Sentences with phrase «point of principle»

There are three key points of principle to take away from the appeal judgment.

The main point of principle is that no one should be deprived of his services through financial considerations alone.

Nonetheless, from the starting point of these principles (received by faith) further conclusions can be drawn, and this is done by philosophical reasoning.

His opposition to the previous action was not based on a clear point of principle, but a murky distinction which he consistently failed to articulate.

As it happens, I thought the first point was simply wrong and the second dangerously naive, but they remain points of principle.

Lord Carnwath adds an important concurring judgment discussing the role of the Upper Tribunal in cases giving rise to an important point of principle in a specialist field.

11:29 - Back at Leveson, and Murdoch is being questioned on general points of principle - the need for transparency, keeping people «in great positions of responsibility» in check, etc..

But it was a good debate actually: thoughtful, pensive, weighty and full of people seemingly making points of principle.

«My amendment 4 is based on a simple point of principle, namely that a motion can be passed by a simple majority of one, as has been the case from time immemorial — from the very inception of our parliamentary process in what is sometimes described as the «mother of Parliaments».

It was an important point of principle which Unite was committed to getting resolved.

And no doubt there will be frustrations within the party, for many Lib Dems — ordinary members as well as parliamentarians — are outright opposed to all forms of nuclear weapons, and will see this is a great missed opportunity to differentiate themselves from Labour and the Conservatives on a genuine point of principle.

Whenever politicians: i) do something on the cheap, ii) kick the can down the road, or iii)(perhaps the worst) enforce some obscure point of principle, haven't we learned it comes back to bite you far more savagely & expensively?

There is a compelling point of principle that arbitration has evolved as a process by virtue of a «concession» by the state to enable parties to contract out of the court process for reasons of commercial expediency.

The judge stated that this was a «pure point of principle» and reviewed at length the authorities on whether a claim for damages for loss of bargain was necessarily bad in law given the terms of the termination letter.

Up to the change, if a substantive certificate followed seamlessly with no break in time, the limitation on the substantive would also apply to the period covered by the emergency certificate (as per point of principle 58).

The STL decision, although ostensibly dealing with a very technical matter of the access of a potential suspect to documents in his case file, is well worth the read on several points of principle.

Intra-religious disputes can often rumble on for centuries, raising infinitely complex points of principle and observance which are impossible to deal with effectively in the few hours available in a standard English Court case.

However, the UK represents the largest single country trading partner for the Republic of Ireland so trade relations with the UK affect the entire population of the Republic, whereas, although it contravenes an important point of principle, the Irish border actually affects a smaller share of the population of the Republic than are affected by its economic ties with the rest of the UK.

This is a key point of principle and needs to be more clearly and transparently debated.

As a point of principle, in actually fine with that.

After its passage, he said «Labour is not wedded to freedom of movement for EU citizens as a point of principle.»

One of the great ironies of contemporary Christian - Muslim relations is that some Christians who proclaim as a point of principle that there are many ways to be a Christian act as if there is only way to be a Muslim — the way of nonviolence and interreligious respect.

Consider the pro-abortion slogan «if men could get pregnant, abortion would be a sacrament», which takes for granted that Catholic teaching on abortion is simply areflection of male social dominance rather than a point of principle.

For United's American owners, standing up to Real has become a point of principle and they are understood to have echoed in private the vow that Ferguson has made publicly — not to allow the Spanish giants to «ride roughshod» over their club

Instead of taking a firm position on the side of the Palestinians and pressing the point of principle, they press the weaker party to make more and more concessions.

But it is very difficult to see that he really has point of principle on his side.

It's a «point of principle», the government argues.

Nadine Dorries lashed out at Iain Duncan Smith tonight for claiming to have resigned on a point of principle, just days after begging her to vote for cuts to disability benefits.

He told me «this is a point of principle, they've got no mandate here and I don't want to legitimise them».

In the end I felt the Government's position wasn't moving and I had to, on a point of principle, resign.

Fourthly, Lib Dem and swing voters especially will not forgive Lib Dems for precipitating the demise of the Coalition government, probably two years before it is due to end, not on a point of principle, such as on tuition fees, tax policy, social policy like gay marriage, Trident, the European treaty veto or the health or welfare bills but on... an issue of narrow partisan electoral self interest, i.e. unhappiness at boundary changes (which they had already voted for in February 2011).

I would have thought that — on a point of principle — the political arm of the trade union movement [aka the Labour Party] would shun people who've been privately educated.

For advocates of an elected chamber, there is a point of principle — nothing wrong with that, far from it — but as such, neither side is likely to convince the other of the respective merits of their case — to agree to disagree is as far as we shall get.

The turf was favourable for Goldsmith - a huge 39 percent majority at last year's general election, a strong local presence, a stand on a point of principle.

This isn't a point of principle.

He told us it was a «point of principle» rather than just a psephological one, in order to have a truly «One Nation» party that appeals to and represents a truly broad demographic.

Family rights is likely to be a point of principle for the Greens.

The government is completely ignoring the point of principle behind the European Court of Justice, ruling which criticised a «wide - ranging and particularly serious interference» with our privacy.

It would be regrettable if there were to be more resignations, but this is a point of principle.»

He could have expected a serious Cabinet job in a David Cameron government but sacrificed those career prospects on a point of principle - a rare act in politics these days.

John Penrose, MP for Weston - super-Mare told Murnaghan on Sky News that Mr Harper had stood down on a point of principle.

It is a point of principle for me that people should be able to say whatever they like, however challenging or offensive it may be — provided that it does not incite violence.