Sentences with phrase «political mood»

There is a single big difference between the broader political mood in 1975 and now, and it appears to be hugely in favour of the «out» campaign.

But as quickly as a nostalgic political mood set in, a new one seems to be rising.

While these elections are the first major test of public opinion since last year's surprising general election, it is worth saying that local elections do not always reflect the national political mood.

As someone who has been covering climate change for so many years, how would you characterize the overall political mood right now?

Other speakers deplored what they perceived to be similarities between the current political mood and that of the 1920s, when the U.S. refused to join the League of Nations.

We face a new political regime in this country — one that represents, in several respects, a new cluster of political moods with religious overtones.

The selection of paintings and works on paper exhibited here highlight how the artist represented the socio - political mood after the Second World War with his unique combination of figuration and abstraction.

As for his father's take on the campaign and the current political mood, Cuomo said he would be «angry - slash - depressed about where we are today.»

Addressing the summit of the 10 - nation Association of Southeast Asian Nations, Prime Minister Lee Hsien Loong said that regional economic growth was under threat because the political mood in many countries had turned against free trade.

The problem is that the political mood now of «outrage» and «shock» looks all too shallow.

They are aware the political mood is shifting.

Their departures, like defections, are a more reliable barometer of the political mood than opinion polls.

But once again she evoked Theresa May in failing to judge the political mood.

And what the press writes becomes part of the political mood music of the broadcasters, as if by osmosis.

So in an election where America's political mood is dark, but the potential to raise money is bright, both sides are embracing a simple truth: Pessimism sells.

FCC in the cross-hairs on net neutrality and local broadband pre-emption; the political mood at Netroots Nation; how an Israeli rocket - alert app affects perceptions of the conflict with Gaza; and much, much more.

But the Moore shooting will shift the political mood, even if there's no practical connection between it and, say, walking through a city park after dark.

But the chancellor was overconfident, misread the political mood, took a short cut, and has paid the price in lost cuts and diminished personal prestige.

In a sign of the deep divisions within Labour, Burnham will also criticise opponents of the veteran leftwinger for misjudging the political mood by issuing dire warnings about the danger posed by Corbyn's success.

«Departments should not be losing valuable research or subjecting it to swings in the political mood.»

Michael Apted's 2006 historical biopic Amazing Grace, about William Wilberforce's campaign to end the slave trade in the British Empire, far more effectively expressed the political mood of the era as well as exploring how Wilberforce's private and public life affected each other.

To End All Wars by Adam Hochschild (HMH), which gives an in - depth look at the political mood in Britain as the war broke out — particularly the pacifist movement.

I need to think about that, and give you all a better piece later, but this is not a time to be careless about the US, unless the political mood so changes, that large tax increases would happen.

Indeed, it's an almost comically colorful, cheerful, exuberant collection of work, dropped like a paint - filled balloon into the middle of our current political mood.

Here's a sampling of the political mood towards climate legislation.

The most parsimonious and likely explanations for the decline in concern and belief between 2008 and 2010 are the major downturn in the economy and the shift in political mood to a right - of - center outlook.

Often overlooked is that the historic spike in public concern and belief in climate change that occurred in 2007/2008 came at a very unique time economically and politically, with the country experiencing the lowest levels of unemployment for the past decade and the political mood of the country shifting left - of - center.

Then CAGW will most likely slowly disappear as an idea among most voters, and the political mood might turn.

It's a point I touched on before in an article about why fracking may never succeed in the UK, and Damian Carrington over at The Guardian appears to agree — suggesting that while gas company Cuadrilla will no doubt appeal, the political mood toward fracking is souring.

As a matter of political mood, I suspect the «average» voter now is not too troubled by historic problems with the administration of the death penalty, largely because some recent big capital cases involve mass murderer with no concerns about a possible wrongful conviction or terrible defense lawyering.