Sentences with phrase «of people all acting»

In regards to the #DeleteFacebook movement, Mark Zuckerberg himself said «I don't think we've seen a meaningful number of people act on that.»

I say this is exactly what one would expect if different groups of people acting independently decided to come up with a religion.

This year, the red purse contains a # 5 coin, commemorating four generations of royalty, and a 50p coin commemorating the Representation of the People Act 1918, which reformed the electoral system in Great Britain and Ireland, giving some women the right to vote for the first time.

A vision of persons acting in self - emptying ways toward one another is deeply appealing in such a setting.

She became a leader in neighborhood struggles and by 1997 was president of People Acting in Community Together (PACT).

It was a gross usurpation of the authority of the people acting through their elected representatives.

The agency of the larger social whole is thus to be compared to an ensemble of persons acting as one voice: an activity manifested as a whole, but one derived from and enacted by its parts; one voice made up of many separate voices, socially interrelated.

Obligation to obedience depended no longer upon content but upon formal authority; not what was commanded determined the will of the person acting, but the fact that such and such was commanded.

They are our own sacramental life which has arisen out of the common priesthood of the people acting in the power of the Spirit.

Section 123 (3) of the Representation of the People Act, defines a corrupt electoral practice as follows:

The police said they had been asked to investigate whether the blogger, Michael Abberton, had committed any offences under the Representation of the People Act.

The bill in question was proposed by Tory John Stevenson, and asked «that leave be given to bring in a Bill to amend the Representation of the People Act 1983 to disenfranchise all residents of Scotland eligible to vote in any United Kingdom General Election held after 18 September 2014 in the event of a positive vote in the Scottish Independence referendum; and for connected purposes.»

Tools like video sharing sites, blogs, social networking sites, social media and viral marketing — technologies that gain their value from the work of people acting with only minimal direction (or none at all) and often in large numbers.

Two high court judges are presiding over the court, held in Uppermill, Saddleworth, which is hearing Mr Watkins» claim that Mr Woolas misrepresented his position under the Representation of the People Act 1983.

We were there 100 years ago when the Representation of the People Act was passed, extending the right to vote to many women and abolishing the requirement that men must hold property to vote.

As first used in the 1918 general election, the constituency was a creation of the Representation of the People Act 1918 as one of six constituencies covering the county of Monmouth.

Under the Representation of the People Act 1983, an election court petitioned to investigate an election has certain duties, including producing a report of the investigation.

Section 8 (4) of the Representation of People Act, 1951 allows a Member of Parliament (MP) or a Member of a State Legislature (MLA or MLC) to retain his or her seat in the House even when convicted, if he or she appeals against the conviction.

My first Bill proposes to amend the Representation of People Act, 1951 to remove the exception that allows MPs & MLAs / MLCs to continue in the Legislature even after conviction.

The specific offence which the CPS was investigating was section 82 (6) of the Representation of the People Act (RPA).

While the Representation of People Act, 1951 debars candidates convicted of serious offences from contesting elections for six years after their release from prison, Section 8 (4) of the same Act makes an exception for sitting legislators.

People Power Bernie's crusade illustrates another double - edged trend: the expanding power of people acting outside of the campaigns themselves.

With the Representation of the People Act 1918, almost all adult men (excepting only peers, criminals and lunatics) and most women over the age of thirty were given the right to vote, almost tripling the British electorate at a stroke, from 7.7 million in 1912 to 21.4 million in 1918.

That was the objective of Minister when he was in opposition in the lead - up to the general election last year and it was supported by the then Opposition parties in respect of an amendment to the Representation of the People Act 1983, which my amendment seeks to replicate.»

The Commission is assessing whether Mr Huhne may have contravened the Representation of the Peoples Act 1983 and will report back on August 24th.

[227] However, on 2 June 2017, charges were brought under the Representation of the People Act 1983 against Craig Mackinlay, who was elected Conservative MP for South Thanet in 2015, his agent Nathan Gray, and a party activist, Marion Little.

Woolas is accused by his Lib Dem opponent Elwyn Watkins of making false statements in his campaign literature, which if proven, would breach the 1983 Representation of the People Act.

On Friday 28 May 2010, Woolas's Liberal Democrat opponent, Elwyn Watkins, issued an election petition against the result [40][41] under section 106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983, [42][43][44] which makes it illegal to make false statements of fact about a candidate.

These practices were finally abolished by the Representation of the People Act 1948, which first applied in the 1950 General Election.

On 5 November 2010, he was found to have breached the Representation of the People Act 1983 in the course of the 2010 general election.

[48] On that day Woolas was found to have breached section 106 of the Representation of the People Act 1983.

It was the Conservatives who extended the franchise to the working class (Reform Act 1867) and gave equal votes to women (Representation of the People Act 1928)- David Lloyd George's government in 1918 only gave votes to some women.

6th May 2016 Mr Mike Veale Chief Constable, Wiltshire Police Possible Illegal Practice in Chippenham, contrary to the Representation of the People Act 1983.

The next redistribution of parliamentary constituencies took place under the Representation of the People Act 1948, and this led to the abolition of the Salford South constituency.

So the exercise we are doing is purely on the basis of our people acting on the powers of Article 5 clause 2 of the 1992 constitution» he emphasized.

Any decision to prosecute them would be an explosive twist in the general election with more than 20 MPs in the last parliament potentially facing charges under the Representation of the People Act.

Hampshire Constabulary said: «We are investigating an allegation of an offence under the Representation of The People Act 1983.

Otherwise, all you have is a lot of people acting goofy.

Basically consisting of people acting out exactly what's in the lyrics — including pouring beer, a woman taking her top off and a man setting his mohawk on fire.

I'm bored of people acting as if this is Hathaway's first «serious» role... there was a little movie called «Brokeback Mountain» a few years back, and I think her contribution to it was very undervalued.

Lots of people acting like Sony's conference was disappointing because they just can't stand how hard they are pulverising the competition.

Dear Teachers, Librarians, World - changers and History - makers, February 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the Peoples Act, which enabled women to vote for the FIRST time in history in the UK.

Dear Teachers, Librarians, World - changers and History - makers, February 2018 marks the 100th anniversary of the Representation of the Peoples Act, w...

A lot of people act like graduation rates are the gold standard when it comes to measuring school success.

Innovate's head is Matt Hammer, who for 10 years has been executive director of People Acting in Community Together (PACT).

The name, address, bank name / address, bank account number, and taxpayer's ID / SSN of a person acting as a business that has received money from the FAA.

If you want to be smart about rebalancing, you need to be aware that a lot of people act irrationally — at least for a while, Brightman says.

Systemic risk may or may not be a problem now, but a lot of people acted like it was a problem.

But what we see as price action is simply the result of masses of people acting on basic psychology based on fear and greed.

The way that we can have influence is when millions of people act in concert to influence corporations and policy makers.