Sentences with phrase «of the political debate for»

It will — or it should — rule the question of secession out of political debate for a long period of time, and the Scotland Act should be amended to help bring about this end.

Mr. Henry said Mr. Sanders has changed the terms of political debate for the better, but urged Democrats to vote for Ms. Clinton because he believes she would get more done than her primary opponent would and that he's afraid Mr. Sanders hurts Ms. Clinton's general election chances.

Education has been at the center of political debate for Los Angeles after the Los Angeles Times obtained a confidential draft of the Great Public Schools Now Initiative.

A galvanizing new work from America's leading economic critic — a book that will set the terms of the political debate for years to come.

Not exact matches

Trump, known for his use of Twitter to drive political debate, tweeted about an Indiana air conditioner maker he featured in his election campaign as an emblem of trade deals he said were unfavorable to American workers.

This «fantasy speech» by Joe Oliver and the high likelihood that all political leaders will indulge themselves in a bit of «fact fantasy» suggests to us that there is a need for an «official fact checker» to keep a little bit of honesty in the political debate.

Whether or not that's true (and I for one am quite certain it is), it's plenty enough to bring the issue directly to the forefront of our political and regulatory debate.

The sources of Trump's political support have been much debated, but his argument that trade deals were a «very bad deal» for Americans was compelling to a swath of voters across the political spectrum.

For Canadians, it is important that our political parties start discussing and debating the policy actions a «new» government should take to respond to the International Monetary Fund (IMF) observation, that the global economy, and therefore the Canadian economy, could be entering a long period of economic stagnation, characterized by slow growth, high unemployment and increasing income inequality.

The party's influence on the political debate will probably encourage establishment parties to court NF voters by adopting some of its proposals, including on immigration — for the center - right — and opposition to fiscal rigor — for the Socialists.

The promise of «no new taxes, no service cuts» has put Alberta's Tories in an unenviable political bind and set the tone for this year's provincial budget debate.

Political Action Committees will be back up for debate before MLAs depart Edmonton for the Christmas break at the end of next week.

That's not something a policy debate will help us see, which is why I'm grateful to the Buckley Program for providing an opportunity to return to the metaphysical seriousness of an earlier era of political analysis.

What will it mean for both sides in this debate — at least as it takes place among believers, in and for the church — to move beyond political ideologies and culture wars and stand together under God's word of law and gospel?

The current political climate within the American Church is full of debate over a myriad of national and moral issues, however, protecting the environment should not be up for debate...

In most cases they have overcome both political fragmentation and government overload by replacing their old governmental bureaucracies with an innovative and effective form of governance: coalitions (composed of business, government, nonprofits, universities, neighborhood and minority associations, and religious groups) that develop a cooperative agenda to improve the city and that assume many of the city government's traditional functions (economic development, long - term planning, educational reform, even care of the homeless), and that also operate like political parties of yore (providing the point of access for new groups and a public realm for discourse, debate, and negotiation concerning matters of the common good).

Back in the «70s, when evangelicals were debating Reformed - versus - Anabaptist perspectives on faith and politics, I participated in a forum in which a self - proclaimed «radical Christian» urged all of us to «stand over against everything this American political system stands for.»

You can take it or leave it, and since most people will leave it (I sure will), Ron Paulism, for all of its relative honesty, isn't likely to dominate the political debate.

He also involved himself in political controversy (he was a supporter of Italian unification, while striving to retain a place for the temporal power of the popes), and ecclesiastical debate (it was largely his theological duels with the powerful Jesuit order which resulted in the condemnation of certain of his works and theses).

Certainly some evangelical groups — the Signpost Research Centre, for example — have engaged the political debate in South Africa in such a way as advertently or inadvertently to lend support to the morally odious system of apartheid.

In Jarrod's home country, immigration and asylum has long been a source of political debate, and the pastor has made a name for himself by opposing the draconian detention policies of the Australian government.

The American Values Network, a group of political activists and pastors, sparked a debate when it recently released a video challenging some conservative and Republican leaders» professed admiration for Rand, an atheist who saw selfishness as a virtue and celebrated unfettered capitalism.

But Christians are called to speak out for the care and protection of the sojourner and immigrant among us regardless of any political debate.

Every generation, it seems, has its paradigm - defining Supreme Court case: a decision (or series of decisions) that determines the jurisprudential ethos and frames the judicial, political, and academic debate for the next quarter century or so.

And congratulations for bringing us the pleasure of reading Ebonics in a political debate.

The debate tournament segment of the class was probably the one that formed me most — it caused me to join Pacilio's debate team for a couple years, and it was the first, and probably last, time that I and my peers were treated to full - throated political discourse in the public school classroom.

While there has already been gallons of ink devoted to the political debate regarding gun control (and there will likely be gallons more to come) the broader issue for believers is how exactly Christians should talk about the issue of gun control.

As I thought about how to apply these teachings practically, a lot of strategies came to mind — putting the needs of others before my own, buying less and giving more, humbling myself when engaged in political or theological debates, embracing rather than complaining about those «one - way relationships,» praying for others more sincerely, saying «yes» a little more often, working on that ubiquitous sense of entitlement and pride that keeps me from going the extra mile.

For that reason, this book might become a «political orphan» of the debate about humanitarian intervention — which would be a shame, since Leperd's contribution is unique.

Yes, this is a man who lists «walking» and «listening to political debate» as hobbies — can't see him thumbing through the back pages of the Sun or tuning in to radio 5 Talksport for his entertainment.

They had been assigned to represent either the Federalist or the Republican party during the political debates of the 1790s, and they covered their posters with slogans and arguments supporting the case for their vision of government, preparing for a class - wide debate.

The fact that most of these cases were pending and / or unresolved over a long time should have alerted politicians on their complexity, instead current political debate has being focusing obsessively on the date for the completion of the review.

Building on her role as de facto leader of the out - of - work and out - of - luck on James Turner Street, Dee has emerged as something of a spokesman for the many people whose voice is rarely heard in the national political debate.

Besides these practical limitations that make removal difficult, it is striking the absence in mainstream political / public debate of any considerations of the moral and broader societal significance of deporting individuals that, having committed a crime, through imprisonment have paid their debt with justice and, instead of being given another chance (was not imprisonment meant to be a tool for rehabilitation?)

With access to the strategists and opinion - makers on both sides of the political divide, The Battle for Britain goes straight to the heart of the great debate, providing an incisive, authoritative and occasionally trenchant guide to the most dramatic constitutional question of our times.

Back in September 2006 I swapped Westminster for Brussels, tired of the sterility of British political debate and keen to live and work abroad.

He used a parliamentary debate to call for a shake - up of the way party political broadcasts are regulated, in order to give the parties more flexibility.

But despite this new space for a major public debate about fundamental change, serious political challenges to the system — from «Occupy» protestors, community activists, environmentalists and others — have thus far been contained by the continuing sense of a lack of viable alternatives.

Since 2008 - 9, however, most political debate has focused on restoring the UK economy to «business as usual»: Although the power of government was used to stabilise the financial system through bailouts and nationalisations, in stark contrast to the 1930s New Deal era, there is no apparent enthusiasm for entrusting the state with new powers and responsibilities.

In other words, David Cameron's commitment to an in - or - out referendum on Britain's EU membership primarily for party political reasons has fundamentally reshaped the terms of the British domestic debate on Europe but it also has huge implications for both the UK and European integration in general.

On a related note, it's nice to actually have a political debate with you, Sunder, because I recall that when I was interning for you at the Fabian society as an ickle 20 year old, before I was famous - on - the - internet, you wouldn't give me the time of day.

Today, in spite of a leader who has been ambivalent towards European integration for most of his political career (Jeremy Corbyn voted against the Lisbon Treaty), there has been virtually no room allowed for debate within the party over EU membership.

Once apparently grounded for good, the Heathrow third runway debate is now encountering a severe - and prolonged - period of political turbulence.

Being a political obsessive, I will, of course, be sat, glued, in front of the TV for all three election debates.

For different reasons a debate about the size of the state has been taboo across the political spectrum for decadFor different reasons a debate about the size of the state has been taboo across the political spectrum for decadfor decades.

This had the effect of defusing the European issue in the domestic arena and of closing down debate about Britain's place in the EU and creating the space for Eurosceptic sentiments and referendum demands to flourish in British political discourse.

As the current protest has grown, it has rekindled a desire for change amongst lower - working class citizens, as their daily struggle has finally returned to centre - stage of political debate.

And he issued an open invitation for some of his top political enemies — Ken Langone, Hank Greenberg and Dick Grasso — to come debate him on «The Arena» any time, but thinks «they will run for the hills.»

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.

I have just recently writing a long essay about the consequences of Thatcherism for a journal issue on the 30th anniversary of 1979 which the ippr are to publish next month, at which point you will be welcome to debate and indeed take issue with my own views on her economic and political legacy.