Sentences with phrase «opposed by the constituency»

The test of academic freedom is the ability of employees of the university to present ideas that are deeply opposed by the constituency that provides its funding.

Not exact matches

While I understand the COC is representing the interests of the financial services industry by opposing the Fiduciary Rule, I think their position is myopic - they should be supporting the rule to better represent their much bigger constituency of 401 (k) plan sponsors.

Her views are strenuously opposed by the leadership of that university as well as by its constituency.

The equalisation of the electorates of parliamentary constituencies favours the Conservative party collectively, but is opposed by many individual Tory MPs who face losing their seats.

Although the anti-government motion was actually opposed by a majority of Labour's constituency party delegates, it passed because the trade unions backed it almost unaminously.

With 194 marginal constituencies (those with majorities of 10 % or less) that can be won by an opposing party with just a 5 % swing, the youth vote could be the deciding factor in which party makes it into power on May 7th 2015.

As a result, the deputy prime minister said he would instruct his MPs to vote against another bill which would have cut the number of MPs by redrawing the constituency boundaries — a change opposed by many of the 57 - strong Lib Dem MPs since it is expected they would lose 15 or more seats.

The Copeland MP, who started his career in the Sellafield press office, has vehemently opposed Jeremy Corbyn's leadership, which is supported by the majority of Labour's members and Constituency Labour Parties.

But since its inception in 2005, Democrats for Education Reform, a political action committee based in New York City, has sought to use campaign donations to smooth the way for policies such as expanding charter schools and differential pay for teachers that are sometimes opposed by traditional Democratic constituencies.