Sentences with phrase «into former leader»

This is, to our knowledge, the largest investigation into a former leader's mismanagement of state funds.

Speaking on the Daily Politics today, Danczuk also laid into former leader Ed Miliband for leaving Labour with an electoral system that had allowed the Corbyn campaign to flourish.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

It's a particularly easy trap to fall into when the former leader retains significant influence within the organization.

It's not an exit vote per se, but like former U.K. leader David Cameron, Prime Minister Matteo Renzi may find that it mutates into a plebiscite — in Italy's case on a status quo dominated by stagnation, chronic unemployment, and an increasingly acute banking crisis.

The tape, in which Trump boasted about sexually assaulting women, sent the Republican Party into a panic as party leaders and donors pressured the Republican National Committee to force the former reality - TV star off the ticket.

Backbench Conservative MP Jacob Rees - Mogg told The Times it would be «foolish» to approve a higher financial settlement for the EU, and former Tory leader Ian Duncan Smith urged the government to «sit tight» as the situation had tipped Brexit negotiation into chaos.

Calls for peace talks with the Taliban continue in Afghanistan especially by one former insurgent group leader who has been brought into the political process.

This past weekend, Christy Clark, the former premier of British Columbia, wrote an opinion article in The Globe and Mail newspaper, titled «Turning #MeToo into a tangible shift for female leaders ``.

The company is currently pouring resources into its Watson IoT offerings, undoubtedly hoping to recapture some of its former glory as a high - growth tech leader.

While Müller sought to create an anti-Nazi coalition with former labor leaders, heroic priests worked to unite disparate groups into an effective opposition.

In 1987, Peter Gillquist, a former leader in Campus Crusade for Christ, and 200 others in a single evangelical congregation made national headlines when they were chrismated (or confirmed) into the Antiochian Orthodox Church.

Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

A former drug addict who married five times as a Muslim — once into a polygamous arrangement — Naima blames her mosque's religious leaders for not being more vigilant in overseeing her choice of a mate.

The International Corrugated Packaging Foundation will induct former AICC General Counsel Paul Vishny into ICPF's Circle of Distinguished Leaders at a morning presentation on Friday, May 1 during AICC's general session at The Naples Grande Beach Resort.

Gary Neville has torn into those criticising Chelsea's football this season as «boring»; instead the former Manchester United captain says critics should be slamming Arsenal, Manchester City, Manchester United and Liverpool for their dismal efforts at trying to keep up with the title leaders.

With Randy Orton's entry into the Royal Rumble, the ring was filled with a three - time Ring of Honor champion in Cole, a 16 - time WWE champion in Cena, a 13 - time champion in Orton, the current NXT champion in Almas, as well as a three - time IWGP champion in Nakamura and former Bullet Club leader Finn Balor.

With Pique approaching 30, perhaps the former Lyon star could even grow into the new leader at the back before too long.

«Former Barcelona manager Luis Enrique has be well touted in the media to replace him and has been backed from an opening 8/1 into 2/1 clear market leader,» said Triffitt.

Former Chelsea striker Didier Drogba says that Mohamed Salah is on the verge of transforming into a real leader.

Former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno was a «pro-active target,» confronting the FBI early on about its probe into his outside business interests, dubbed «Operation Green Pastures.»

After the Democrats lost control of the chamber, he founded the New Roosevelt Initiative and helped topple former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr., whom Samuels says the Democrats should never have accepted back into the fold after the 2009 coup.

Former President of Ghans John Mahama, yesterday, said African leaders must be bold and take the destiny of the region into the hands of Africans.

The NY Post reports this morning that a group of African - American Democratic leaders, headed by state Party Co-Chair Keith Wright, are mobilizing to try to erode the support among black voters enjoyed by former Gov. Eliot Spitzer as he heads into the final weeks of his NYC comptroller battle with his primary opponent, Manhattan Borough President Scott Stringer.

FBI officals confim that former Senate Minority Leader John Sampson is un custody after turning himself into federal officials earlier this morning on public corruption charges.

The labor - aligned Working Families Party in a statement Friday called on Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein to step aside from his leadership post as an investigation is conducted into an allegation that he forcibly kissed a former legislative staffer.

Former Ukip leader Farage then threw a number of fish into the water before tipping a box of plaice over the side.

Albany County Legislature Chairman Shawn Morse seized on the conviction of former Senate Majority Leader Pedro Espada Jr. on four counts of felony theft (so far) from his taxpayer - funded Soundview Health Clinic to tee off on his Democratic primary opponent, Sen. Neil Breslin, for voting to accept Espada back into the conference following the 2009 coup.

Independent Democratic Conference Leader Jeff Klein on Thursday called for an investigation by the Joint Commission on Public Ethics into the allegation of sexual misconduct made against him by a former legislative aide.

A former energy specialist at Conservative party HQ who went on to join Edelman, Lennard is credited with transforming her old agency into market leaders in energy public affairs before leaving for Ovo Energy.

Former Senate Majority Leader Malcolm Smith was found guilty of promising to dip into such a fund as part of a bribery scheme.

Two weeks ago, the Campaign for Labour Democracy's AGM passed a motion calling for Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, to be readmitted to the party and for a full investigation into events since the disastrous 2010 selection process that led to this former Labour council leader standing as an independent and winning against an imposed Labour candidate — Helal Abbas.

[8] The English Democrats have welcomed defectors from the far - right British National Party into leadership roles and former members of the party have criticised informal links with other far - right organisations, though party leader Robin Tilbrook has stated that party members are expected to pledge their opposition to racism.

«We believe that, since being given the title of honorary president, you have put all your efforts into trying to cause disunity by deliberately fabricating a state of crisis,» a conduct committee told its former leader.

«Mean Dean» is the one that stuck the longest, even making its way into a 2008 Times profile of the senator when he ascended to replace former Senate Majority Leader Joe Bruno.

The voting wrapped up a session clouded by federal investigations into corruption and the sentencing of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver (D - Manhattan) and Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos (R - Nassau County) to federal prison on bribery and extortion charges.

But, government reform groups are in favor of the pay raise, as long as it is accompanied by reforms — including banning or severely restricting outside income (which factored into the corruption convictions of two former legislative leaders), and eliminating extra stipends for committee chairs and leadership posts.

He fears the reforms will descend into a «monumental Lord Ashdown, a former Lib Dem leader, hit back at the weekend, declaring that it should be a priority to make the Lords partially elected.

After falling heavily last year on the two most powerful legislators in the state, ex-Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, it seemed to pass over Gov. Andrew Cuomo — though the prosecutor is still reportedly peering into potential sweetheart contracts for donors in Buffalo.

Not really: At this point, only two declared Republicans have jumped into the race, Assembly Minority Leader Brian Kolb and former Erie County Executive Joel Giambra.

MoveOn, as you'll recall, has been playing an outsized role in former NYC Councilman Oliver Koppell's primary challenge to IDC Leader Jeff Klein, running an on - line petition calling on Koppell to get into the race, and then helping him raise campaign cash after he decided to go forward with a challenge.

IDC Leader Jeff Klein, who last week was accused by a former staff member of forcibly kissing her, reiterated that he believes he will be vindicated following a Joint Commission on Public Ethics investigation into the matter.

Mr Grieve also signalled that the Conservatives would have a New Year policy drive aimed at ending the «conveyor belt to crime», praising initiatives championed by the former party leader Iain Duncan Smith to target children at risk of falling into delinquency before they enter school.

That's not how it works,» Mr. Cuomo said, in an apparent allusion to the recent arrests of former Assembly Speaker Sheldon Silver and former State Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, which have thrown the capital into chaos.

Questions during the off topic portion of the press Q&A included the NYPD's proposed expansion of it's use of tasers, a fine levied by the Campaign Finance Board against de Blasio ally and pro-carriage horse ban advocate NYCLASS, de Blasio's recent comments on the City's long drop in crime being attributable to former mayor David Dinkins and former city council speaker Peter Vallone Sr., a city council proposal to allow filing in City Council district offices of NYPD - related complaints with the Civilian Complaint Review Board, the proposed bill which would ban carriage horses and resulting loss of jobs, an attempt by a staff member of the Fox News show The O'Reilly Factor to goad the mayor into agreeing to appear on that show, a possible tax on non-resident apartment owners, the mayor's planned meeting tonight with Jewish community leaders in Crown Heights and whether the mayor has concerns about the «secrecy» of the NYPD's disciplinary process.

With two former legislative leaders set to be sentenced in coming days and ongoing probes into the Cuomo and de Blasio administrations, crusading U.S. Attorney Preet Bharara received votes of confidence from two unlikely sources.

Former first minister Rhodri Morgan admits Labour will not be able to find «Albert Einstein and Jesus Christ and Boadicea all rolled into one» as the party's next leader.

Some of President Obama's key 2012 re-election campaign staff and a top Silicon Valley fundraiser have jumped into a 2014 cycle Congressional race to oust longtime Silicon Valley Democrat Mike Honda, and to replace him with the former U.S. Deputy Assistant Secretary of Commerce Ro Khanna — even though Obama and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi have already endorsed the incumbent.

Cullen, who supported Trump's rival Jeb Bush during the race for the Republican presidential nomination, also represented Tom DeLay, a Texas Republican and former majority leader of the U.S. House of Representatives, during the investigation into corrupt Washington lobbyist Jack Abramoff.

Two weeks ago, the Campaign for Labour Democracy's AGM passed a motion calling for Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, to be readmitted to the party and for a full investigation into events since the disastrous 2010 selection process that led to this former Labour council leader standing as an independent and winning against -LSB-...]