Sentences with phrase «planted question»

That's why the Tory whips in the Commons were planting questions about me for David Cameron and abusing their parliamentary privilege to say I supported terrorism.

Far from gaining «credibility», it's simply given the impression that Labour are admitting they overspent when they were in government (in which case, why would people want to put them back in government again if they feel even Labour are admitting they're econonomically - incompetent), while also planting the question in people's minds about what the point in voting Labour is if they're just going to do the same as the Tories.

ALBANY — Gov. Andrew Cuomo decided to take questions from the Albany press corps by phone rather than in person on Thursday, even though he was in the capital city, and his aides contacted several reporters in hopes of planting questions with them.

Anyway, Cameron will try to focus on the story and expect lots of planted questions from Tory MPs about how Miliband's relationship with Flowers.

12:21 - A procession of planted questions.

To that end, she also planted a question: «You say Black lives matter, but what about all lives?»

Anna Marie Morris, Con, stern and seemingly always on the verge of outrage, ends an inane planted question with «long term economic plan».

Labour really gots the whips to plant question on this.

12:02 - «They can even plant questions at short notice,» Cameron says, referring to the first questioner, who gave Brown a chance to address the topic in a favourable way.

Cameron congratulates him for asking the almost certainly planted question.

Personally, I couldn't care less, but there's always something clammy about the way Tories deliver planted questions.

On Question Time last week, Melanie Phillips completely flattened a vile sanctimonious planted question who called the UKIP «disgusting».

«Of course we know there are certain movies that are universally praised in terms of the box office,» Refn said, «but movies like that don't ever plant a question in you.

Between the crisis Qualcomm had with thermal runaway on the Snapdragon 810 and the exploding batteries of said Note 7, the power plant question has been tough.

Several seemingly - planted questions from Tory backbenchers suggested it was a concerted government strategy to escape questions about the Budget.

Plant the question in their heads of what else they don't know and that perhaps they should call you — you'll be that person who can anticipate their needs and set up a Web site just for them.

Anas Sarwar (Lab, dutiful) issues his planted question demanding a full judge - led inquiry.

His cronies, those toadying government backbenchers happy to help their leader with a planted question, had raised the question of the controversial benefit cap.

Graham Evans (Con, barely concealed anger) asks another planted question («Does he agree my honourable friend was right to stick with his economic plan»).

12:23 - Neil Parish (Con, the wit and credulity of a puppet) asks a planted question.

Speaker John Bercow's estimation of PMQ's as a «litany of attacks, sound bites and planted questions» seemed a pathetically apposite description of what I was watching.

12:31 - A planted question about Building Schools for the Future is next.

Really dispiriting standards here: Backbenchers literally reading their planted questions from the whips off a sheet.

Planted question, decent effort to get Miliband to respond to Cameron rather than the other way round.

«Planted question, copied policy,» he starts, referring to the previous question, from a Labour MP.

Sir Tony Baldry, looks just like his name would suggest, asks a planted question about youth unemployment.

James Duddridge, Tory, bumbling, asks a planted question about how wonderful everything is.

Early on, they plant questions in your mind: Can the airmail business meet its deadlines and make enough money to survive?