of interpersonal adjustment can lead to alcoholism, a new climate of public opinion would come into beinIf it were generally recognized that habitual drunkenness is a symptom of a disease that is both personally and socially devastating, and if it were generally accepted that frequent use of alcohol as a means of interpersonal adjustment can lead to alcoholism, a new climate of public opinion would come into beinif it were generally accepted that frequent use of alcohol as a means of interpersonal adjustment can lead to alcoholism, a new climate of public opinion would come into being.

Nevertheless, if one were to accept public opinion polls as the compass of our society, would it not make sense to survey the French people also on all the demands made by LGBT activists in the name of equality and antidiscrimination?

Nevertheless, if one were to accept public opinion polls as the compass of our society, would it not make sense to survey the French people also on all the demands made by LGBT activists in the name of equality and anti-discrimination?

All them Northerners keep saying I can't keep slaves and saying how public opinion is changing towards owning humans, but they can all just go with the flow if they like, i'll be staying alive swimming against the current for as long as my racist arms will carry me...

But if it be expedient that he should remove to another station, he ought not to attempt this on his own private opinion, but to be guided by public authority.»