Sentences with phrase «political leadership saw»

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I think we're on the cusp of a generation of government, political and social leadership that come from the «outside» as barriers of entry to these fields are lowered and we see more competitive elections, which will hopefully be more content - driven.

Asked whether MPs who have criticised his leadership should be worried about deselection, Corbyn — who won 61.8 % of the vote to see - off challenger Owen Smith — failed to totally rule out this possibility when he spoke to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

Surviving students at the school quickly spoke out on social media and to news cameras about the violence and, more broadly, about political leadership that they saw as having let them down.

Christy Clark, B.C. Liberal leadership candidate: «At the political level, they see how dumb this decision is, so I think there's an appetite to change it.»

Is it preaching, or knowledge, or political leadership, or results of testing, or seeing people around suffering and dying?

Six times the Socialist Party's candidate for president, Thomas is sometimes seen as a disaster in terms of his political leadership.

It saw him as no more than «a demagogue and a great political orator» — hardly a man equipped to give Germany «that strong leadership it wants so badly.»

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.

It is far too early to begin predicting the results of the next election, but this is an opportune moment to examine the changing contours of the Israeli political map, and see to what extent the big stories of the last year have changed Israelis» opinions about the leadership they want for their country.

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.

«You'll see the political and civic leadership coalesce around one candidate,» Mr. Lancman, a representative of a neighboring district, told the Observer.

A few months ago, I was one of the few outsiders taking an interest in the Lib Dem leadership contest - not because I backed Chris Huhne over Nick Clegg, but because I wanted to see how important the internet had become to political campaigning in this country.

It also remains to be seen what impact the union's change in leadership will have for Cuomo's political calculus this year.

Its Wednesday article, which was bylined «Telegraph Comment Desk», read: «A lot of people, both in the Labour Party and outside it, think [Corbyn's leadership] would be dreadful for Labour, the sort of political disaster the party last suffered in 1983 when Michael Foot's Left - wing views saw the party lose by a landslide to Margaret Thatcher's Conservatives.

I hope he wins just for the entertainment of seeing the current Repub leadership wiggles and squirms as they try to control their new cadre of home - grown political terrorists ------------------------------------------------- — Abso - freaking - lutely!!!!! At the very least I would be pleased to see him usurp Palin's bogus headlines with something that the GOP couldn't just quietly brush under the rug, hush - up, or justify even to most inbred of their base.

We need to see even greater political urgency and leadership now to push for a good climate change deal than we saw in the face of the global financial crisis.

We've seen this dynamic in Albany, too, and our state political leadership badly failed the test.

Kendall, who is seen as the most Blairite of the leadership contenders, was asked by soon - to - be BBC Political Editor Laura Kuenssberg whether the comments from CWU's deputy general secretary Dave Ward were offensive.

The text of the press conference jointly signed by Sheikh Usman Abubakar Babantine and Imam Musa Tanimu, Chairman and Assistant Secretary respectively said, «The discernible sense of disillusionment of the masses was clearly seen during the just concluded intra party local government primary elections in many states in the country which resulted into rioting, use of weapons, massive killings and vandalism, «This shows that we are still lacking qualitative and responsible political leadership.

The Rev. Al Sharpton breathed fire into the red - hot race for retiring Congressman Charles Rangel «s seat — using a weekly live address to endorse Rangel's favored successor and to blast «political gentrification,» «new leadership» and «negroes you ain't never seen before.»

Many people saw this as Johnson positioning himself for a leadership challenge, [11][12] although some commentators, like Newsnight's political editor Nick Watt and columnist Iain Dale, argued this was the wrong interpretation and that Johnson's motivation was to assert his influence in Brexit negotiations.

Political legend has Granita as the venue where Tony Blair and Gordon Brown thrashed out the deal that would see the former run for the Labour leadership following the shock death of John Smith in 1994.

If he were to lose the leadership election he would go immediately I think, but this is a man who spends almost all his time on policy issues, he has little life outside politics and has spent all his life since his teens on either academic or political pursuits, I'm sure he would find his own nature militating for him to continue and he would probably see a General Election loss with him as PM as something he had to rectify.

«For the «new» PDP leadership on the other hand, incapable of thinking big about the nation, they see and treat the unfortunate spate of killing of innocent Nigerians as political gift, about which they seem very happy to cite as the basis for a return to power.

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.

The current Labour leadership was «one of the least business - friendly leaders of political parties I have seen for years» said a former minster, who served under the last Labour government.

«We urge him not to be swayed by the political buccaneers who see the amnesty programme as a meal ticket by intimidating its leadership for contract and favour.

«I would love to see the leadership come from Upstate,» said Vince Casale, chairman of the Otsego County Republican committee and a political consultant.

Nick Clegg's political journey has seen him win a bitter Liberal Democrat leadership battle, rise to become deputy prime minister, and face furious criticism over his U-turn on tuition fees.

Farage told the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, «There is a widespread feeling that the political leaderships of Labour, Lib Dem and Conservative are becoming so hopelessly out of touch with opinions in MPs» constituencies that it wouldn't surprise me if we saw more defections.»

> Ray Halbritter, Oneida Indian Nation Representative, thanked the legislators for their leadership on this issue, «It's incredibly heartening to see a bi partisan group of New York political leaders united in opposition to derogatory mascots in professional sports.

Political leaders had seen no upside to taking on a school system that employs thousands of African Americans in a city where African Americans account for a majority of the population, the voter rolls, the city council, local - government posts, and union leadership.

But even with new district leadership in St. Louis, it is unlikely that students will see much change in the quality of instruction as the public school cartel gears up for its next political battle over who gets what, when, and how.

Women are rising to great political power in societies around the world and we are just beginning to see a shift occur as more women step into positions of global leadership.

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.

-LSB-...] So long as people within the IPCC leadership sees its role as political advocate rather than honest broker, and acts accordingly, we should not be surprised to see future controversies erupt in the IPCC.

I've also seen the ocassional piece on green fuels, though if memory serves, the last was presented by Sec Nav — ie political leadership, not military.

Being my first COP, I saw how respected leaders from developed countries failed to show leadership and political will in addressing the structural issues that have caused climate change.

Then, an appeal to authority occurs (97 % concensus) but in no way do I find substantiation by that concensus for 100 % of what IPCC is proposing (especially after I see the political leanings of the leadership).

«It's a fundamental failure of political leadership that so many talented professionals have stopped seeing their futures here in Britain,» said Enver.

She urged political leaders to engage with the report: «I'd just like to say that Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples are providing leadership so lets see our parliamentarians, our politicians and all of the departments match that kind of leadership,» she said.