Sentences with phrase «much media speculation»

A member of the Gay Liberation Front in the 1970s, Tatchell was the subject of much media speculation and comment about his sexuality.

[275] However, after much media speculation, in August 2014 he sought selection as the Conservative candidate for the safe seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip at the 2015 general election, [302] being selected as the party's candidate in September.

Not exact matches

French President Nicolas Sarkozy isn't feeling much love these days, and we're not talking about media speculation over an alleged affair between his wife, Carla Bruni, the French - Italian model / singer, and musician Benjamin Biolay.

Facebook is increasingly competing with Netflix as the social media company moves toward original video content, and there was some speculation that Hastings could step away from the board much like Sandberg this year said she would step off Disney's board amid concerns about competition over content.

Much of the mainstream media coverage this week focused on speculation that Mr. Prentice could appoint individuals from outside the legislature to what is expected to be a smaller provincial cabinet.

The process of selling Londonderry, New Hampshire - based Stonyfield, the nation's top organic yogurt producer, generated much speculation in the industry and in the business media.

We will have to be content with speculation on the subject of Arsene Wenger and how long the Frenchman will continue to be the manager of Arsenal, because however much the fans or the football media might think they know, it could be wrong and the only person that really knows for sure is the man himself.

Now as much as I would like to put it down to just media speculation, it is worth noting that the story makes complete sense.

I have kept quiet all this time out of respect and loyalty for the club and as agreed with Mr. Gazidis and Mr. Wenger, but since there is so much speculation in the media, I think it is fair for you guys to know what's really going on at the moment.

The Pjanic to Juve saga has been the subject of much speculation in the media in recent weeks, some of which has included accusations that Roma were eager to cash in on the Bosnian.

«Contrary to much ill - informed media speculation, im not leaving because I was pushed, because I have anything to fear, or was threatened,» he said.

As was the case many moons ago, much of the speculation about any future plans in Washington are whipped up by others, either the media or eager staff that have their own aspirations about the glory of Washington.

There has been much recent media speculation on the issue but the messages are confused ranging from «not much change», to various charging schemes, to new private toll roads and altering vehicle excise duty / fuel duty.

But piecing together the mindset of a jihadi hasn't been easy because of a scarcity of field data, which means that much foreign policy, and media coverage, is underpinned by speculation rather than hard data.

Information on the project has been thin on the ground ever since its media debut, leading to much speculation that it would be a next - gen release.

The Canadian media are full of speculation that the Canadian government will push for special treatment and protections from global warming regulation of its fastest - growing source of greenhouse gas emissions — the tar sands oil development in Alberta, where much of Canada's oil is derived.

In contrast, the social media site Reddit, which played a starring role in much of the online crowd - sourcing of information and speculation about the bombings, issued an apology in a blog post for what it called «online witch hunts and dangerous speculation which spiraled into very negative consequences for innocent parties.»

For example, in one recent media report, a commentator stated matter of factly that «there isn't very much of it» («it» being price fixing among firms in Canada), that «at any one time, at any one year, there are 10, 12, 15 cases going on» and that «for every case that gets detected, there are probably several cases that aren't» [http://www.cbc.ca/news/business/price-fixing-explainer-1.4489213] Given that price fixing and other conspiracies among competitors are by their nature conducted in secret and there are no statistics or sources of information on active cartels, such speculation on the level that Canadian markets may or may not be cartelized is simply impossible to state with any certainty.

Samsung launched its first Galaxy Gear smartwatch amid much speculation about Apple's iWatch last year, and it seems to be a case of déjà vu in 2014 after the Korean company sent out media invites for an event «around health,» as speculation about Apple's move into bio-metrics reaches new levels of noise.