Sentences with phrase «right over any opposition»

Arming them with assult rifles is about the only thing that prevents Assad's government from rolling right over any opposition.

Not exact matches

But to the apparent surprise of the Trudeau government, and, frankly, to some of us who pay attention to these things, the opposition and the business lobby have decided to take a stand over a business owner's right to squeeze as much as he or she can from the tax system.

However, polls show opposition right - wing candidate Mariano Rajoy in a firm lead over socialist candidate Alfredo Pérez Rubalcaba.

So even if we can plausibly imagine that a slightly better Morsi and a slightly more disciplined opposition might have existed and could have made better choices over the course of the last year, and thus allowed the fragile shoot of democratic compromise to take hold, these choices weren't made, and so the chasm between the liberals and the faithful, and the dependence of the former upon the army, are now simply the facts of Egyptian situation, the ones that one must now work from, right?

Before the election, many evangelical leaders predicted that opposition to Obama over his support for abortion rights, his personal endorsement of same - sex marriage and his vision of government as a force for good would trump reservations evangelicals had about Romney's past social liberalism and his Mormon faith.

I suppose you are right, the fact that I continue to respond is in direct opposition to my premise that» Arguing over the beliefs of atheists is just useless».

Amid a backlash over these claims, the OCA released a statement in which Mabon claimed that Lively had «gotten tired» of being called «Nazi» because of the OCA's opposition to LGBT rights.

It is not my purpose to argue for the correctness of one or the other view of education, only to note that these are issues over which reasonable people may differ, and to question whether the State has a right to impose the first approach in the face of opposition from parents.

He wrote in his tract On the power of a Christian congregation over its preachers: 5 «We conclude then, that a Christian congregation that has the gospel, possesses not only the right and power but also owes it to the salvation of souls according to the baptismal bond it has entered into, to shun, avoid, depose and withdraw from the authority which the present bishops... exercise; for it is publicly manifest that they live and govern in opposition to God and his Word.»

I get your point mate.But in truth Ramsey is the CM and Xhaka is the DM according to our formation anf tactic.It's even debatable if Xhaka is capable of playing DM.I think Ramsey's tactical awareness is poor but he has every right to take risks and move into the opposition box.He's a box to box player.The only problem is Ramsey overdoes it.If we had a proper CDM the team would be more balanced.Now it's like we have two CM's playing in midfield and due to their poor tactical awareness we're always left exposed.I conclude by reminding people that Wilshere is better footballer and is more intelligent than Xhaka.It'll be better playing Wilshere and pairing him with a CDM than having Xhaka play there.He just gets to play over him becausr we signed him for # 35.

The Gunners are also one home win over lower league opposition away from a place in the EFL cup quarter - finals, so things are looking good right now.

Finally, over time, pundits, counterpart managers, opposition players and the rest of Arsenal haters have always said lots of crap about us — and we seem to prove them right every now and then.

Via response data, activists can find the right messages for each audience and put them in front of the right eyeballs day after day, hopefully eroding his support and firing up his opposition over many months.

In fact, Corbyn's strategy of endorsing the public vote and then trying to tie the government down over the details, to limit the extent of Britain's withdrawal and to exploit weaknesses and divisions within the Conservatives is exactly the right one and what any sensible opposition would be doing.

Mr. Cuomo's aides have long said that they plan to attack Rob Astorino, the Westchester County executive and Republican candidate for governor, over his opposition to abortion rights, which they say is out of step with the position of the vast majority of New Yorkers.

An outlier is Minnesota, where Republican candidate Tom Emmer has drawn protests from gay - rights groups over his opposition to anti-bullying legislation and his support for a referendum banning gay marriage.

Issues over women's rights and reproductive health are at the forefront of this political campaign season in state legislative races as Gov. Andrew Cuomo makes a statewide call for the passage of the 10 - point women's agenda and with it Republican opposition to a plank aimed at strengthening abortion rights.

The Democrats have been hammering Martins over his opposition to the 10 - point Women's Equality Act due to the abortion - rights plank that the GOP has refused to let come to the floor for a vote.

BY PAUL SCHINDLER Three gay and lesbian City Council candidates ---- one incumbent and two newcomers ---- are facing organized opposition in the September 10 Democratic primary from a religious right coalition that held rallies against marriage equality over a period of at least seven years.

The right hon. Gentleman is the shadow Chancellor and opposes a graduate tax; is he going to assert his authority over Opposition tax policy?»

Following exchanges over the issue at PMQs earlier, a vote has just taken place during an Opposition Day debate initiated by the Liberal Democrats in which the Government was defeated on settlement rights for Gurkhas.

The opposition, which also include pro and anti abortion rights groups, second amendment advocates and the state's Conservative Party, spent over one million dollars running ads and distributing lawn signs in the weeks leading up to the vote.

For the past two years, Cuomo has tried and failed to get a 10 - point Women's Equality Act approved in the state legislature, due to opposition from Republicans, who co-lead the Senate, over an abortion rights provision.

«There is a crisis of confidence, there is a cloud over this appointment,» said King, whose opposition to stringent gun control, illegal immigration and round two of the bank bailout track closely to the new New York senator's right - of - center views.

Cameron said the two had considered agreeing a «confidence and supply» arrangement in which the Lib Dems would have allowed the Queen's speech and the budget to pass while reserving the right to act as a normal opposition over other parliamentary business.

A moderate Republican whose candidacy for an upstate New York Congressional seat had set off a storm of national conservative opposition abruptly withdrew on Saturday, emboldening the right at a time when the Republican Party is enmeshed in a debate over how to rebuild itself.

- David Cameron and Harriet Harman clashed over the proposals at PMQs, with the acting Labour leader accusing the government of «attacking» workers» rights and the PM saying Labour's opposition showed it was «utterly in hoc» to the unions.

Indeed, polls have shown Mr. Cuomo with a wide lead over Mr. Astorino, whom the governor's campaign plans to attack as an «ultraconservative» over his opposition to abortion rights, strict gun control laws and same - sex marriage.

Entering the race last week, he was immediately engulfed by controversy over past statements voicing opposition to marriage equality and a woman's unfettered right to choose.

All over the globe, protesters took to the streets to voice their opposition to recent attacks on women's rights.

What started out as a shared goal of improving academic standards to prepare students for college and the workforce has collided with ideological differences over states» rights and rigid opposition to President Obama.

President Obama has now succumbed to the firestorm in opposition to standardized and «high stakes» testing that has swept the country over the past several years, even picking up on the talking points — «Learning is about so much more than just filling in the right bubble».

From where Casey sits, the criticism of Brown and others about the unwillingness of the AFT to embrace any reform of the obsolete process for teacher dismissals — including the Big Apple affiliate's successful opposition to Bloomberg's effort this year to give the city's schools chancellor final say over dismissing those alleged and convicted of criminal misconduct (and those engaged in inappropriate behavior with students)-- amounts to» a vicious slander» geared to «chip away at public support for the due process rights» and to «distract» people from the city's failures to put more effort into firing such teachers.

NEA had not taken any formal steps to determine who its rank - and - file actually preferred for the Democratic nomination, but it's no secret that there were many in the union who favored Sanders over Clinton, citing the socialist's «opposition to charter schools, support for collective bargaining rights and free tuition at public higher education institutions.»

Considering the general opposition to the plan from civil rights - based reformers and teachers» union affiliates alike, as well as the lack of incentive on the part of their puppets, California Gov. Jerry Brown and Supt. Tom Torlakson, to defend their plan, the CORE districts can find their efforts stymied before the new school year is over.

And when DeVos was confirmed by a vote of 51 to 50, over unanimous Democratic opposition, Senator Cory Booker went on Facebook, «frustrated and saddened,» to sound a sorrowful note: «Somewhere in America, right now, there is a child who is wondering if this country stands up for them.»

The vectorists simply steam - rolled right over the remaining quaternionists, sweeping all opposition before them.

The opposition also argues that FERC has no jurisdiction over demand response because the states have the exclusive right to regulate retail markets.

One of the main and more principled sources of opposition was the inclusion of ICS in CETA, a judicial mechanism that allows foreign investors to sue governments over a breach of investor rights contained in the agreement.

A recent controversy involving a couple who run an anti-immigration website and were to make submissions to the House of Commons Standing Committee on Citizenship and Immigration has given rise to criticism by opposition groups over the ties between the Federal government and far - right racist groups.

Reasons for opposition to 5 year leases included: the leases gave government more control over communities... the leases overrode the rights of traditional landowners, the leases were put in place without any consultation and the boundaries of the leases were inappropriate... [192]