Sentences with phrase «political point scoring»

(And by that I mean we make the best decisions we can with the data in a peaceful efficient and objective manor, rather than turning it into a political point scoring contest.

There's plenty of room for argument over what to do about climate change, but cheap political point scoring of the «you didn't vote for the ETS so you don't want action on climate change» is not helpful.

It just lowers your posts to political point scoring and ideologically driven nonsense.

«School staff will treat this political point scoring with contempt.

The comments sections on most political blogs is either one sided, or dominated by petty political point scoring and tired rehearsals of party political spin.

There will be others, and across all parties and none who appreciate the gravity of this particular Inquiry and who appreciate that political point scoring palls into insignificance with the serious charge that a British Government colluded with torturers.

Community general secretary Roy Rickhuss said: «Now is not the time for self - indulgent political point scoring and internal wrangling.

The shadow business secretary said he would not engage in political point scoring about Liberal Democrat U-turns.

This is a matter of policy, not political point scoring.

I totally agree that a convention that is established quickly against a backdrop of narrow party political point scoring in the run - up to the election will be a disaster.

«I take your point about the inherent fun of party political point scoring, especially if the party I adhere to has scored the point, but it is essentially trivial by nature and, if endlessly repeated, deeply dispiriting and, for the majority of the public who aren't blindly loyal party tribalists, ultimately alienating.»

It does appear, that the issue of poor B.E.C.E results, year after year only becomes topical for a short fashionable while, useful only for political point scoring.

It was a quiet session, more suited to faux - statesmanlike assurances than party - political point scoring.

The complaint heard on the doorstep which the BT campaign broadcast at least tried to represent — is that the electorate want clarity on the questions that really matter to them, not political point scoring and soundbites.

«This shows that political point scoring really is at the heart of Theresa May's decision making, and respect for human life and dignity have been left by the wayside.»

Not exact matches

The best explanation is it's trying to score crass political points against the NDP.

Senator Sherrod Brown of Ohio, the ranking Democrat on the Senate Banking Committee, said, «It's insane to me that something that works this well, that's been so bipartisan, is jeopardized to score political points.»

He said he did not want to turn what was happening at the Tata works into a political point - scoring battle.

Is it possible that this nothing more than an opportunity to score political points?

President Donald Trump looks to score political points by lowering America's roughly $ 70 billion trade deficit with Japan, and sees expensive military equipment as a prime tool for doing so.

(CQ: http://moneyline.cq.com and National Institute on Money in State Politics: http://www.followthemoney.org) In addition, FedEx scored just 42.9 out of 100 points in the 2013 CPA - Zicklin Index of Corporate Political Accountability and Disclosure, placing it near the bottom of a ranking of the 196 largest U.S. companies.

They think that the U.S. president is looking to score political points with his base, but that he won't want to upset the stock market record highs and the faster economic growth by putting up too many trade barriers, a move that probably would spook businesses and investors.

Denis Coderre accuses Conservatives of trying to score «cheap political points» during election campaign with criticism of planned St. Lawrence sewage dump

Why has the NDP chosen to attack this world - class institution to score cheap political points, and then be flat wrong?

But what are we to make of such a man, who hijacks an event focused on the suffering of a mostly forgotten group of people, sandbags his hosts, preens self - righteously, and deliberately provokes an ugly reaction to score political points?

Today much of our debate about marriage comes from a similar hope to score political points.

Instead, we focus on talking points, one - line zingers that can be Tweeted, and scoring political points to increase donations.

And using a natural disaster that is costing lives as a chance to score a cheap, not particularly profound political point is just bad form across the board.

This is an essentially meaningless bill whose sole purpose is to score political points for its proponents, who have already wasted hours upon hours of taxpayer time and money pandering to the religious right with unnecessary initiatives and bills.

Extremism and ignorance exist in all religions, Ramesy is just a pathetic example of «Christian» extremism and who is trying to score some political points.

Others tried to score political points: «took O 2 years to do what B couldn't do in 7,» or «THAT»S a «mission accomplished.

Then pundits take to the airwaves to criticize the exploitation of such painful memories to score cheap political points.

Perry failed to score political points when one of his supporters claim mormonism is cult.

Pope Francis's historic first visit to the United States should not be an opportunity to score political points for any candidate, politician or party.

Unlike the kind of social commentary that Hollywood still churns out — in which everything would turn out better if only conservatives weren't so busy oppressing homosexuals or women or maybe unionized employees — it isn't interested in easy sociological answers or cheap political point - scoring.

... some Catholic liberals who saw John Paul II as overly conservative have suggested that his cause is being fast - tracked in order to score political points in internal Catholic debates.

It is about scoring political points on something that has no hope of actually making a difference in the real world.

Amid the flurry of claims and counter-claims over an old power plant, The Australian Financial Review weighs up the arguments, leaving aside the political point - scoring.

But now many powerful forces are aligned against school food reform: the processed food industry, which has a huge financial stake in the program and powerful lobbyists on Capitol Hill; the need of school districts to make their meal programs break even; First Lady Michelle Obama's vocal support of school food reform, which has politicized the issue for some conservatives hoping to score political points; and conservatives» general distrust of «big government.»

I'm talking about something more fundamental: YouCut is dishonest, the cynical act of a leadership that's put the scoring of short - term political points ahead of developing a coherent plan to govern.

Theresa May was accused of allowing someone to die «to score a political point» today, after a starving asylum seeker was deported to Nigeria despite fears he might not survive the flight.

The NDC party believes that the footage was staged to foment trouble and score cheap political points.

Is it not alarming, however, that a case which, according to the BNI, is still under investigation, has been leaked to pro-government newspapers, obviously in the bid to help the NDC score cheap political points?

But somehow, I doubt that it's going to make much difference, other than giving Republicans a way to score a few cheap political points at Democrats» expense.

And even if a blanket publication of Parliamentary tax returns shows that Conservative MPs are less able to claim that they are really all in together, Bryant warns his party off political point - scoring.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) hit back today over media reports on Ministry of Defence (MoD) bonuses and accused the Conservatives of misrepresenting civilian defence staff to score political points.

«To label all Muslims who promote and practice Sharia law as extremists is a dangerous precedent which will be strongly opposed by our community because the real reasons behind this new strategy are to score cheap political points on the back of the Muslim community.»

The President's visit to the Ablekuma North constituency has been met with a lot of controversy, as the leading opposition saw the gesture as an opportunity to score political points and relevance.

But the NPP has rubbished the allegation saying the NDC is only seeking to score cheap political points.

The report is perhaps the antics of mischief makers, who wish to score cheap political points against the Kano State governor, a statement by the president's spokesman, Femi Adesina disclosed.