Sentences with phrase «opposition figurehead»

Gordon Brown has dismissed the sentencing of Burma's opposition figurehead Aung San Suu Kyi as «purely political».

And on December 8th, these skills will be tested to the limit when MPs and peers from Qureshi's all - party group will pit themselves against Garry Kasparov, the Russian opposition figurehead and Chess Grandmaster.

Not exact matches

The power doled out by Mr. Kowalski, and the rewards he lavished on his constituency, led some Opposition politicians to claim that he was actually running the government, with the Premier only as a figurehead.

That has seemingly left some Labour MPs hoping that, with Khan as London mayor, they would have a figurehead for internal opposition to Corbyn.

Having someone like Gore as a figurehead for a movement will guarantee a certain amount of opposition.