Sentences with phrase «politicians on»

I was also quite dazzled by how nice all the politicians on the opposite side of the floor were during her speech — lots of «here, heres» and applause and a standing ovation at the end... some of the opposing pollies were even filming her speech on their mobile phones.

It's the same affliction politicians on Parliament Hill come down with, resulting in things like the Firearms Registry and the Privacy Commissioner.

What makes matters worse in Vancouver is that many of the older neighbourhoods have been shielded from the demands of densification by local politicians on the municipal level.

In the face of a very real threat, politicians on the left have taken steps to protect reproductive rights in general, as well as Planned Parenthood specifically.

Calma, a former Social Justice Commissioner, said politicians on both sides need to be aware of the expectations of funding and support that come from staging roundtables, the concern of those who aren't invited at being left out, and the personal cost to participants.

The BBC reported that an expert panel advising politicians on substance misuse had backed a floor price, saying it would boost public health, protect the vulnerable and improve community life.

Channel 4 exposed some of Cambridge Analytica's inner - workings when its reporters posed as clients and spoke with senior members of Cambridge Analytica's team, including CEO Alexander Nix, who bragged on a hidden camera about using bribes and sex workers to entrap politicians on behalf of clients.

Sarah Chadwick, a junior from Marjory Stoneman Douglas, still finds time for softball between national speeches and roasting politicians on Twitter.

Regulators and politicians on both sides of the Atlantic are mounting investigations and calling for Facebook's top executives to explain themselves.

The controversy wiped away nearly $ 50 billion from Facebook's stock price earlier this week and prompted politicians on both sides of the Atlantic to call for Zuckerberg to testify.

Politicians on both sides of the Atlantic have called for Zuckerberg to testify before their legislative bodies in the five days since the Cambridge Analytica scandal erupted.

ALEC Exposed Also run by the Center for Media and Democracy, ALEC Exposed tracks the corporate - funded American Legislative Exchange Council's efforts to undermine the public interest and democracy through lobbying and collaboration between corporations and politicians on «model bills» developed behind closed doors to shift state laws in favor of corporate interests instead of the public.

And to be extremely cynical, some politicians on the left find the fires as a convenient partisan tool.

Then you have to get a higher percentage of the people who communicate with politicians on your side.

Sunday Shows Quoted No Democratic Politicians On Climate Change.

In the report appendix, under «Dedication and Acknowledgments,» Roberts lists «scientists, activists, writers, broadcasters and politicians on both sides of the climate debate.»

So many politicians on both sides lie and distort.

Senior Anglican leaders in Africa are considering how the Church should engage more with politicians on the continent to improve society.

The utilities gave the bulk of $ 466,218 to 12 politicians on Sen. Seitz's committee, documented above.

For fame, glory and riches, these scientists are causing needless lawsuits instead of focusing the attention of politicians on the real solutions to maintaining Earth's health, be it atolls or the Amazon or other.

Activist scientists, politicians on the make, financial interests (Goldman, Al Gore), environmentalists, the UN, the EU.

And there are (if you'll excuse the term) gutless politicians on both the Republican and Democrat's side that only promote «Against» the other side and offer nothing new.

Wherever we look in the interactions between scientists and politicians on climate questions, we see an emphasis on catastrophe.

Such wondrous expressions of green faith put our politicians on par with those who believe in the tooth fairy.

Unfortunately, the mainstream media and politicians on both sides of the aisle are parroting the hype, claiming — in Obama's case — that unconventional oil can play a key role in an «all of the above» energy strategy and — in Romney's — that increased production of tight oil and tar sands can make North America energy independent by the end of his second term.

She was directly referred to by a top level IPCC climate scientist for proof that «organized climate denial» exists, and currently receives praise from prominent politicians on the notion that «merchants of climate science doubt» exist.

As The Guardian reports, not only will the church be lobbying politicians on keeping to their promises of 80 % carbon reductions by 2050, but it is also floating the idea of divesting from companies which fail to take the climate threat seriously:

I have more faith in the science as discussed here than in ANY of the efforts made by politicians on your behalf.

Many corporations not directly involved in fossil fuels and timber are ahead of the people and the politicians on these issues.

This leads nicely into my questions for the site authors: While I understand your interest in avoiding «political or economic implications», will you be willing to call politicians on the carpet when they take stances that contradict well - understood science?

Besides featuring the full list of names in the physical installation, the iPads also host a number of American talking heads and politicians on immigration including Obama, Trump and Ann Coulter.

It is an apt metaphor as politicians on both sides of the Atlantic seek to close borders.

Since moving to the United States in 1992, Borek has worked as a freelance translator and has accompanied American politicians on overseas trips, so the fact that his work will be exhibited in the Czech Republic suits his knack for the symbolic.

Politicians on both sides of the aisle still used it as a favorite cudgel through the 1990s and 2000s, but as Dooms Day predictions about Grand Theft Auto - warped teens failed to come to fruition, many abandoned the issue.

While politicians on both sides scream at each other, investment portfolios have been screaming higher.

The fact that politicians on both sides of the aisle support this bill may come as a surprise, but while technically bipartisan, the bill can hardly be considered as such.

The politicians on both sides of the aisle concurred that if the debt ceiling wasn't lifted that the stock market, home loan rates and credit ratings would be impacted significantly.

Now, Amazon has attempted to sway California's voters and politicians on an upcoming sales tax repeal with promises of a $ 500 million investment in the state and the creation of nearly 7,000 new jobs in two new distribution centers.

One could count the number of women politicians on the national level on less than one hand.

The nightly routine was an explosive mixture: quesadillas on the table and politicians on the TV.

Whether it's the status and prestige of teachers or the problem of educational inequity, these are matters on which politicians on the right and left agree.

These debatable prompts ask students to take a look at claims made by politicians on the campaign trail.

As the first deadline for the Every Student Succeeds Act arrives, there have been sharp disagreements between advocacy groups and state - level politicians on key policy decisions.

And the education secretary said that she had never planned to be a politician - and could remember her father shouting at out - of - touch politicians on the television.

No Child Left Behind — which was supported by politicians on both sides of the aisle — required states to set achievement standards for basic skills.

One, if Quam genuinely believes that the report allows for multiple understandings of American history and society, then she has spent way too much time among the hot - heated identity politicians on campus, so much so that her judgment is critically distorted.

Larry Flanagan, the EIS general secretary, said: «Despite the fine words of politicians on the need to support schools and teachers the range of motions indicates that excessive workload remains a huge issue for teachers and, therefore, for our schools and our pupils.

Steer clear of the culture wars: Politicians on the Left — many of whom oppose religious schools or church teaching on social issues — will attempt to insert «poison pills» into scholarship tax credit legislation to reduce support for the bill among social conservatives.

EIS general secretary Larry Flanagan said: «Despite the fine words of politicians on the need to support schools and teachers, the evidence from both the recent EIS workload survey - which highlighted an average teacher working week of 46.5 hours - and the range of motions to this year's AGM indicate that excessive workload remains a huge issue for teachers and, therefore, for our schools and our pupils.»

In «Darkest Hour,» director Joe Wright («Atonement,» «Pride & Prejudice») and screenwriter Anthony McCarten focused entirely on a brief period in Churchill's life: the weeks in May and June 1940, as Churchill ascends to prime minister and fends off politicians on his own side wanting to make a peace deal with Hitler in the days leading to the Allied retreat at Dunkirk.