Sentences with phrase «in party politics»

However, Olatunbosun said Fayose was always seeking to be relevant in party politics with his party dominating at the centre to enable him get away with his many cases of illegality and lawless conducts.

Fitzpatrick's burgeoning role in party politics underscores the well - known divide among warring factions of county Republicans.

For Erie County Executive Mark Poloncarz, the Democratic National Convention offers more than discussions in party politics.

As a purely political matter, advocating for gay marriage makes sense for Democrats in a state like New York, where gay groups are players in party politics.

By convention, the Queen does not get involved in party politics, so there are no circumstances in which she would choose the prime minister.

«I am not asking you to get involved in the party politics.

The Supreme Court has held that while you are a public officer you can not take part in party politics.

And all too often we hear that people are fed up with politics as usual — they don't want to hear about republicans or democrats and if they do you'll get an eerie cringe and a comment like «I don't get involved in party politics,» or «It's all rhetoric» followed by an uncomfortable silence.

Many people do want to get involved in party politics but don't see life membership as the way of doing so.

You don't have to search very far to understand why the youth of today have no faith in party politics, let alone general elections.

Lee Seeman, a North Hempstead Democratic town councilwoman from Great Neck Estates involved in party politics since 1955, said Terry is known for «getting the people elected, getting out the vote for the people.

«And to the party youth and to all committed foot soldiers of MPP, there is nothing gratifying in party politics than having your party in power.

Rather, they can help explain the deep and persistent divide that we see in party politics across the world.

Adams is not known for intervening in party politics, but he has previously campaigned for pressure groups including Greenpeace on animal rights and runs The Bryan Adams Foundation, which aims to improve learning opportunities for children worldwide.

Not exact matches

Luke Skywalker channels Yoda in a gender politics message that is warmer and fuzzier than an Ewok dance party.

With Italian politics still in a stalemate following elections in early March, one lawmaker from the ruling Democratic Party (PD) has ruled out the possibility of his party making alliances with its main riParty (PD) has ruled out the possibility of his party making alliances with its main riparty making alliances with its main rivals.

The bill has shown divisions in the Republican party, which dominates Texas politics, pitting the pro-business establishment wing against the powerful socially conservative wing, which said it was a common - sense measure needed to protect privacy.

Macron's detachment from the main parties, and the fact he is a fresh face in French politics, may be a strength in these elections.

I believe that the re-orientation of British politics under Corbyn and in particular of the Labour Party is highly beneficial, not only to the large strata within British society that have been discarded in the last 20 to 30 years, but interestingly also for British business that produces real stuff as opposed to the City of London and various other service sectors that produce precarious jobs and nothing much of substance.

Virtually every European country allows nationalist parties to participate in its domestic politics to some degree, but some countries have longer traditions of supporting nationalist groups than others.

The different level of popular support that these parties have in each country, and the particular characteristics of each electoral system, makes it difficult to predict whether nationalist parties will become more prominent fixtures in European politics as the economic crisis plays out.

Over the past five years, she has taken far - right National Front party — which was founded by her father — from a marginalised voice to one of the most important forces in French politics.

And although most Canadians dislike Harper and his approach to politics, their clout in the next election is diminished by the fact that their vote is split between opposition parties.

PC stands for «Progressive Conservative», the party associated with the right in Ontario politics.

The fact of Canadian electoral politics is that once the election is called, those not directly involved in party electioneering are turned into spectators.

Many China politics experts and some party insiders attribute the downfall of Sun Zhengcai to his reputation as a possible leader whose rise and allegiances lay in his ties to senior party figures other than Mr. Xi.

He dabbled in politics, too: Though a longtime Democrat, he switched to the Republican Party and became the GOP nominee for a 2003 New York City Council race.

Instead of running ads, they would define Scheer more slowly, over time, with a series of forced choices in Parliament, through government motions, much as opposition parties usually seek to define governments (you'll note that «define» in Ottawa politics is almost always pejorative by implication) through clever use of their occasional opportunity to define a day's parliamentary debate through so - called «supply motions.»

Heads rolled in the federal sponsorship scandal, and politics is better for it Dinner parties with foreign billionaires, charter flights, private islands, selfies with Bono and Kevin Spacey — it might sound like Lifestyles of the Rich and Famous, but to Canadians it hits a bit too close to home, or rather a bit too -LSB-...]

But over the last few years (since 2008), I think there's been a pretty dramatic growth in what we'd call Tea Party politics in that set — extreme conservatism that goes beyond hands off fiscal and regulatory policy, the kind of feverish mindset in which you could write with a straight face that progressives might be building toward some sort of mass wealth confiscation or internment or even extermination for the likes of Tom Perkins.

In fact, Grillo's party, founded only in 2009, focused less on euroskepticism than on a blanket rejection of the established Italian political elite and its way of doing politicIn fact, Grillo's party, founded only in 2009, focused less on euroskepticism than on a blanket rejection of the established Italian political elite and its way of doing politicin 2009, focused less on euroskepticism than on a blanket rejection of the established Italian political elite and its way of doing politics.

Political parties not only need to address the economic crisis, they also need to reconnect with voters and revitalize their central role in democratic politics.

The Huffington Post - I See Canada From a Bus, Not an Airplane I grew up in a house where we talked politics at the dinner table — not party politics, but the politics of community.

Mr. Cooper is known in political circles for his hard - line conservative positions and has been involved in politics since he was a teenaged national director of the Canadian Alliance Party.

After forty - four years of PC Party - government in Alberta end earlier this year, politics in this province could still be in flux.

NDP MLA Sandra Jansen talks about her disaffection with the PC party and her decision to talk openly in the Legislature about being called a «bitch» in politics and being told to «stay in the kitchen.»

We talked to former PC cabinet minister and life - long PC member, Heather Klimchuk about her life with the party that she loves, the women who have helped shape the party so far, and «the ugly side of politics» that has emerged in the past months.

Numerous sources report that former Edmonton city councillor Karen Leibovici is preparing a jump into federal politics by seeking the federal Liberal Party nomination in the new Edmonton - West riding.

The decision by Mr. Prentice, Mr. Jean and now maybe Mr. Kenney, gives the impression that Conservative party politics in Alberta is becoming a grazing plot for Conservative politicians whose careers in Ottawa have stalled.

One of the articles on post truth politics said its naive for us to expect the media to «call foul» and penalize right wing parties for lying and rejecting all attempts at compromise, because the media won't do it (as Jean's op - ed in the Herald demonstrates), so we and the few progressive media outlets left in this country need to do it ourselves.

But when PC Party members delivered a stunning blow to Ralph Klein in a March 2006 leadership review, politics never seemed to get dull again in Alberta.

After a decade of worshiping an anti-debt orthodoxy that defined former Premier Ralph Klein «s era in Alberta politics, the natural governing party changed their tune.

As I am sure Dr. Sherman and Dr. Swann would attest, being leader of the Liberal Party in Alberta is probably one of the least rewarding positions in provincial politics.

Mr. Buck represented Clover Bar in the Social Credit government from 1967 to 1971 and in the Social Credit opposition from 1971 until 1982, as an Independent MLA from 1982 until 1984, and as a Representative Party MLA from 1984 until his retirement from politics in 1989.

In the latest shakeup in Alberta politics, Greg Clark announced last Friday that he would resign as leader of the Alberta Party at the party's upcoming annual general meeting on November 18, 201In the latest shakeup in Alberta politics, Greg Clark announced last Friday that he would resign as leader of the Alberta Party at the party's upcoming annual general meeting on November 18, 201in Alberta politics, Greg Clark announced last Friday that he would resign as leader of the Alberta Party at the party's upcoming annual general meeting on November 18, Party at the party's upcoming annual general meeting on November 18, party's upcoming annual general meeting on November 18, 2017.

If at some point, Joe Anglin is interested in the Alberta Party, we'll talk to him, just like we're open to every Albertan who is fed up with the partisan nature of politics in Alberta.

PACs have become a big issue in Alberta politics since 2015, when the New Democratic Party government banned corporate and union donations to political parties as their first piece of legislation.

Mr. Anglin has a habit of saying what he thinks — which, despite the claims of the Wildrose Party and other right - wing Western Canadian political groups that's how elected officials should act, doesn't really go over that well in the real world of politics.

Barring the sudden shifts that are jarringly common in Alberta politics, Kenney will win the PC crown in March, then try to draw Brian Jean's Wildrose party into a merger, likely with that same intoxicating lure of power.

CNN: My Take: When it comes to «God» in our political platforms, less is more Stephen Prothero, Boston University religion scholar and author of «The American Bible: How Our Words Unite, Divide, and Define a Nation,» discusses how the Republican and Democratic parties have used God as a ««prop» of our politics» during the 2012 presidential race.