Sentences with phrase «public has any sympathy»

«That excites them, but it's not an argument the general public has any sympathy for.

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Public sympathy for the position of the dairy farmers has been strong and steady across surveys.

When three children at Fatima reported a series of visions, they were interrogated and challenged by both the Church and the public authorities without much sympathy: they stuck resolutely to their accounts of what they had seen and heard.

Since public opinion, or world opinion, or the opinion of governments in general has become a powerful factor in the situation, and since the West must depend very much on capturing the opinion and the sympathy of what might be called the uncommitted powers, our future is going to depend on the kind of internationalism which does not attempt to freeze the existing situation in a legalistic manner but takes the lead in predicting and preparing the necessary changes in the status quo.

The development generated public outrage at OutRage and a great deal of sympathy for Hope, who has subsequently been named Archbishop of York.

clearly the Gay Gestapo is working overtime... they pulled out because they do nt want to be bullied in the court of public opinion and abused by the Gestapo lawyers... I personally have no respect for, sympathy for or interest in the Gay issues..

He said: «I have no sympathy for bishops who privately say «Actually, I really support you and I want to see a Church in which we can celebrate gay and lesbian relationships, but I can't say that in public because I'll get attacked for it».»

McIlroy, for his part, had no sympathy for world - weary travelers like Willett and others who have not been quite so public with their complaints about the kid - glove treatment enjoyed by Rory.

Just another sad story generated by the Democrats, who have once again used a child to endear themselves to the public and gain sympathy for their causes.

Since it has first - hand information about the matter, at least much more than the general public whose sympathy it is trying to rally, it is only reasonable to respect its stance.

Name a significant book published in the last 10 years.In the 1990s I was head of a refugee and migration NGO - I found there was little public sympathy then for what many asylum seekers had endured.

It was mostly the fact that Khodorkovsky had retained his moral stance and did not «break» by appealing for clemency on the grounds of admission of guilt, that attracted public sympathy.

Well - known sporting figure beats GB up, thus releasing wave of public sympathy when he has to appear at a European Council meeting with two black eyes.

Critics of Murdoch were even more irritated by his actions than supporters, with many arguing his action would increase public sympathy for the 80 - year - old and distract attention from the hearing.

While there is clearly broad public sympathy for what the Party has traditionally stood for, it is clear that many voters think that the Party no longer represents them.

There should be little doubt that this public display of sympathy and support has been a huge factor in encouraging literally hundreds of other men to contact advice lines or police to report other offences.

«Through his repeated public statements and bad conduct, Sen. Espada has shown he is not «in sympathy» with our party's fundamental principles,» says the letter, a copy of which was obtained by The Post.

And to further fortify their actions and garner public sympathy, IPOB has set up an elaborate media campaign team to blackmail the Federal Government and its security agencies in discharging its onerous lawful responsibilities to the people of Nigeria by protecting lives and property.

To do otherwise, and risk not having an inquiry at all, would have threatened any remaining public sympathy with either party

The government's indecisive handling of the Iran hostage crisis lost public sympathy for the 15 personnel taken captive, the Conservatives have claimed.

David Cameron has hit out at the «wave of public sympathy» for Raoul Moat, the killer whose one - week chase from the police ended in his death this weekend.

Miliband's later battle with the Mail is also understood to have won him widespread public sympathy, with even political opponents coming to his defence.

Nana Aba has since won sympathy from a large section of the public and there have been growing calls on her to quit the station and continue her career elsewhere, with the latest call coming from her fellow journalist cum lawyer, Samson Lardy Anyenini.

«Through his repeated public statements and bad conduct, Sen. Espada has shown he is not «in sympathy» with our party's fundamental principles,» the state party said in its letter to Bronx party honcho, Assemblyman Jeffrey Dinowitz.

The public seem to have some sympathy as well.

blame media for over flogging d incident and their exageration, in a real sense media supose to be everywhere not to be carring camera after the incident and start asking people question, as big as Baga town there shuld be media in that area to cover any event there, i beleive some boko haram sponsored paid media at d detriment of d jtf, Baga people harbour terrorist to attack jtf, definitly those kind people are terrorist too, the people that jubilate for the death of any soldier that came to secure them, media shuld stop promoting public sympathy on these criminals if we want to eradicate terrorist completly in our country

Brooklyn State Senator Martin Golden declared last night that public sympathies have turned toward police officers and away from the headline - dominating protest movement — and told the Observer that he supported an effort in Albany to extend hate crime protections to cops.

But the same people who are lecturing us on schadenfreude over the sackings were often the ones who reserved absolutely no sympathy for MPs» staff who lost their employment as a consequence of their bosses having their fingers in the public purse during the expenses scandal.

His charm and audacious jailbreaks endeared him to a public who had no sympathy for the banks that had plunged the country into the Depression.

It's an eye for an eye, and though Sarah is quickly getting close to calling in the FBI, she's found a bond with these people — and even has some sympathy with their ideas, and the evidence she sees that made them come to the conclusion their attacks are the only way the public will take notice.

Those who would take their kids out of public schools ate gaining sympathy now but that sympathy would be replaced by the mob rulers favorite sentence «too bad!

In an era where strikes rarely result in definitive victories for either side, teachers have been unusually successful both in extracting both significant wage increases and galvanizing public sympathy.

With the dynamic of the public school space argument flipped from charters as victims to charters as aggressors, the groups have not been able to stir up public sympathy or much media coverage around the cause.

From this beginning, Deon Meyer weaves a story of astonishing complexity and suspense, as Inspector Benny Griessel faces off against a dangerous vigilante who has everything on his side, including public sympathy.

The one argument for keeping them in aquariums that we have any sympathy for is the educational value they provide to the public.

It's an uphill slog for you guys in that regard, and you have my deepest sympathies for that and your tireless patience with the public.

To expose the political consensus to debate would be to challenge its very foundations, to test the public's sympathy for it.

Well, things have decidedly gone sour between Bethune and Sea Shepherd since then, with Bethune now claiming, in an interview with New Zealand National Radio and elsewhere that Paul Watson ordered Bethune to scuttle the Ady Gil to «garner sympathy with the public and to create better TV».

It would seem to raise her profile, increase her book sales and requests to speak, and result in net sympathy from the public (even from many of the alarmists).

Occupying opposite ends of the public sympathy spectrum, migrant clients experiencing domestic violence and those in detention facing removal or deportation have, in our experience, been the least able to find alternative means for funding legal advice and assistance.

Add that the subject will likely have public relevance and sympathies and, probably, money enough for a crack team of lawyers, and you conclude that any prosecutor who goes that way without an airtight case will appear to the public to be wasting public resources to prosecute a minor crime (that many people won't ever consider as a crime) in order to get publicity.

Having been involved in a car crash that orphaned and seriously injured a seven - year old boy, Ms. Nixon may not engender a high degree of public sympathy but her legal ordeal set the stage for a very significant precedent handed down by the Supreme Court of Canada (SCC) several weeks ago in R. v. Nixon 2011 SCC 34.

If Charney hopes to gain public sympathy, he has — at least as evidenced by a poll put out by Lat, which shows that 64 percent of readers side with Charney.

And, while I am not one predisposed towards longer sentences, I have a lot of sympathy with members of the public who feel that a Sentencing Guideline starting point of 1 year's imprisonment, of which a defendant will serve a maximum of 6 months, does not adequately reflect the harm done by the violation that breaking into someone's home represents.

John Lawford, counsel for consumer organization at the Public Interest Advocacy Centre, says he has little sympathy for those critical of the regulations.

The public has little sympathy with the issues and politicians can scrap pubic funding for social welfare law, family etc without having to think too hard about the human consequences.