Sentences with phrase «own robust opposition»

Liberal Democrats in Westminster have also provided robust opposition to the Bill, including by ensuring plans to tilt the scales of party funding in favour of the Conservatives were separated from the Bill during its passage through the Lords.

At least 10 (unopposed) incumbents will return, with probably another 10 running against less - than - robust opposition.

But while Haigh's colleagues appreciated her robust opposition to another year of real terms cuts in local police funding, what did her mother make of it?

Britain deserves a thorough, coherent, robust opposition, especially under a coalition government, especially under such severe economic cuts.

But Julian Huppert's camp thinks the student vote will split three ways with Labour and the Greens, helped in part by his own robust opposition to tuition fees.

«We will continue our robust opposition to these pipelines, which contradict our commitment to safe healthy energy, and which would put the Rondout, Esopus, Hudson, and other critical waterways at risk, with no benefit to our residents.»

Plenty of opposition to the turbines themselves has appeared, even in rural areas, but robust opposition to building new conduits for getting energy from sources to markets, whether the medium is pipelines carrying natural gas or wires for electrons, has been seen for decades.

Not exact matches

From their perspective, mounting a robust, solidly left - wing opposition is preferable to gaining power by selling out.

The National Chairman of the Peoples Democratic Party, Mr. Uche Secondus, has assured Nigerians that the party will play a robust and vibrant opposition role in 2018.

In fact, it was because of opposition from the Senate Republicans that a more robust public financing system was not created in 2014.

The state helmsman further noted that the current government in the state had also deepened democracy by allowing the opposition a robust room to operate and not retaliating all the wrongs suffered while in opposition.

Cabinet sources said when Sajid Javid spoke he was «robust» in his opposition to the idea of a new customs partnership, arguing that it would limit the possibility of the UK striking new trade deals.

«Conservative supporters have consistently opposed AV, but their opposition has become far firmer and more robust over recent weeks.

And steady growth could in turn help the movement mount a robust defense in the face of deepening opposition from teachers unions and other anti-charter actors such as the NAACP.

Opposition to the bill was robust.

IN OPPOSITION: Without a doubt, the Wii U has a robust launch lineup.

The above illustration depicts, in a very abbreviated and sketchy form, that as the scientific evidence of the threat from human - induced climate change became stronger over a 40 - year period and as the US political opposition to climate change policies successfully fought to prevent the adoption of robust US climate policies, the atmospheric concentration of CO2 rose from below 320 ppm (parts per million) to current levels of over 400 ppm.

The Surfrider Foundation immediately responded to the threat by issuing an action alert, opposition resources, and taking the lead on organizing robust statewide coalitions across the coastal U.S. to help proponents of healthy ocean and coastal ecosystems rise up in unified, widespread, bipartisan, cross-sectoral opposition to any new offshore drilling or seismic activity.