Sentences with phrase «party of a few people»

This works well when you are in a party of a few people.

Not exact matches

It outlines a number of areas for Christians to consider and advises people to vote for a party that is interested in «reversing the accumulation of power and wealth in fewer and fewer hands, whether those of the state, corporations or individuals».

Inspired by Obama and undeterred by parliamentary scandals, as yet uncommitted to any particular party, but increasingly aware that few arenas have the opportunity to create greater positive change for large numbers of people than the righteous use of political power, he wants to study politics, philosophy and economics.

In that quick moment, I thought back to the several parties she'd invited me to where I'd been the only person of color but I shrugged off the temptation to be defensive and said, «Well, there are usually a few others, but yes, it is a mostly black church.»

One of my housemates started going to this church, though he never joined, and after a few months dragooned the rest of us into attending a party for the younger people from his church.

While parties were thought to be ruled by hidden elites in smoke - filled rooms, the weakness of parties has, ironically, led to a less democratic system with fewer avenues open to average people.

The Umayyads and Abbasids sent five or six delegations to China, ranging from a few to a score of persons in each party, bringing precious gifts to the Chinese emperors.

Half the people at a tea party rally get around on electric chairs, and few of them look like they're suffering from anything but a lack of will power when it comes to junk food.

18)- Peppermint instantly makes people think of Christmas, so when you serve up these delicious brownie cookies at your next holiday party, you're sure to get more than a few compliments!

By Shiu Injr @ Tumblr Instead of partying this Halloween, I drank appletinis and ate homemade snacks with a few of my favourite people; it was so much fun.

I say this for a few reasons; 1) It's not really a party without drinks (its really just an after - hours meeting); 2) alcohol is typically a great way to break the ice, especially with people that don't know each other well (great for mixing of said «friends and family»); and 3) the holidays are a perfect time for a fantastic, well crafted cocktail!

Just a few days ago, the chiefs and people of the Chakale Traditional Area, in the Wa East constituency of the Upper West Region, also conferred the title «Chief of Patience» on the 2016 presidential nominee of the New Patriotic Party, Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo.

He also promised «an awful lot of people are going to get hurt in the process» if legislative leaders go along with the governor's idea of scrapping third party officials» power to hand - pick who runs on their ballot lines — a pledge that no doubt sent shivers up the spines of not a few Senate Republicans.

It is very difficult for third parties to make any kind of progress in first past the post systems, as few people will be willing to vote for a third party when that means they don't get to express their choice about the more dominant parties.

He has faced criticism over his Europe policy over the past few months, namely because of the decision to pull the Tories out of the centre - right coalition in the European parliament, the European People's Party (EPP), and form a new grouping.

Lib Dem peer and former head of communications Olly Grender said very few people in the party were considering leaving the coalition.

UPDATE: Buffalo - area bloggers and writers have been commenting about the anti-Grisanti machinations of «The Committee to Save the Eric County Republican Party» for a few months now, with multiple people connecting the «committee» to Matthew Ricchiazzi, a Cornell University graduate who ran a failed campaign for Buffalo mayor.

«What I'm saying here is pointing at a very, very irrational possible outcome of our potty electoral system, which is that a party that has spectacularly lost the election because fewer people are voting for it than any other party, could nonetheless according to constitutional tradition and convention still lay claim to providing the prime minister of the country.»

Yes it is more staggering that a politician like Ken Livingstone was ever seriously in contention at all The system was designed to make it harder for the Conservative Party though the assumption being that Conservatives are the second choice of relatively few people.

Mr. Díaz, not unknown to make controversial statements, said he wants to «show the high level of hypocrisy among many, many people in this business of politics and media» regarding Mr. Lopez, who was once the powerful boss of Brooklyn's Democratic Party before his sexual harassment scandal shook the state's political landscape a few weeks ago.

With just a few hours to go before President - elect Donald Trump take office, New York's Working Families Party is using what it anticipates will be «wholesale attacks on working people» by the incoming administration and its allies to highlight the plight of several hundred striking workers at Momentive Performance Materials, a chemical plant in Waterford.

Few people talk about the cost to the economy of these steps - and the party whose job it is to oppose the government doesn't seem very interested in doing so.

None of the donations was especially large by New York standards, so it's less about the prominence of the individuals within the support structure of a major party as much as an indication of how few people are willing to donate to a party that has not won an election for statewide office since 2002.

«There's going to be some quite intense discussions over the next few days, I suspect, and I hope our party officials and our national executive will see sense on this and recognise that those people that have freely given of their time and their money to join the Labour party should be welcomed in and given the opportunity to take part in this crucial debate, whichever way they decide to vote,» he said.

An early start on Friday morning - to Portcullis House and a meeting of the whole party again, with presentations by polling gurus, party big cheeses, Downing Street beautiful people and a few «breakout» sessions.

Labour was uniquely placed, through the trade union link, to build a living, breathing movement at grassroots level, expanding to include working people, while the Tories were a shrinking party of the few.

Against all odds: Iain Duncan Smith has the party and the genesis of a few good ideas, but like Phil Collins he looks too much of an egghead for many people.

Senior party figures know it will do their 2010 election prospects no good to have installed two unelected prime minister in a row and anyway, most of the politicians and political journalists are going on holiday, so there's very few people around to kick up a fuss.

So once every few years when they come to vote, people have to rely on their overall impressions of the parties — the brand.

While finding much that is odd in the party's political outlook, I have known a few UKIP members and found them to be decent, sincere people - hardly the foaming - at - the - mouth xenophobes (or even worse, racists) of frequent perception.

However, few weeks after Mr. Afoko's revelations, the party has had it leaders issuing threats upon threats to people, as well as state institutions, especially the Ghana Police Service, the Electoral Commission (EC) and members of their main political opponents; the National Democratic Congress (NDC), creating fear and panic.

Her hard Left politics appeal to very few people, even in her own party and, while she's undoubtedly intelligent, she's also arrogant, she's got a chip on her shoulder and she's totally dismissive of other people's opinions.

The fact is that, not many people, including the educated, will bother reading any manifesto from any political party, those who make it their business are the few civil society organizations, who want to measure the performance of a government, suing the manifesto as the indicator.

In Kumasi on Saturday December 10, few hours after Nana Akufo - Addo's confirmation as winner of the 2016 election, some party faithful stormed some public toilets manned by staff of the Kumasi Metropolitan Assembly (KMA), seized the keys to the facilities, assaulting some persons in the process.

Labour's criticism of the Tories being the «do nothing» party are unfair, but they are certainly the «do-less» party, and there are many people who will have a harder few years if the Tories reach power.

No fewer than 370,000 members of the Peoples Democratic Party (PDP), in Jigawa have defected to the All Progressives Congress (APC).

So, with this I think the next wiser step left for Osoba is to lead his people out of (Egypt) APC to promised land.Moreso, with what his on grand now in ogun state toward 2015 election, am sorry for Amosu, especially when all who is who in ogun politics are ready to work with Osoba and there is strong alliance discussion going on in opposition party, but people even in Amosun cabinet were leaving APC day by day, I foresee what happened in Ekiti and kwara between Olushola SARAKI and then governor Lawal again in ogun come 2015, The victory of Aregbesola for APC in osun is so diffrent with this: some few month to election in osun many politician especially former governors were started joining APC to support Aregbesola while reverse is the case in ogun here, many even in cabinet are leaving the government to oppose Amosun, just imagine ew months to election now all former governors were agaist Amosun, all senators, Reps, and many assembly members were leaving APC agaist him and this is just the begining.Though,» ETI O WUN A WI TI OLUWA LASE» yet All EYI O WUN TI A NWI NI 2001, ILE OSOBA NI OLUWA TI FI ADE SI NI 2011.

«It has been a disappointment to me that fewer and fewer people seem to have a real understanding of what the Labour party does, what it is for and what its real aims are,» he said.

No fewer than 5,000 members including 59 leaders of the All Progressives Congress, Bayelsa State chapter, have dumped the party for the Peoples Democratic Pparty for the Peoples Democratic PartyParty.

«The Labour Party, the Lib Dems and the Tories, by leaving the door to Britain open, has forced people to turn to a party which speaks openly about the problem of immigration and says that while there might be a few good things about it there's also a lot of bad things.&rParty, the Lib Dems and the Tories, by leaving the door to Britain open, has forced people to turn to a party which speaks openly about the problem of immigration and says that while there might be a few good things about it there's also a lot of bad things.&rparty which speaks openly about the problem of immigration and says that while there might be a few good things about it there's also a lot of bad things.»

Pawlenty, to his credit, seems to understand that he started behind people like Romney, Huckabee and former Alaska Gov. Sarah Palin in terms of name identification among party activists and has seemingly been everywhere over the past few months trying to rectify that problem.

It is a shame to say it, but there is no way TN will elected Harold Ford, Jr., statewide, which is really too bad, because Ford is one of the few sane people in the Democratic Party.

«The Democratic Party is actually, in my opinion... drifting farther and farther away from its base because it's literally getting more and more out of touch — fewer and fewer people understand how the Democratic Party works,» said Yee.

Khan complains that fewer and fewer people are having a say in the future of our country; that he has no wish to make light of the task for elected politicians to show that politicians are in tune with people's lives; that they get what issues concern us, and that they are able to do something about it, ending by pleading not to give political parties an excuse to ignore us, our family, friends and work colleagues.

No fewer than 800 members of the ruling All Progressives Congress (APC) in Kwara State have defected to the opposition Peoples Democratic Party (PDP).

«My party believes that the first few years of people's lives are crucial in helping them to get on later in life.

We have a few outstanding cases with the district registration review officer; objections to people's names and deletions in the just ended exhibition of the voters register, as soon as this is accomplished, the register will be finalized for the political parties,» Director of Communications at the EC, Eric Kofi Dzakpasu told Citi News.

He may have served in Gordon Brown's cabinet, but few people outside politics had heard of Ed Miliband before he was elected leader of the Labour Party in 2010, a post he has now relinquished in the wake of Labour's election defeat.

Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary with leadership ambitions, is seen as Labour's best hope by quite a few people on Mandelson's wing of the party.

In a break with New Labour's hardline rhetoric, Khan is to argue that the party should declare a new policy aim of jailing fewer people.