Sentences with phrase «many desperate politicians»

With newspaper sales in decline it's easy to believe that that they no longer hold the power and influence they once did but you only need to see how desperate politicians are to keep editors on side to realise that this is not the case.

«This is a slanderous attack from a desperate politician who knows he is losing,» Reif said.

He advised parents, guardians and families of FUOYE students to prevail on their wards to shun this Greek gift and avoid being used by desperate politicians.

Buhari will complete his tenure in 2023 so these desperate politicians should bury their head in shame

Unabashedly, desperate politicians bribe voters openly in the voting queues.

The judiciary is not left out as desperate politicians shop for judgements.

So, desperate politicians from a desperate political party will want to scuttle a process if it would not favour them.

Nwuche said despite sponsored write ups against his effort at peace building and putting the people first, he refused to see politics as a war without end as some desperate politicians were doing.

For Governor Ayodele Fayose of Ekiti State, the judgment of the Supreme Court that affirmed the electoral victory of Rivers State Governor, Mr Nyessom Wike, as a step by the judiciary to free itself from the clutches of desperate politicians who want to ambush the judicial arm of government.

«We also call on the youth to avoid every temptation of being used as tools by desperate politicians to attain power.

As for the money, there are no suggestions — beyond those of desperate politicians — that there is anything to investigate.

Akeredolu said the misinformation making the rounds on the social media and a section of the traditional media was the handiwork of some desperate politicians and their hirelings who strive on propaganda and misrepresentation of facts.

He called on the party's 3,000 delegates to remain vigilant and steadfast as some desperate politicians might have ignited the rumour in an attempt to derail APC's focus on free, fair, credible and transparent primary election.

«That is why we had a situation where the duly assigned returning officers would collect materials and these would be snatched from them by hoodlums hired by desperate politicians,» he said.

Not exact matches

Anyone following the wobbly state of the global economy knows that politicians around the world basically fall into two desperate camps.

The media are desperate to report (and usually then exaggerate) any private politician's opinion which carelessly seeps into the public domain.

Successful career politicians benefit from just enough emotional autism to ignore a room full of braying enemies desperate for their humiliation.

But I am desperate to find and work with other Nigerians especially our young and vibrant upcoming politicians, to establish a political incubator to breed a new generation of leaders who will do things right, maintain high ethical standards and abhor greed, avarice, selfishness and impunity.

Billionaire retail magnate Philip Green is a perfect demonstration of the kind of support politicians are desperate to attract.

Facing a maelstrom of public anger from consumers, politicians and the press, energy bosses are getting desperate

«At the end of three disgraceful terms in the Senate, David Valesky has become just another desperate Albany politician, trying almost anything to save his own skin, even if it means distorting my positions.»

Hollywood was slow to catch - up with this change, following several years of desperate subservience to the government by movie - makers, journalists and opposition politicians.

«Those were desperate acts by a politician who was trying to ensure that corruption in Albany could continue unchecked,» the judge said.

It's no wonder that politicians are desperate to be seen addressing the affordable housing crisis.

Following a tumultuous few months, politicians are desperate to escape.

«He's a desperate career politician.

«We all knew he didn't merit to be president, but you know how we politicians behave when we are desperate for electoral position; We beg.

Though their formative political experiences were during the decade - long civil war between Gordon Brown and Tony Blair, they are, in party terms, «postwar» politicians, desperate to move on.

Making excuses to justify caving to Sheldon Silver, deals with SEIU, and pushing mandates on local officials who are helpless to push back are all pathetic actions of a desperate and ideologically rudderless politician.

This is a desperate move by a failed politician seeking to remain relevant on her way out the door.

«It's the desperate career politician who, you know, who just doesn't want to see an independent Democrat like me in this race, and is trying to attack me with no grounds whatsoever,» he said.

«This a desperate move by a failed politician seeking to remain relevant on her way out the door.

Any politician who is desperate, actually, is not out to serve.

The new law may please desperate cancer patients, but it's an unfortunate move, says biochemist Luiz Fernando Lima Reis, research director at Hospital Sírio - Libanês in São Paulo, where high - profile politicians have been treated for cancer, including Rousseff in 2009 and former President Luiz Inácio Lula da Silva in 2011.

And then go ask some politician who doesn't know or care anything about environment to name the modern world's worst political trouble spots, where state government has already collapsed or is at risk of collapsing or where there have been civil wars or dispatches of American troops or exoduses of millions of desperate illegal immigrants or terrorists.

In episode 302, examining the hysteria whipped up by the media and politicians to «save» the traditional family structure, a desperate effort to perpetuate a fraudulent concept of mother, father, two kids, a dog and a picket fence.

The plot follows a young journalist (Platt), desperate to prove himself, who catches wind of a scandal involving a flashy, unpredictable politician with no filter (Lewis).

Somewhere along the line, the greater public cares about «The Topper House Four» as they become known in part due to Jess» dad (Sam Neill, «Escape Plan») being a local politician, Martin being the shamed celebrity desperate for the limelight that he is and a story of Matt Damon faced angels.

Free spending short - sighted politicians, desperate for results, will do anything to reach their goals... even if it means calling total failure a success.

In this twisted parable, the machinations of two flawed politicians distract the populace from the larger problems of a democracy engaged in a desperate struggle to rediscover its founding principles.

I am dumbfounded that politicians at all levels, federal and provincial, (not to mention herds of mayors) are inexplicably desperate to prevent Canadian oil from reaching global markets.

One thing for sure, when you consider how irrational the discussion is with people trying to justify wiping out the tax advantages of a mortgage you realize that these politicians are desperate and they will lie and steal freedom if it gets in the way of their agenda.

There are a lot of disappointed and desperate people who are willing to try anything to get their prosperity back, even though none of the politicians can do anything that will genuinely help the situation.

Deep pockets paying off politicians who are desperate and in need of money.

Critics say: but look what happened with adaptation... climate campaigners treated it as taboo for years, for fear that politicians would use it as an excuse to delay emissions cuts, and now we are struggling to catch up with desperate needs for widespread adaptation.

Politicians blame lawyers for inflating demand and increasingly desperate lawyers make pleas for quality...