Sentences with phrase «left than the liberal»

They sought a new philosophical understanding of the Christian faith, and in doing so they seemed to be moving even farther left than the liberals

Not exact matches

And while some viewers — and her co-host — occasionally accuse Lang of having left - leaning sympathies, she says it has more to do with counterbalancing O'Leary's conservatism than growing up in a Liberal household.

In my opinion, Edmonton - Centre MLA Laurie Blakeman was the only candidate who left the impression that she would define the Liberal Party as more than just a softer version of the Progressive Conservatives.

IMHO, there tends to be little electoral overlap between the provincial and federal levels, at least in this province, and in fact the vote splits between right, left and centre are quite different with one unified Conservative party (more aligned with Wildrose than with Alberta PC), and a not - quite - as - moribund Liberal party in play.

There is a tendency in liberal thought to leave as many decisions as possible to individuals rather than to introduce governmental restrictions.

Chick fill will have my business along with the majority of Americans that believe what is right and truthful, rather than what pleases the media and liberal left.

That argument has resonated with the liberal side with evident satisfaction, but it may deliver more than the liberal justices or their allies on the Left seem to recognize.

To my mind, the modern, «nonauthoritarian,» «take - us - or - leave - us» style of pastoring owes more to the liberal world view — with its concept of the autonomous individual — than it does to any theological perspective.

The modern, «nonauthoritarian,» «take - us - or - leave - us» style of pastoring owes more to the liberal world view — with its concept of the autonomous individual — than it does to any theological perspective.

Bob, I hate to break it to you, but Canada is far more liberal than the US is (you could argue that Canada's far right party is to the left of the democratic party in the US).

Liberals inclined to minimize the significance of a leftward inclination among the media elite might test themselves on the point by asking how they would react if the situation were reversed — if, in fact, the world taken for granted by the nation's leading reporters and news executives tilted to the right rather than the left.

A course in music that leaves the student free to study nothing but hip - hop is more liberal, in one sense, than a course that insists on harmony, counterpoint, and a study of the classics.

One thing to note is also that Scotland as a whole is far more liberal and left - wing (both socio - economically and in terms of global issues) than England is, especially under the leadership of David Cameron.

I agree with Stuart re 1984 being a left - liberal critique, rather than an anti-left piece of work.

A surge in Ukip's support, combined with an expected bloodbath for the Liberal Democrats, could leave the eurosceptic party with more seats than the coalition partner.

At the 2010 election Liberal Democrat MPs, members and voters were all more social liberal than economic liberal (using both terms in their traditional British not American sense) i.e. left rather than right of Liberal Democrat MPs, members and voters were all more social liberal than economic liberal (using both terms in their traditional British not American sense) i.e. left rather than right of liberal than economic liberal (using both terms in their traditional British not American sense) i.e. left rather than right of liberal (using both terms in their traditional British not American sense) i.e. left rather than right of centre.

Liberal Democrats after the election: a left of centre party which should be able to work more easily with Labour than the Conservatives

Historically Labour communities voted to Leave in far greater numbers than many liberal commentators assumed.

Over half of Welsh voters chose the Tories, Plaid Cymru or the Liberal Democrats in May this year, yet under Two Member First Past The Post, those parties would be left with less than a third of the seats in the Assembly.

I have no doubt that Labour will oppose the coalition's cuts from the left, but I don't see how there can be any hope that Labour takes a more liberal position than the coalition, which will disappoint Sunny.

The mayor and his liberal allies hoped to make MCI charges a one - time fee to a tenant, rather than a permanent add - on to the rent, and also wanted to abolish the «vacancy bonus» — which permits a landlord to raise the rent of a stabilized unit by 20 percent if death or relocation leaves it empty.

This has continued since the election as the Liberals have sacrificed many of the manifesto pledges that they used to pose themselves to the left of the Labour Party, such as the scrapping of Trident, proportional representation, an amnesty for illegal immigrants and opposition to nuclear power — the latter on which it will now abstain in any parliamentary votes rather than oppose it as its manifesto had stated.

At the last election only two in three votes cast across the UK as a whole were expressions of support for one of the two largest parties, fewer than at any time since 1922 (the year that Labour first displaced the Liberals as Britain's principal party of the left).

Writing in a pamphlet published this morning — entitled The Liberal Republic — to mark the thinktank's birthday, the Demos director, Richard Reeves, and former Blair speechwriter Phil Collins spell out their philosophy, arguing that a «Liberal line» runs through all the three main parties and is more interesting than classic dividing lines of left and right.

The day Nixon actually announced her candidacy, he released a statement that put front and center his liberal accomplishments, which read like a progressive wish list: «Governor Cuomo has delivered more real progressive wins than any other Democrat in the country, including passing marriage equality, the strongest gun safety law in the nation, a $ 15 minimum wage, free college tuition, paid family leave, record setting funding for public education, expanding and protecting healthcare for our most vulnerable, and banning fracking.»

In a similar vein, hardly anyone predicted that the SNP would get to 56 seats or meanwhile that the Liberal Democrats would be left with only eight (not a single one of those predictions on the May2015 website thought Clegg's party would have less than 20 MPs).

Veritas is finished and was really pretty much from the beginning, it never had any real raison d'etre other than as the Robert Kilroy Silk Fanclub and now that he has abandoned them what is there left for them, The English Democrats are somewhat lightweight policy wise, UKIP actually despite the Kilroy Fiasco got the second biggest gain in total number of votes for any party after the Liberal Democrats and at 2.5 % are now up to where the Liberal Party was in the 1950's, on the other hand the Liberal Democrats have a lacklustre leadership campaign with a lot of scandals, are divided on economic policy and show every sign of being ready to implode.

Mr. de Blasio has often urged his party to move unabashedly to the left, rather than the center — and he has been asked before about the tension between that point of view and his long - standing support of Ms. Clinton, whom some liberal groups like the WFP view as not progressive enough compared to a candidate like Ms. Warren.

Cuomo's actions have focused on his left flank: a Siena Research Institute poll earlier this month showed that fewer than half the state's voters view him favorably, and a majority of self - identified Democrats and liberals did not approve of the job he's been doing.

This «progractionary» approach — fiscally conservative but socially liberal — left Cuomo vulnerable to a left - flank challenge, and his re-election campaign did little to tout the SAFE Act, which would have done more to whip up the GOP base than motivate progressive Democrats who simply stayed home.

«Now, more than ever, the people of Wales need Liberal Democrats in Government, to keep it anchored in the centre ground and prevent lurches to the extreme left or right.

Andrew Cuomo was not concerned about protecting his left flank in this election, and, as he did in 2005, Hawkins was able to gain attention by being lots more liberal than the Democrat in a televised debate.

It may seem strange to outsiders, but issues like this, on which the right and the left of the Liberal Democrat party are united, have greater potential to destabilise the current leadership than any row over the economy or welfare.

Second, the whole point of classical liberals is that low wage industrial employees are overall BETTER off under lassiez fair economy than Left's favorite planned economy.

As there are many more centrist voters than left - leaning ones in Tory - Lib Dem marginals, any formal arrangement involving Labour could put these votes at risk for the Liberal Democrats.

Assuming he runs, will Cuomo face a legitimate Democratic primary threat from the left — which has had an uneasy relationship with him, even as polls show he remains more popular than even de Blasio and Sen. Chuck Schumer with liberals and New York City voters, who are crucial in a Democratic primary?

«Silver is of that tired old left - wing liberal club that arrogantly believes they know more than we do.

To Schumer's left and voting «no» stood 16 of his fellow Democrats, including seven potential presidential candidates who may be more mindful of the liberal primary electorate of 2020 than they are of any immediate political threat.

Gov. Haley Barbour (R - MS) on CNN's «State of the Union» «The state party chairman who left office, instead of having a primary where all the Republicans could have a voice in who they wanted, instead they let a handful of people pick somebody who is not just a liberal Republican, she's more liberal than many of the Democrats.

All Labourites are appalled by the idea that we are no better than the Conservatives and the Liberal Democrats and bristle at the suggestion that we have left behind working class communities and left - wing values.

In another 2017 study published in Advances in Political Psychology, «Science Curiosity and Political Information Processing,» Landrum and her colleagues found that liberal Democrats were far less likely than strong Republicans to voluntarily read a «surprising climate - skeptical story,» whereas a «surprising climate - concerned story» was far more likely to be read by those on the left than on the right.

Both policies, stagflation and financial repression, come about because the government and central bank are trying to force the economy to do more than it can do, leading to greater poverty on the low end of society, leaving aside the fine - sounding words of the liberals.

Liberals: Create a flexible parental benefits plan allowing parents to receive benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level; scrap the Universal Child Care Benefit for the wealthiest families, and instead introduce the Canada Child Benefit that will give the majority of families up to $ 2,500 more, tax - free, every year (typically for a family of four).

The Liberal party has also touted a flexible parental benefits plan allowing parents to receive benefits in smaller blocks of time — for example, once every two weeks rather than once per month — and make it possible for parents to take a longer leave — up to 18 months when combined with maternity benefits, although at a lower benefit level.

Likewise, when I cite evidence like «Debunking the Reagan Myth,» Paul Krugman, 21 January 2008, where Krugman points out that the economic «boom» of the 80s went mostly to the rich and left the middle class no better off than they had been under Carter, Republicans fanatically deny these documented facts, dismissing the charts of income growth for the mile class as «lying liberal statistics.»

«I genuinely think they understand perhaps better than myself and a lot of left - leaning liberals the consequences of climate science,» he told the Australian Broadcasting Company.

A proposed carbon tax also failed recently in a ballot initiative in Washington state, in part because it divided the left — with some liberals wanting to use any revenue to invest in clean energy and other social causes rather than to return it to the public.

From his perspective, if Washington were to have a model policy that could be adopted by other states — including states less liberal than Washington, which includes most US states — then it could not, almost by definition, move forward only by uniting the left.

I think you mean «liberal» rather than «Left».

This move, more than any other, ensconced a liberal / left - wing bias to Wikipedia — to the point of scrubbing nearly all other viewpoints.