Sentences with phrase «public opinion on their side»

The social media giant has grappled with the criticism over the issue for much of the past year, and struggled to keep public opinion on its side.

The ministry said it had Chinese public opinion on its side after asking for views about the trade measures.

So, perhaps Cuomo is banking on the fact that he's got the public opinion on his side here — much like with gay marriage — and also is counting on the fact that labor won't likely support a Republican, particularly not with the rightward trend the party has been taking of late.

Many MPs will strongly oppose a pay cut - albeit temporary - but I'm sure David Cameron would have public opinion on his side if any choose to protest too much.

Mr Cameron thinks he already has public opinion on his side.

But, Gyory says, if the governor has public opinion on his side, he could use the results of the commission to help win a «resounding victory» in his 2014 reelection campaign.

Opponents of community cat programs have neither science nor public opinion on their side.

Not exact matches

Ottawa's hawkish stance appears increasingly at odds with public opinion, creating an opening for politicians willing to come out on the legalization side.

UCP opposition to Bill 24: An Act to Support Gay - Straight Alliances, has caught the party on the wrong side of public opinion and on the wrong side of history.

We suspect they are likely to develop an opinion on the TPP eventually, and have the potential to swing the momentum of public debate to either side.

Corporations and individuals sometimes find themselves on the wrong side of public opinion.

In the midst of giving generally good advice to conservative pro-lifers about how to play to their political strength — by emphasizing the issue of late - term abortion, where a consensus of public opinion is on their side — Krauthammer offered this:

Policy - makers are forced to work on either side of the fifty - yard line of public opinion.

In those days at least we had the sense that the government, the courts and public opinion were on the side of racial integration.

No matter what Vic or any of his Christian toadies think or feel or want, this matter has already been decided by a majority of public opinion and the religious bigots already know they are on the wrong side of history.

Thankfully, public opinion is clearly on the animals» side.

nice to see you crawl out of your hole just in time to offer your 2 cents worth once again... unlike yourself I started following this team long before Wenger arrived on the scene and will continue to do so long after he's gone... in his earlier years I admired the cerebral elements he brought to the EPL, which at that point was more brutish than beautiful, and I respected the seemingly tireless efforts of Arsene, Dein & staff to uncover and develop talent without sacrificing the product on the field... likewise I appreciated that such a youthful manager wasn't afraid to bring strong personalities and / or world - class players into the fold without being fearful of how said players would potentially undermine and / or dilute his authority... unfortunately this all changed about 10 years ago and culminated in the removal of all our greatest players, both young and old, without any real replacements coming in... from Henry to RVP to Fabergas and Nasri, it was easy to see that this club was no longer interested in competing at the highest levels... instead of being honest, minus the ridiculous claims regarding the new stadium, Wenger chose to side with management and in doing so became the «front man» for this corporation pretending to be a world - class soccer club... without the «front man» this organization would have been exposed numerous years earlier, so his presence was imperative if the facade was to continue... it's for this reason and more that I despise what this once great man and Kroenke has done to my beloved club... the gutless, shameful and manipulative way they have treated the fans, like myself, is largely indefensible and this is why I felt it necessary to start offering my opinion in a public format... trust me, I resisted the temptation for many years but as long as the same shit continues to exist I will voice my opinions and if you don't like it maybe you should look for a different team to pretend to follow

It's also worth noting that oddsmakers respect the opinion of their sharpest bettors, and won't adjust based on public money if those sharps have taken a side.

The «Public» appears to be siding with Pittsburgh, who is receiving a little over 55 % of the bets, but overall the «Public» and «Sharp» opinion on this game has been split.

I don't care who is right or wrong in your great moral catfight, but I'm starting to think the Dr. on the other side must be a hell of alot smarter than you because she is keeping her mouth shut and not chasing every little blog mention trying to score points in the court of public opinion to keep herself looking important.

The welfare uprating bill will try to force Labour on the «wrong» side of public opinion, while encouraging party populists like Liam Byrne to get into a firefight with the more left - wing elements.

Labour should get into a big row with big business and not pretend they are friends.They would then be on the right side of public opinion.

The government will politicise issues on which Corbyn is on the wrong side of public opinion.

I would also remind them that they are on the wrong side of public opinion in this state.

Like the EU referendum bill, or Theresa May's attacks on imaginary health tourists, or Iain Duncan Smith's insistence on the effectiveness of his welfare reforms, this is another example of post-reality governance: policy based not on the real world, but on an imaginary one of PR messaging in which the sole purpose is stay in power by finding lines of public opinion and putting the opposition on the wrong side of them.

Backers have issued a report to bolster their views, and say public opinion is on their side.

«I feel very privileged to be able to articulate my positions and my opinions on a myriad of subjects, and now I've been encouraged by many people in the general public, as well as Democratic funders and high level elected officials on both sides of the party line to seriously consider running,» the former star of «The Nanny» told reporters at the National Press Club in Washington.

Given that the last parliament's MPs have already voted for both an 80 % elected upper House and a 100 % elected Lords, public opinion is likely to be on the side of the coalition government.

After a series of relentless attacks from big business leaders last week, two news stories have demonstrated exactly why Labour have put themselves on the right side of public opinion.

«The whole Tony Blair project was about being on the right side of public opinion.

Footage emerged of shadow cabinet member Andrew Gwynne hinting that Labour could even switch sides on Brexit if public opinion shifted against leaving.

This time the Republican leaders publicly opposed gay marriage, but knowing that both public opinion and lobbying muscle were coalescing on the other side, they freed their members to vote as they wished.

But the tactic backfired, as it had done with Brown's letters to parents of soldiers killed in Afghanistan, and Rupert Murdoch's most populist outlet found itself firmly on the wrong side of public opinion.

Public opinion polls, however, show opinions tilting toward the liberal side on the issue, in recent years.

Public opinion is only ever likely to be on the side of reform in the midst of a scandal, which is pretty much the worst time to be making a major policy reform.

12:15 - Miliband should be concerned that he is failing to score a win when addressing what is supposed to be his core issue - and the one where he is on the side of public opinion.

But while the government reiterated yet again this week that they are on the side of «hard working people», when it comes to reforming disability benefits, they are distinctly out of kilter with public opinion.

But Mr Cameron knows he is not on the side of public opinion, and he used that unfortunate fact to surprisingly good effect - taking the upper ground and casting himself as an elder statesman of sorts.

At the end of last year the Tories seemed ultra-confident about being on the right side of public opinion.

Clarke clarified that he said they should have costed it but he did not say he disagreed with it, so where does that put Kenneth Clarke on the side of public opinion especially when he has also said David Cameron's policy on Europe is a «headbanging» policy, and that despicable insult is also in contrast to public opinion.

The fact that Labour supports the pay freeze and austerity policies shows that the current leadership are on the wrong side of history — and public opinion.

German Protestant public opinion was on the side of unification with Prussia, but might not remain so forever.

On the one side, Ednext shows that a large portion of the public has no strong opinions about charter schools.

And public opinion is not always on our side.

Whatever your personal political opinions, it seems safe to say that our public discourse has some individuals (on all sides) who would rather insult their opponents than solve problems.

Money, political power, and public opinion were increasingly aligning on the side of the reformers.

With public opinion on diesel still on the frosty side, manufacturers are introducing more petrol options across their ranges.

«This decision puts Loblaw on the side of animal welfare science and public opinion,» says Barbara Cartwright, CEO of the CFHS.

Their recent letter is merely a sign of desperation — the result of having neither public opinion nor science on their side.

The claims of global warming deniers that public opinion is on their side are as bogus as their pseudo-science, pseudo-economics and pseudo-ideology.