Sentences with phrase «involved in political debates»

Either - way, the facts on the ground show clearly that the majority of public and also scientists support scientists voicing their opinions: A Pew Research Poll in 2009 showed that a large majority of the public in the USA (76 %), and nearly all scientists (97 %), think that it is appropriate for scientists to become actively involved in political debates on controversial issues.
The coalition launched a «Manifesto for Justice» in the Houses of Parliament last week, identifying specific legal issues and calling for principles of justice to be upheld by all those involved in the political debate.

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He also involved himself in political controversy (he was a supporter of Italian unification, while striving to retain a place for the temporal power of the popes), and ecclesiastical debate (it was largely his theological duels with the powerful Jesuit order which resulted in the condemnation of certain of his works and theses).
Throughout the campaign for the 7 May elections, Miliband insisted that David Cameron should debate him one on one as part of a televised election broadcast [104] in order to highlight differences in policies between the two major parties, but this was never to happen, with the pair instead being interviewed separately by Jeremy Paxman as part of the first major televised political broadcast of the election involving multiple parties.
It is particularly an issue for those of us who would like to see more young women involved in political activity and debate in the wider society.»
Mr Umunna said «I think it's not healthy for us to involve governors of the Bank of England in big political debates and I don't want to drag him into that», the Times reports.
Meanwhile, the political stakes involved in the child - care debate were underscored last week by new figures from the Census Bureau on the high cost of child care for working women.
To address the scientific, cultural, health, and social issues arising from climate change requires an in - depth and cross-disciplinary analysis of the role of uncertainty in all of the three principal systems involved: The physical climate system, people's cognitive system and how that construes and potentially distorts the effects of uncertainty, and the social systems underlying the political and public debates surrounding climate change.
I do understand that the scientists at realclimate state that they don't want to get involved in political or policy debates, just scientific debates — but by rushing to the defense of the whitelisted / blacklisted groups who refuse to accept the facts about global warming, they've just entered the political arena.
«Bring it on,» says Dismore's committee, make sure it adds to and does not detract from the European Convention, call it a UK Bill rather than get caught in all the problems involved in using the contentious term «British», and get stuck into a major and creative political debate about what rights the public would want to have.
Law blog posts from a local lawyer who can relate, who sends her kids to the same schools and gets involved in the same local political debates will naturally be more trusted than information from those who «parachute» in via the Internet to share legal information for their own gain.
The last important thing I think I should comment on is that in the Courts and in the legal sphere, those involved must avoid get - ting into political debates, at all times, so that the Court can re - immigrants.
«The reluctance of bitcoin companies to react to SegWit either way could be a result of the desire to keep options open and avoid getting unnecessarily involved in what is still somewhat of a political debate,» Luria said.
The extent to which governments should get involved in the world of business is a long - running political debate in countries around the world.
I do not want to engage in any political debate involving actual beliefs so I will leave it at that.
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