Sentences with phrase «on general opposition»
A spokesman for the Labor Department, Cullen Burnell, said the department's recollection was that the meetings with the taxi workers group centered on general opposition to the ride - hailing industry rather than on the commission issue.
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The Attorney General is also being replaced and that's going to create a further bump in the investigation,» Wong Chen, a member of Malaysia's parliament from an opposition party told CNBC on Wednesday.
Nominally, the rally on Saturday was organized in opposition to a plan by local officials to remove a statue of Robert E. Lee, the Confederacy's top general, from Emancipation Park in Charlottesville.
The fact that the French government under Lionel Jospin decided in October 1998 to withdraw from negotiations on the Multilateral Accord on Investment (MAI) was the result of a great opposition campaign launched by various movements, trade unions and parties in France, and also in the United States, the Third World and Europe in general.
It is based not on specific wishes but rather «on the unspecific over-all wish that there be in general no natural necessity, no limitations, no opposition to the human being and to human wishes; it is based on the wish that everything be only for men and nothing against men.»
«The forms of a living being are not but rather come to be,» says Ludwig von Bertalanffy (BW 120), and his «organismic» biology and later general system - theory for overcoming the opposition between mechanism and vitalism has given central insights of Whitehead a new formulation on the basis of science, 8 Something similar holds for all the directions of research which Jean Piaget has brought to the [264] concept of genetic structuralism.9 The genetic epistemology founded by Piaget has proved through empirical research on the problem of knowledge the fruitfulness both of genetic analysis and of Whitehead's principle of process.
Monday's vote received the two - thirds majority it needed in each of the three houses of the General Synod to pass, with members of the laity on this occasion overturning their previous opposition to the move.
In general, everything that opposes Bultmann to Feuerbach — and I insist strongly on the total character of the opposition — draws Bultmann close to Kant.
In some groups the attempt to raise the level of theological education still goes on against strong opposition despite the rise in the level of general education in the nation.
For example, the Presbytery of New York City formally called attention to the opposition between the views of Senator Barry Goldwater and the official teaching of the General Assembly of the United Presbyterian Church when Goldwater ran for president on the Republican ticket.)
The general public is already skeptical of him based on his background: he's a numbers guy, which some folks still see as being in opposition to the scout guys (which is inane by the way).
After seeing England outwitted time and time again by more accomplished nations on the international stage (see: the 2010 World Cup where a maths student helped plot England's 4 - 1 defeat to the Germans), a dogged midfield general with the tactical nous to snuff out opposition attacks before they've even happened is something the English national team so badly need.
Deputy General Secretary of the opposition New Patriotic Party, Nana Obiri Boahene says the NPP party should be blamed for the confusion festering in the Klottey Korle constituency over the excessive contention on the parliamentary primaries.
Just two - thirds of members now plan on voting Conservative at the next general election, down from 90 % when the Tories were in opposition.
Haruna Iddrisu since last month appeared to have come under some pressure from persons within the party to run as flagbearer of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) ahead of the 2020 general elections or make his stance on who he will support public.
General Secretary of the ruling National Democratic Congress (NDC) Johnson Asiedu Nketiah has fired a sharp riposte at the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) for claiming Justice Yaw Apau was appointed to the Supreme Court because he did a «hatchet» job for the government on Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.
Regarding our involment in election management from 2011 up till the generals election of 2015, l would say that, despite the apolcalytic projections either about the elections or about the country going under on account of some devisive issues, the successful transition of Nigeria from same - party democratic consolidation to opposition party democratic consolidation, which is not very common, especially in our continent, is indicative of progress and we should congratulate ourselves as a people and a country.
According to Al Ahram, the Brotherhood had given Qatar a number of assurances in exchange for Doha's generosity including «technical support» for the Syrian opposition, the rotation — possibly to a Qatari citizen — of the Arab League Secretary General post, and «Egyptian approval of Qatari nominees on behalf of the Arab group in several international and regional forums».
Former President Jerry John Rawlings has fired another salvo, insisting that even if the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) is keeping the New Patriotic Party (NPP) government on its toes, it is failing woefully to put its house in order ahead of the 2020 general election and beyond.
Paul Kenny, general secretary of the GMB, replied: «Can I express complete support for the call for opposition to the disgraceful and immoral attacks on access to education which these latest fee rates represent?
Also, the general strategy for outreach on all of these socnets is essentially the same (keep your message visible, correct opposition message and recruit supporters).
Samia Nkrumah is highly tipped to emerge victorious but faces stiff opposition from Bright Akwetey who has contested on three occasions and Ivor Greenstreet, the party's immediate past General Secretary.
Cuomo, speaking to the Rev. Al Sharpton, decried the Republican opposition to a bill that would give the U.S. attorney general the power to block people on the «no fly» list from purchasing guns or explosives.
Theresa May has this morning announced that she intends to call a general election on June 8 in a bid to increase the size of her parliamentary majority and to reduce the ability of opposition parties to extract concessions from the government during Brexit negotiations.
Andrew Grice has an interesting column on this in The Independent tomorrow, including discussing reaction within government, broadly welcoming it, with John Denham stressing it is about opposition to unearned rewards, rather than general support for higher taxation http://www.independent.co.uk/opinion/commentators/andrew-grice/andrew-grice-squeeze-the-rich-mantra-is-back-in-fashion-1297565.html
She noted there has been bipartisan opposition from New York City and Nassau elections officials to moving the general election to December, which would cost an estimated $ 1 million and attract 100,000 fewer voters for the race than if it was on the November ballot.
The call from Joan Walley, who chairs the Commons» environmental audit committee, comes as the opposition party draws up its policy on green issues ahead of next year's general election.
The Deputy General Secretary of the opposition NDC, Koku Anyidoho in an interview with host Fiifi Banson on Anopa Kasapa on Kasapa 102.5 FM said the NPP administration has realized after coming into office that most of its promises were just facade and not realistic, hence it must come clear on what they can achieve and that which they can not achieve for Ghanaians.
Speaking on NEAT FM's morning show «Ghana Montie», the deputy General Secretary of the opposition NDC after questioning President Nana Addo's style of leadership said — «We want the best for this country.
Many feel that Derbyshire County Council will be the toughest nut to crack in local government for us on 4th June, but one needs to remember that Labour have not faced us when there has not been a General Election on the same day since 1993... and that was not a good year for Conservatives anyway!Accordingly, we have worked hard to establish a Shadow Cabinet, engage in active but constructive opposition and really get to grips with the workings of the County Council so that we can put our vision for the future in place quickly; to employ a cliché: «to hit the ground running».
[9] He faced no opposition in the general election on November 2, 2010.
Mr. Dennis Amfo - Sefah, Constituency Chairman of the Tema West branch of the New Patriotic Party (NPP), has called on Mr. Koku Anyidoho, Deputy General Secretary of the opposition National Democratic Congress [NDC], to apologize to President Nana Akufo - Addo.
The Director General on Media and Publicity to the Governor of Kogi State, Kingsley Fanwo has come hard on the opposition party in the state, calling...
An opposition needs to be careful not to bind itself to a key economic policy long before a general election, as Labour did on the ERM in 1990 two years before the election.
That attitude reflects the knock - on consequences of a fixed - term parliament: it's hard to imagine the opposition being as lacksadaisical if there was a chance the prime minister could call a general election at the drop of a hat.
On 11 November 1975 the Governor - General withdrew the commission of Prime Minister Whitlam (Australian Labor Party) and commissioned Leader of the Opposition Fraser (Liberal — Country Party coalition) to form a «caretaker» Government.
Incumbent Adrian Smith faced no opposition in the general election on November 8, 2016.
Touching on the revelation, a lawyer and a member of the opposition National Democratic Congress (NDC) Abraham Amaliba told Benard Nasara Saibu the police and the attorney general must be interested in the allegation.
Hillary Clinton took to Twitter to weigh in after Senate Republicans blocked Sen. Elizabeth Warren from speaking on the Senate floor in opposition to the nomination of Alabama Sen. Jeff Sessions to be U.S. attorney general.
Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman defends Ed Miliband on the Today programme after Unite general secretary Len McCluskey turned on the opposition frontbench's approach to spending cuts:
Some advocates on both sides have been calling for the two issues to be uncoupled, even though doing do would almost certainly weaken the chances of either passing before the 2015 session ends, thanks to the Senate GOP's staunch opposition to the DREAM Act and the Assembly Democrats» general dislike (following the teachers unions's lead) of the tax credit.
Mr. Rawlings and Mr. Amidu who are considered members of the opposition NDC have on several occasions criticised the party for corruption and other issues they believe contributed to the party's defeat in the 2016 general elections.
And it could arise this time on the Left side of the aisle in opposition to Trump because they may be worried about his potential for demagoguery or worried about mob justice or the federal government just being too powerful in general.
The leaders of the two main opposition parties are set to launch the key themes of their general election campaigns on Monday.
Deputy General Secretary of National Democratic Congress (NDC), Koku Anyidoho has described the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP) as «Antichrist» for launching its party manifesto on a Sunday.
«Since 1979, no opposition party has gone on to win a general election after being behind in the first set of local council elections in the parliament.
New York Attorney General Eric Schneiderman on Monday once again signaled his opposition to actions taken by President Donald Trump's administration on labor and immigration issues.
Generally speaking, the electorate pays little attention to how opposition parties vote on individuals pieces of legislation — particularly when the next general election is years away.
However, to find a defeated Labour Leader of the Opposition one has to look as far back as the 1992 General Election, in which John Major vanquished once and for all the possibility of Neil Kinnock ever reclining on 10 Downing Street sofa.
He ran unopposed in the Democratic primary on September 9, 2014, and faced no major party opposition in the November general election.