Sentences with phrase «political grandees»
McCluskey, a prominent supporter of Corbyn, said the leader had been the victim of a «political lynching» and said it was «outrageous» that political grandees such as Kinnock were being dragged out to be part of this «unedifying coup».
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On September 11th the Electoral Reform Society, along with a roster of academic and political grandees, called for a constitutional convention after the referendum.
Kings and other political grandees provided for their illegitimate sons by having them appointed bishops, and bishops obtained offices, either clerical or secular, for their illegitimate male progeny.
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From Southern Baptist boycotts of Disney and theonomic tub - thumpers screaming blue murder from crackpot websites to Roman Catholic grandees assuming that their academic achievements require that the world take them seriously, Christians have proved adept at the ways and means of worldly «political politics.»
As well as his immense experience in the political nuances of the Lords, Strathclyde was seen as an important link to the more traditional wing of the Tory party and its grandees.
Such as one anonymous minister describing him as an «inept political operator in quite a crowded field» and a Tory grandee saying he was a «s ***» who deserved to be «kicked down Whitehall».
The comments come as Tory grandee and former Cabinet minister Douglas Hurd warned against the rise of feminist thought in political circles.