Sentences with phrase «not political moves»

«These are not political moves,» Purvis said.

Not exact matches

He may have a fledgling new company, not to mention a full - scale political campaign, on the go, but O'Leary can't entirely move on from his former Canadian venture.

And rather than continue to waste their dwindling political capital ramming through a massive cut in health coverage that an equally massive chunk of the country says it doesn't want, they would effectively stage a vote on an unpassable bill, blame everyone (but themselves), and then move on to what they really care about: corporate tax reform.

While the potential for an explosive move upwards in those stocks remains a clear possibility because of the political and economic risks in the global economy today, we can not predict — obviously — that such an event is likely to occur «now» as opposed to next week or next year.

If Trump doesn't win this election, we can see whether he's a true political believer, focused on his goals, or whether he moves on to some new role that's a departure from his stated goals but still keeps him at the center of attention.

But the move appears not to be going on planned, in part for a reason that could have been anticipated: AI technology is, like people, prone to bias — a bias as human as the political leanings of an editor, but coming from different sources.

Premier Colin Barnett says political uncertainty in the Northern Territory will not be enough to shift the Ichthys gas project from Darwin back to WA, and if it does move, cost and technical difficulties will be the reasons.

Perceptive Conservatives know this move toward openness will have to be legitimately addressed and this wave of political trouble can't be turned back with endless and groundless claims that their tormenter - in - chief Tom Mulcair could have ended Quebec corruption by blowing the whistle on the mayor of Laval 17 years ago.

They think that the U.S. president is looking to score political points with his base, but that he won't want to upset the stock market record highs and the faster economic growth by putting up too many trade barriers, a move that probably would spook businesses and investors.

After expressing interest in increasing the minimum age to purchase a so - called assault weapon to 21, Trump later declared there was «not much political support» for the move.

The move builds on its October 2017 pledge to clamp down on political ads on the social network with the latest measure including investments in artificial intelligence (AI) to help find advertisers that should have gone through the authorization process but did not.

Thiel said that his political alienation after supporting Donald Trump was not a primary driver of his move, but he did continue to bellow against tech's liberalism.

With a high corporate tax rate, an onerous regulatory environment and a populist tilt to the political debate emphasizing equality over growth the US is not, in my opinion, moving in the right direction.

Air France's move comes amid international uncertainty over whether U.S. President Donald Trump will pull out of a nuclear deal with Iran, although the spokeswoman said the decision was not linked to the political climate with Iran.

Where citizens» natural and understandable hatred, fear, and desire for revenge threaten to undermine a fragile peace agreement or an embryonic democracy, restorative political practices may well be essential not only for stability and the conditions needed for moving toward democracy but for what justice can be achieved.

And some of us are troubled by the shallow reasoning that has dominated the political discussions surrounding this move, as though the threadbare idea of equality were enough to settle every question concerning the long - term destiny of mankind and as though the writings of the anthropologists (not to mention the poets, the philosophers, the theologians, the novelists, the sociologists) counted for nothing beside the slogans of Stonewall.

So perhaps one way to move beyond a debilitating polarization in the ecclesial realm (I dare not proffer any suggestions regarding the political realm) is for all my fellow dogmatists to aspire to become mystagogues.

But Premier's political editor Martyn Eden told the News Hour why he doesn't think the move would be practical.

From Mark: In these theological / political times, where it seems so important to be in the right «camp» lest we be cast out from fellowship with others because we do not hold the «correct» views, how do you suggest moving forward toward greater unity, rather than greater division?

Although there have been some clever moves in political philosophy to explain why the religious voice should not be a part of our public debates, such theories wind up describing debates from which deeply religious people are simply absent.

That tells me that this is not a religious or philosophical move (as it pretends to be), it's really a political move aimed at helping the GOP.

But it came to be associated not only with religious but also with caste political overtones, and came into conflict with the anti-Brahmin movements of depressed castes who were organizing separately for separate political strength to bring about cultural and social change aimed at elevating their status in the body politic; it also made the conversion into other religious communities, of the depressed sections of Hinduism as well as of the Tribals partially Hinduised and moving more fully in that direction, to be seen as a weakening of the Hindu community and a strengthening of other religious communities as political entities.

My dear friend, with all the christian love I can muster fror you, with all the religious, political and sociatal problems you must endure in this country, why in God's name don't you pack your belongings and move back where you came from.

It is not unfair to claim that all of continental European Jewish history is viewed by David Vital as an unfolding tragedy moving inevitably, like some Greek drama, toward genocide, with only Zionism, among the many political movements to find support among the Jews, having the prescience to foresee, however dimly, the catastrophe ahead.

Whether or not the amendments are made official, its a significant move for the LGBT community, which has never had its cause officially supported by either of the major political parties...

It was not our country's place to judge that, when other nations were caught in such upheavals and were moving away from both political and economic oppression, communism was worse than any available alternative.

While the election campaign that Mr. Gore appeared determined to keep going until the numbers came out right may have exhausted all but the most hard - core political junkies and made the rest of us grateful that there is not another presidential election for four years, we should not too quickly acquiesce in the urgings that we «put it behind us» and «move on.»

Even David, with all his political astuteness, would not have been able to move the seat of Israel's government to Jerusalem without leaving behind some disaffection in Hebron.

Metz knows that we can not move mindlessly from the memory of the passion of Jesus to responsible political action in our world.

My review of a book that reports the story of a man who died in 1940 does not in any way purport to compromise what, in 1965, Blessed Paul VI set down in Nostra Aetate, especially no. 4: «In her rejection of every persecution against any man, the Church, mindful of the patrimony she shares with the Jews and moved not by political reasons but by the Gospel's spiritual love, decries hatred, persecutions, displays of anti-Semitism, directed against Jews at any time and by anyone.»

I believe some will argue the alliance is just a mere opportunistic move to gain ground with a political party thats so desperate to absorb a black candidate to counter the labels they have earned as a party that does not subscribe to Blacks interest.

They even suggest that the American political spectrum on the whole did not move to the right despite the Reagan presidencies; they note that many of the values of the «60s became, in somewhat diluted form, the conventional wisdom of the «70s and «80s.

So the Mormon Church is a cult one day and not a cult today because you want to Christians to vote for Romney... I love Rev Graham but this is a terrible move on his organization's part... I have been critical of so call «Rev» on the Democratic side and now I'm disappointed with the so called Evangelical Christians on the Republican side... God is not political and we shouldn't try to manipulate people using His name... on either side of the aisle...

His move means the highly political decision to approve or refuse the deal will not have to be made until July 18, well after the federal election on July 2.

«Our political appointments aren't there to make these critical decisions moving forward with programs,» he says.

Granit Xhaka is a good player but he has been perceived as a political move to convince fans who weren't going to renew their season tickets after a frustrating season.

Costa doesn't like the surrounding political situation of playing football in Ukraine and has been looking for a move away from the country.

The news comes as QPR continue negotiations with Mark Hughes about succeeding Neil Warnock as manager, with the hope that a new boss can reignite the fortunes of Taarabt, who has been on the fringes this term, having fired the R's to promotion from the Championship the season before.A deal with French money bags Paris Saint - Germain looked like going through in the summer, but Taarabt later blamed political differences for the transfer ultimately collapsing, leaving him frustrated at having to stay in England.The mercurial Moroccan has interest from a host of top European clubs, but his conduct in the last few months, including walking out of QPR's 1 - 0 win over Chelsea at half - time and consistently admitting he wants to leave, have left many questioning his attitude and professionalism.However, Qatari side Al - Sadd have not been put off, and made their move for Taarabt last week, only to pull out of a deal after being told it would take a whopping # 15 million to convince them to sell.That sort of figure also rules out Newcastle and Aston Villa as potential destinations, with the thought now that QPR will hang on to Taarabt until at least the summer, where they hope Taarabt could spark a bidding war, after being rejuvenated under a new manager and firing the club to Premier League safety.

In a sharp contrast, the same chair told fans this October that those plans could not move ahead as there was a «political embargo.»

I hope this falls enough under political and not legal but if you think it's better for the legal board, feel free to move.

Such a move would clash with the «sufficient respect for my process» he wanted to see, he said, adding: «I hope that allowing the inquiry to proceed as it plans will not amount to a serious inconvenience either to parliament or to the political process generally.

So the net political effect might be «negative», (i.e. on the whole a mainstream left - wing journalist might move the nation further right), just as the net moral effect of gang leader donating to an orphanage would probably not offset the overall harm to their community done by them.

My source insisted this move was not an indication that Thompson is in trouble, but rather a sign that he has the favor of Democratic Conference Leader John Sampson, who is inclined to heed the requests of nervous incumbents — and they're all nervous this year, regardless of political affiliation — to build and preserve loyalty.

The TU notes the «official and political overlap» in the move to boot Espada from the Democratic Party's ranks, but doesn't come to his defense.

While Haney, and some of Brooks» political adversaries, may not like the move Wicks doubts it will cost Warren many votes.

If I remember correctly, Spitzer made a particular point of insisting his administration would be blind to political affiliation when hiring, and his appointments office came under fire for not moving quickly enough to suit rank - and - file Democrats in cleaning house of Pataki - era appointees.

Right now, the human, social and political cost of not having acted decisively on the migrant crisis is huge: the Schengen Agreement lies in tatters, thousands of migrants have died, millions are on the move (on average, two thousand per day are arriving in Europe this year so far), and anti-immigration feelings have been inflamed across the continent.

Many people have made good points both for and against the stable futures of Pakistan and India, but increasingly the comments have moved away from political analysis and towards what could be considered to be xenophobia, which is a form of debate that Politics In Spires can not support.

Critical scholars can not ignore such voices for they underline the necessity of moving beyond interpretations that view the politics of building peace as driven by a Manichean split between liberal and illiberal political epistemologies.

They have also become adept at coalition building and careful not to move beyond or ahead of the consensus of «centrist» political opinion.