Sentences with phrase «political leadership did»

However, the former political leadership did not believe it was necessary to offer incentives to win new business, LaRue says.

A «clear and present danger» IS seen by many, but human nature and the political leadership do not have the will to step up to the plate and do the right thing, and... global warming is on an entirely different playing field.

Not exact matches

It's hard to tell how many do this — I know of a few politically engaged Liberals who periodically hold Tory membership cards too — but it's a fact of life for those of other political stripes in a one - party province like Alberta: the political direction of the province is decided at the PC leadership conventions, not in general elections.

Any serious action will require the kind of leadership that could cause him to alienate parts of his political base, something that Trump has been reluctant to do in his first 13 months in office.

This is a very important topic, because elites provide political and cultural leadership, and in so doing set the direction for society as a whole.

And yet, they do not give the country intellectual, cultural, or political leadership.

I'll start: I feel most at home in a church that 1) takes its mission to care for the poor and marginalized seriously, 2) does not make assumptions about its congregation's political positions nor emphasizes political action to begin with, 3) speaks of Scripture in terms of its ability to «equip us for every good work,» 4) embraces diversity (theologically, ethnically, etc.) and allows women to assume leadership positions.

If the «conservatives» do not stand for capitalism, they stand for and are nothing; they have no goal, no direction, no political principles, no social ideals, no intellectual values, no leadership to offer anyone.

«If we are going to make a success of Brexit, and it's perfectly possible to do and in fact we should make a success of it - it gives opportunities as well as challenges - then we need a political leadership that is united in their attitude to the future, even if divided on policy.

What the ex-KGB hand, Putin, has gotten done is this: He's erected a kleptocratic quasi-dictatorship on top of a crumbling civil society while murdering his political opponents, invading his neighbors, backstopping Syria's murderous Bashar al - Assad, and conducting a fantastic propaganda campaign throughout the world (supported, sadly, by the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church)-- all of which is aimed at reversing the verdict of recent history, rebuilding Stalin's empire in a new guise, and deconstructing the West.

It's confusing because of the display of political leadership presented by Congress contrasted with the tens of thousands of individuals they do not see who provide excellent governmental leadership and service to our country on a daily basis.

Times political reporter Nicholas Confessore does an excellent job of exploring the factors leading to this stunning reversal, which include a recent change in SNA's leadership, its choice of a new lobbying firm and its decision to use more aggressive legislative tactics to advance its agenda on Capitol Hill.

Gaining agreement at international summits really does come down to the phone calls, the one - to - one meetings, the cajoling undertaken by political leaders, but in the lead - up to the Cannes G20 summit we saw no evidence of any such leadership.

But even so, it is the polluted political culture which permeates Birmingham city council — like Blackpool stamped through rock — that has rendered it a lame duck, infamous for the left hand not knowing what the right is doing; but none of this is new or limited to this current Labour leadership.

Given the generally unsavoury history of strong political leadership Brown alerts us to, it seems we are, in fact, more likely to be secure under leaders who take the necessary time to come to informed decisions about how to react in complex situations compared to those who act swiftly, thinking they know more than they really do.

«It's time we have leadership in Albany who is focused on the people, not their party, who is focused on leading, not just fundraising, and who doesn't just sway with whichever way the political winds blow.»

«To say to people that your political position is akin to treason if, in fact, you hope to have those people work [doesn't] provide real leadership to resolve a problem.»

How to Win a Marginal Seat could have been a book for political anoraks full of do's and don'ts and blinding glimpses of the obvious that can be found in management leadership books.

But it is telling that most political opponents of military action - which at the moment is basically Jeremy Corbyn's Labour leadership and the broader Stop the War movement - do not seem to be making these points.

Don't burn the books A scorching hot list of summer political reading selected by Mark Perryman A year ago as Labour sought to recover from the May General Election defeat halls were starting to fill up for Jeremy Corbyn's leadership campaign rallies.

«While I join millions of our people to rejoice with Akeredolu, I want to admonish that we in the southwest do not cry for or deride Tinubu but, rather we should on the two sides of the political divide, that is apc and pdp, pause and ponder on the emerging political leadership crisis in the Southwest.»

«Half the electorate is really not happy at this point with the president's leadership, and so that doesn't provide members of the House with much of a basis for thinking there will be coattails for them to ride on,» said James E. Campbell, a professor of political science at the State University at Buffalo.

While 2018 has marked a watershed moment with regard to women running for elected office, we know that there is still much work to be done to ensure greater gender equity, including more opportunities for women to have many seats at the political and business leadership table.

Praising the Republican's success in his state, Mr Cameron added: «Governor Schwarzenegger led a dramatic revival of his party's fortunes in California and as governor he has shown tremendous leadership - above all in pioneering measures to protect the environment, reaching out to political opponents in doing so.

Where does the Governor go from here now that he's sold his political soul to keep Speaker Silver in his leadership position, in the name of getting things done for the people of NYS?

He said the Party leadership is doing extremely well to position itself to capture political power next year.

Some are doing it to undermine and weaken [the minority] leadership; some to score political points; and others because of ideology.

It follows another day of dramatic developments in the political world, when Andrea Leadsom unexpectedly quit the two - way Conservative leadership contest, saying she did not have the support to build «a strong and stable government».

Should Ndigbo approach the quest for national political leadership in Nigeria with a do - or - die temperament?

Akeredolu said he did not ask Odebowale to represent him let alone, saying Yinka Odumakin had never achieved anything in life other than being a mere reporter with the Punch newspaper or accusing leaders of Yoruba Pan socio - political Organisation, Afenifere of being largely responsible for the leadership backwardness and underdevelopment in Southwest Nigeria.

The former Municipal Chief says, «Kwame, Ghanaians should stop thinking about honest and incorruptible political leadership... it doesn't exist in Ghana.»

In covering past Tory leadership elections, I have always been able to assess the different approaches and political philosophies of each candidate, but have struggled to do this with the Labour hopefuls.

We don't need the type of leadership that cast their fingers to the political wind to determine a course of action.

It doesn't take searing political insight for commentators to make the blindingly obvious conclusion that leadership disunity damages political parties.

He lamented that majority of the current political party leaders grew or learn politics under the military arrangement, saying that those who knew what the military did have left the shore of political leadership.

Veterans have put the well - being of the country first and their service ought to be respected even when we disagree with the military and foreign policies of our civilian political leadership, as I did when I was a Marine during the Vietnam War.

In his first three months, Miliband established that he will have a more collegiate leadership style, and that he is in the foothills of a long campaign and doesn't see rushing into photo opportunities or political pyrotechnics as the answer.

«This should be the challenge for the Labour leadership election: not an argument about which policies of the Labour government the contenders did or did not support, or even which policies they support now, but a real attempt to identify the basis for a contemporary centre - left political project.

Cwesi Oteng said he believes Ghana could do much better than it is doing now, but needs to have its leadership «outside political colours» so that Ghanaians can choose a right leader for President.

Under the recently installed leadership of Vince Cable, freshly returned as an MP in 2017 and viewed as an experienced elder statesman of British politics, the party is currently doing its utmost to pick itself up from some major recent political setbacks.

(CNN)- Members of President Obama's own political party are charging that the White House and the Democratic Congressional leadership are not doing enough to help the unemployed and are threatening to organize a march on Washington of jobless Americans.

Labour has done nowhere near enough to address the basic charge of economic mismanagement; from the ludicrously long leadership hustings, which allowed the coalition government an unrivalled opportunity to set the political narrative for four whole months, to Balls» stupid delight in his «flat - lining» gesture, the damage has been done and is yet to be repaired.

And it could give the Labour leadership political space it simply does not currently have.

We have to start building the new energy system, and we need the political leadership to say we're going to start doing this.

But the question for us as a family, we have got a new baby, do I continue to throw my body at a problem, on the road 70 % to 80 % of the time, dealing with political crisis after political crisis, or take on this leadership position?

It doesn't help that the story becomes unwieldy from a multitude of subplots involving the supporting characters, such as Tars Tarkas» rivalry for leadership of the Tarks with Tal Hajus (voice of Thomas Haden Church), the question and implications of Sola (voice of Samantha Morton) being Tars Tarkas» daughter, and the political maneuvers of Dejah's father (Ciarán Hinds), who thinks he can ensure peace between Helium and Zodanga by having his daughter marry Than.

Some of this is just political expediency or earnest incompetence, but some of it is that people in leadership positions do not have a system understanding of the cause of failure.»

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