Sentences with phrase «independent against the official»

Rahman stood as an independent against the official Labour candidate — surprise, surprise, the same third - placed rival — like Ken Livingstone before him.

Joe Howells stood as an Independent against the official Labour candidate and won by a very narrow margin.

Not exact matches

Besides showing scheduled meetings with political over-tones, such as attending protests against President Donald Trump (R) on Jan. 19 and against the now - defunct Independent Democratic Conference, or IDC, on Feb. 16, Councilmember Dromm's 2017 calendar also showed scheduled meetings with officials with special interest groups Queens Community House, on Jan. 27; the United Federation of Teachers on several occasions; and NY - CLASS, on Nov. 28.

The author Naomi Wolf accused Yale University officials of blocking her from filing a complaint against the famed literary critic and English professor Harold Bloom, whom she accused in a 2004 magazine article of having groped her when she was a college senior and taking a course of independent study with him.

The official argued against critics» characterization of the «independent» evaluator as an unfunded mandate.

State Senator Jeff Klein, leader of the chamber's Independent Democratic Conference, has supported de Blasio's tax plan, and was among the officials and advocates who raged against Skelos» declaration.

Meanwhile, politicians, whilst in main subscribing the science, found it too difficult to fight against, on the one hand, the official opposition of the carbon industries, and on the other this opposition from ostensibly independent public opinion.

Once Mr. Khadr is repatriated, it will be up to officials in the Canadian justice system to conduct an independent assessment of admissible evidence against him, to determine whether this evidence supports charges under Canadian law, and if so, whether he should be tried as an adult or a child.