Sentences with phrase «opposed his move towards»

On the issue of abortion, Abbott has become a vocal «pro-choice» supporter, opposing moves towards changing abortion counselling policy, and reducing the abortion time limit.

He used it as an excuse to fire a bunch of secular judges, teachers, and whoever else opposed his move towards a more Muslim - friendly country.

Not exact matches

I remember that in the first term Obama was the one who opposed to gay marriage, and now (that the country has definitely moved towards more «tolerance» to sin), he actively promotes it.

This move towards increased corporatisation of the media is directly opposed to the idea of the press as a public, social good, whose intrinsic value would be compromised if threatened by censorship and over-regulation.

The move towards more private sector reforms could raise some eyebrows among grassroots Liberal Democrats, many of whom oppose privatisation or private sector provision of any kind.

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

A President facing a congress led by the opposing party generally compromises to some degree and «moves towards the center.»

Opponents told The Hindu newspaper that they were opposing legislation because caste is a «product of colonialism and any move to recognise it in legislation would entrench divisions, and deepen prejudice towards Indian communities».

The results were quite interesting — most of the answers supported moving the party towards the centre ground, the public wanted to see the Conservative party move towards the Centre (net approval of +41), giving more help to the less well off (net approval of +64), paying more attention to the economy and public services and less to immigration (+41) and opposed promises of big tax cuts if they meant cuts to public services (net disapproval of -42).

I oppose changing the Act but if it is changed Parliament itself becomes illegitimate as dores the Court system and we can move towards a Cromwellian Republic

The landscape of online dating will move towards more mature daters and the average age of those using traditional online dating, as opposed to VR - focused services, will increase.

Defining things like these is one way to move your firm towards having a true strategy (as opposed to a plan.)

«But Mr Straw [Justice Secterary Jack Straw] has indicated to judges that he does not favour allowing cameras into jury trials — a move that judges widely oppose because they perceive it as a step towards American - style justice that could damage the nature of court proceedings».

If the move is strictly one to push people towards wireless audio I'm pretty opposed.

The biggest change in the CMBS market following the implementation of the new risk retention rules, which require originators to hold five percent of the loans they issue as opposed to selling them off as bonds, has been the move towards more conservative underwriting.