Sentences with phrase «political spite»

The layoff plan is nothing but political spite for CSEA holding the governor to a negotiated contract and his no - layoff pledge, as his administration mishandled every opportunity for cooperation and alternative approaches.»

A party that is not okay with inflicting a large amount of damage and destruction for pure political spite might not be inclined, morally or ethically, to engage in blanket obstruction.

The TUC has accused the coalition of legislating out of «pure political spite» rather than genuinely taking action to tackle rich corporate lobbyists.

Not exact matches

Macron, who left political rivals reeling when he won power barely a year after launching a new centrist movement, has already rattled his way through an overhaul of French labour rules, in spite of street protests and a pushback from unions.

Modi's political success and promises of economic reform in spite of these bumps suggest that the new prime minister could function as a reformer in the American mold.

Luckily, that relationship is robust enough to weather strains and irritants and has shown itself to be surprisingly resilient in spite of political and economic disputes in particular areas, some of which have been pretty contentious.

But our political culture remains functional in spite of itself.

The conclusion just reached suggests that supposedly value - free political science has had value commitments in spite of itself, at least to the extent that it affirms happiness to be a private matter.5 In addition, I am persuaded that political science explicitly based upon a preferential view of self - interest always implicitly invokes an objective criterion of happiness.

«Till we have [real assents],» says Newman, «in spite of a full apprehension and assent in the field of notions, we have no intellectual mooring, and are at the mercy of impulses, fancies, and wandering lights, whether as regards personal conduct, social and political action, or religion.»

Black theology teaches self - respect and self - esteem in spite of social and political condescension to and oppression of blacks.

Third, the Christian church has little access to or influence on the major policy making institutions of our society, in spite of the noisy presence of reactionary church voices and political campaign allusions to religious values.

On his return, invested with the royal power in spite of the objections, the nobleman rewards the faithful grants of political power, rebukes the timid ones, and gives order that the citizens who objected to his appointment be put death.

The discussion of the organized political and social action plan to have intelligent design as a required subject in public schools is appropriate to this thread as christians want ID taught to all children in the USA in spite of the separation of church and state.

In spite of the heroic renunciation of the religious orders they live in the world, depend upon it, and become entangled with its economic and political injustices.13 What actually takes place in the Catholic attempt to meet the relativities of moral choices is a continuous compromise with principles to fit situations.

In spite of speaking openly about his Christian faith and conversion experience, his religious beliefs were often distorted for political purposes.

Afghanistan continued to be a battleground for factions of warlords in spite of some political stability that was brought to large areas with the establishment of the Taliban (students of Qur» an) rule in 1996 with the backing of Pakistan.

In spite of all that can be said, in spite of every secular argument to justify money and the state and science and technology, to show that we are right to use these things, it is quite unbiblical to appeal to these agents of political power.

In spite of Rome's misgivings, American Catholics fervently supported a religio - political arrangement that had no theological justification until the Second Vatican Council.

In spite of the faith of the 18th - and 19th - century political reformers such as Voltaire and Marx in the «verdict of history,» the arena of political decisions is not likely to be a place where the big issues of life are discussed or decided solely or even primarily on the basis of truth and justice.

In spite of their exclusion from political and economic power, most of these groups identified themselves as American and wanted to be more accepted as part of the unity.

However, in spite of this shortcoming, there is the binding lesson for all of us that we are called to serve God in the political arena.

Often, in spite of the fact that it was increasingly anti-clerical, the French Government gave assistance as a means of extending its political and commercial ambitions.

The experimentation with social, political and economic structures necessitated by the move into historical existence has produced prolonged sufferings in spite of the best intentions.

A general sense of unease — social, political and especially spiritual — was found everywhere in Germany, and found expression in Luther's periodic depressions in spite of his career advancements and popularity as a preacher.

In spite of all this, and of the catholicity of the church, there is no doubt that specific social, political, and economic contexts affect both the sermon itself and the manner in which it is heard.

Yet in spite of so many positives, there was a noticeable lack of political realism that pervaded the Summit.

In spite of their deep flaws, newspapers and broadcasters can not be blamed for the toxic political environment that has taken over the country.

Kennedy Agyapong, for instance, always comes up with a number of funny alibis for sneaking out of the country in post-election times in spite of all his pre-election foolhardy and fiery political outbursts.

At age 68 plus, the former first couple, in spite of their pride of place in the country's history, a political commentator observed; do not only looked confused but also seem lost at sea as they continue to embarrass not only themselves, their children and family but most importantly, the party they founded, the NDC, and its teeming followers.

Today, in spite of a leader who has been ambivalent towards European integration for most of his political career (Jeremy Corbyn voted against the Lisbon Treaty), there has been virtually no room allowed for debate within the party over EU membership.

But in spite of their deep flaws, newspapers and broadcasters can not be blamed for the toxic political environment that has taken over the country.

For the South - South and South East representatives, could it be a case of mindless spite, the political equivalent of cutting your nose to spite your face?

In spite of how much impassioned talk there has been of austerity on both sides of the party - political divide, the table also suggests that the UK coalition government's overall cutbacks to date have been modest in comparison with the seven earlier episodes of fiscal squeeze shown.

I'm not equating Speaker Silver to President Nixon, but I am pointing out that it's an age old political dodge to say a Politician, in spite of his lack of a moral compass, is just too valuable to let go, and after all he enjoys broad based political support.

Once he admits to being a covert unlawful Government agent, I have discharged my burden that he has always been one and the onus does not lie on me to prove that in the particular case of the judicial corruption undercover operations he was not acting as an agent for the Government in spite of foot notes 16 and 17 of my article on judicial and political corruption.

But would Hein risk his political career just for spite?

«This is a story of people cutting off their nose to spite their face because of personal political arguments,» Krueger said of the relationship between Cuomo and de Blasio.

His In Defence of Politicians (In Spite of Themselves)(Biteback, # 9.99) is just that, a case for the defence of a much - maligned profession, including a series of recommendations for rehabilitating the political class in the eyes of voters.

However, it added «the Center continues to note with dismay, however, that governmental accountability and responsiveness have remained highly insufficient (despite delivery of considerable voice to citizenry under the 4th Republic); public corruption remains pervasive; progress of the constitutionally - mandated political, administrative and fiscal decentralization has stalled; the economy remains characterized by jobless growth; income and spatial inequality are on the rise in spite of poverty reduction; and the nation's two main political parties which have alternated in power in the 4th Republic have increasingly taken on the features of rival cults (whose primary purpose seemingly is to win elections, achieve «state capture» and practice «winner - takes - all» politics).

Actually, and in spite of what folk etymology might suggest, the word meritocracy is usually used to describe a system in which the «best» get promoted to positions of powers, not a system where a selected number of able people vote as a political body.

She added that she will continue to be a human rights activist in spite of her political affiliation.

The political weather has since become more hospitable to Knight, who, in spite of his advancing years, has probably become an even more resolute GC presence than when he periodically duelled with Tessa, who would politely meet his criticisms of the Labour government and carry the room with her.

They expressed optimism that the party would continue to control the state in spite of recent political realignments in the state.

In spite of these and other spats, Cuomo said last month that he had been friends with de Blasio for 30 years and that their relationship would go down as the best in «modern political history» between any mayor and governor.

But in a separate interview, Mr. Bomfeh said in spite of the defeat, the party is still a formidable political force although he admitted that the party is experiencing some internal issues.

According to a statement by ECONEC's spokesman, Paul Ejime and dated 18th March, President of the ECONEC governing board and Chair of Nigeria's Independent National Electoral Commission (INEC), Prof. Mahmood Yakubu in a goodwill message said: «Conducting four elections in one day (presidential, parliamentary, district and local council) is not a mean feat, and in spite of minor hitches reported by election observers, Sierra Leone's political stakeholders — the electorate, government and security agencies, civil society and NEC, deserve commendation for the responsible conduct and patriotism exhibited during the first phase of the electoral process.»

The two members of CCT panel deserve commendations and not knock for their bold and courageous adjudication on this matter in spite of the intense pressures and distractions from powerful political forces.

Before his European service, his greatest political moment was defeating the since - disgraced Phil Woolas to become MP for Littleborough and Saddleworth in the 1995 by - election spite of a ruthless Labour campaign directly run on the spot by Peter Mandelson.

Late - night host Samanatha Bee claimed in a new Time article about late - night political humorists that former Daily Show host Jon Stewart «worked really hard to try to be nonpartisan,» in spite of the show's reported liberal leanings.

So, in spite of all her recent hype about the significance of political party values, she's not a registered Republican.