Sentences with phrase «party political point»

Let me stress again that I am not trying to score party political points here.

I totally agree that a convention that is established quickly against a backdrop of narrow party political point scoring in the run - up to the election will be a disaster.

That was the low - brow party political point made; now it was time to seize the moral high ground.

Members of the public interviewed by the Hansard Society were not impressed with what they saw: 67 % of respondents said that there was «too much party political point - scoring instead of answering the question» and 47 % thought PMQs «is too noisy and aggressive».

Recalled MPs tried their best to suppress the urge to make party political points.

21.50 - Foreign secretary Philip Hammond praises Benn for «one of the truly great speeches made in this House,» before immediately attempting to score party political points against Labour.

Our NHS is too important to make cheap party political points about, so we once again call on the Tories and Plaid to stand up for patients rather than simply sitting back and shouting from the side - lines.»

Another bad week for John Bercow as he allowed Brown to make constant party political points and not focus on Government business.

«I take your point about the inherent fun of party political point scoring, especially if the party I adhere to has scored the point, but it is essentially trivial by nature and, if endlessly repeated, deeply dispiriting and, for the majority of the public who aren't blindly loyal party tribalists, ultimately alienating.»

The number saying «there was too much party political point - scoring instead of answering the question» was down from 67 % to 45 %

On Friday night Sir Malcolm Rifkind was authorised to attack Gordon Brown for making political appointments in order to score party political points.

Ujnless you are claiming that homophobic reporting is OK if there are party political points to be scored?

That's not a party political point really — there's not an atom to choose between Balls, Miliband and Brown on the one hand and Osborne and Cameron on the other.

That isn't a party political point, it's a grim reality.