Sentences with phrase «lead over the opposition»

Placing pressure on the visitors from the outset, the home team started strong, taking an early 1 — 0 lead over the opposition.

The poll is anomalous in giving the Conservatives a lead over the opposition, but it is in line with other surveys which find the public still trusts the Conservatives with economic policy, despite George Osborne admitting he would exceed the borrowing levels proposed by Alastair Darling and be unable to eradicate the deficit by the next election.

Not exact matches

Facebook over the weekend removed an event page promoting a Jan. 15 demonstration near the walls of the Kremlin in support of Aleksei A. Navalny, a leading opposition figure.

However, polls show opposition right - wing candidate Mariano Rajoy in a firm lead over socialist candidate Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba.

But several months after the controversy over the New York Islamic center has died down, the Anti-Defamation League has quietly emerged as a leading advocate for mosque construction projects that have run into local opposition across the country.

The Queen was led to maintain the royal protection of the missionaries but exercised stricter control over their activities because she was afraid of seeing Christianity become the focus of opposition.

They'd rather wait for the one time it fails so they can bash You blame the manager for being favourist yet a fellow blogger praising a player he previously bashed is called being two faced You kill Ramsey for a blind pass attempting to enter the opposition final third yet you won't blame Sanchez for turning over the ball in a pointless dribble with three free team mates You kill metersacker for deflecting a shot into his own net but won't touch kos for getting out of the way of a shot he could have sufficiency blocked You claim with no substantial proof that arteta, mert, Ramsey, can not lead arsenal anywhere substantial yet they have each at a point been a massive cause for stability and progress when called upon Even after reading this comment, you will ignore the fact that kos was awful until partnerd with mert, our defensive mid with song leaked more goals than the one with arteta and we've struggled to win without him at least until late last season.

They lead the nation in turnover margin: they've got the ball 44 times on interceptions or opposition fumbles and turned it over themselves only 21 times.

Aside from the fact that he's led the club to top spot in the La Liga table with 10 wins in 11 games so far this season to open up a four - point lead over their nearest rivals, they also lead the way in Group D in the Champions League with a similarly comfortable buffer over the opposition.

what a joke!how can we go from absolutely dominating one half to complete self destruction in the second?watching us in the first half I would have said no team in the league could have lived with us, never mind bloody Tottenham!second half were shocking.what was bales goal all about?a hoof over the top and our defence all taken out in one go.the second was an even bigger farce.why the hell couldn't cesc just head the thing.we should have been out of sight by then.what kind of striker is chamakh?what is his problem.twice he was played clean through and he had no intention of going for goal.work rate is all well and good and being able to put it in from 3 yards but if he is going to lead the line he needs to have a proper strikers instinct.sure enough if we give away enough stupid free kicks then the opposition will score because we cant defend and thats exactly what happened.we'll be winning nothing unless we buy some players with spines and balls.getting beat to 2 newly promoted teams and spurs at home.way to let chelsea off the hook fellas.what did wenger say yesterday...» best squad ive ever had....

Their lead over the Tories in the PNS then, and more so now, is considerably lower than at any of the local elections while Tony Blair was leader of the opposition.

Majority of taxi of drivers interviewed by The aL - hAJJ in the capital city, Accra, on the leadership struggle in the opposition National Democratic Congress over who leads the party into the 2020 elections, endorsed Mr Mahama as the marks man to kick out the Akufo - Addo government.

Less than two months after sheepishly handing over power to the Akufo - Addo led New Patriotic Party, the opposition National Democratic Congress is facing its worse internal insurrections with the potential of disintegrating the party unless; immediate measures are taken to assuage pent - up feeling among various feuding factions.

According to opinion polls, opposition leader Raila Odinga has a slight lead over incumbent president Uhuru Kenyatta.

You have stigmatised and criminalised every single leading member of the opposition PDP, including our leader President Goodluck Ebele Jonathan, over the last three years and you have sought to paint us as reprobates and evil souls that are not fit to hold public office and that have destroyed the very foundation of our country.

Mr Blair has remained unrepentant over his deeply divisive decision to join the US - led invasion, weathering bitter domestic opposition.

Polling for the BBC's The Daily Politics Show throughout the weeks of theeconomic crisis found that the lead enjoyed by the Prime Minister and Chancellor over their opposition counterparts in terms of economic trust nearly doubled (albeit from a small base) from 6 % to 11 %.

«Given the big challenges faced by our country and our Party over the coming months, and the possibility of an imminent general election, I do not have the confidence that you can bring the Party together, lead us to a General Election and be an effective Opposition.

«Given the big challenges faced by our country and our party over the coming months, and the possibility of an imminent general election, I do not have the confidence that you can bring the Party together, lead us to a General Election and an effective Opposition.

Kingston's Democratic party elite — incumbent aldermen and the committee chairman, along with assorted business and community leaders — were holed up a few blocks away at Clement's HQ, guardedly optimistic that the slim lead would hold and the candidate they had endorsed would roll over divided Republican opposition to take City Hall.

The immediate family of former President John Dramani Mahama has drawn down the curtain on days of speculations over the future of the former Ghanaian leader making a comeback to politics with official confirmation that the immediate past president will not lead the now biggest opposition party into the 2020 presidential election.

Congestion pricing as championed by Mayor Michael Bloomberg died amid opposition in the Democratic - led Assembly over concerns raised by suburban and outer borough lawmakers.

To put this in context, if we look back at 2006 - 2007 when the opposition Conservatives had a comparable single - digit lead over the Labour government, David Cameron was pretty much neck and neck with Tony Blair as best PM, the Conservatives and Labour were pretty much neck and neck on who would run the economy well and Cameron had a positive approval rating.

The opposition, which also include pro and anti abortion rights groups, second amendment advocates and the state's Conservative Party, spent over one million dollars running ads and distributing lawn signs in the weeks leading up to the vote.

Vice President Kwesi Bekoe Amissah - Arthur has lambasted the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) over claims that the Mahama - led administration is incompetent.

President Mahama and the National Democratic Congress had earlier rubbished claims by the opposition NPP that they are in a commanding lead gaining over 54 percent votes in the polls held on December 7, 2016 though the EC was yet to make a declaration.

[17][18] Tsipras led SYRIZA through the 2012 elections, overseeing a swing of over 22 % to the party, and becoming the Leader of the Opposition and head of the Shadow Cabinet of Alexis Tsipras.

Indeed, polls have shown Mr. Cuomo with a wide lead over Mr. Astorino, whom the governor's campaign plans to attack as an «ultraconservative» over his opposition to abortion rights, strict gun control laws and same - sex marriage.

Public opposition to another privately run, publicly funded charter school in New Haven has led to the City's pro-charter superintendent of schools withdrawing his plan to turn over even more scarce public funds to Achievement First, Inc., the large charter school management company with schools in New York, Connecticut and Rhode Island.

That conviction over the decades led us to successfully stop uneconomic coal, oilsands and nuclear plants (no new reactors have been built since we began our opposition).

The South Asian country has been facing political turmoil over the past weeks ever since opposition politicians Imran Khan and Tahir - ul Qadri led mass demonstrations against the democratically elected government of PM Nawaz Sharif, whom they [continue reading...]

This is particularly true of conspiracies over scientific and medical issues where conspiratorial ideation can lead to outright opposition to and rejection of the scientific method [3].

On the marginal chance that the petro succeeds, Maduro's regime will have crushed the last legitimate powers of the National Assembly and reinforce his consolidation of power over the last opposition - led government body.

It comes amid uncertainty over one critical measure — secured funding for the NDIS through a rise in the Medicare levy to 2.5 per cent, with Opposition Bill Shorten saying Labor will limit its support for an increase in the levy to those in the top two tax brackets, despite the urging of leading disability groups to «not compromise the bipartisanship» on full NDIS funding.

While one can't be blamed for wanting to extract a harsh measure of revenge for the economic collapse guided by the NDP, I'm not sure we want to over ‑ compensate by becoming the first jurisdiction outside of Europe to place power in the hands of the Greens, which leads me to the other opposition party alternatives available to the voters of BC.