Sentences with phrase «said by campaigners»

There had been such muddles over the complex ticketing arrangements, and such hostility from sections of the mass media, and such horrible things said by campaigners opposed to the Church's teachings, and such tragedy over the evil actions of priests who had betrayed their calling.

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«It's just not possible to clean up London's air without cleaning up London's roads, and that's why we support the mayor's first steps to tackle air pollution by introducing the T - charge,» Rosie Rodgers, clean air campaigner at Greenpeace, said.

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Civil liberties campaigners have said the scans represent an invasion of privacy and their introduction may yet be challenged by the Human Rights Commission.

A demonstration against the proposal will be held outside Ealing town hall by pro-life campaigners who say they should be free to explain to pregnant women about alternatives to getting an abortion.

It was compiled by campaigners, who say the missing girl's parents - and even her siblings - have been threatened with violence.

Sayara Thurston, campaigner with HSI / Canada, said: «By moving away from the use of gestation crates, it is clear that major retailers are listening to the concerns of their consumers.

Another company targeted by anti-halal campaigners, Byron Bay Cookies, said it was unlikely to drop its certification.

Now Coke is lobbying hard to get him to break his promise by choosing its own plan, which won't solve our enormous litter problem,» said Nathaniel Pelle, Greenpeace Australia Pacific campaigner.

Antenatal tutor Noreen Hart from the National Childbirth Trust (which organised a family fun day in June 2010 to support the initiative) said: «During the last 12 months campaigners have been working closely with Wiltshire Community Health Services» midwifery team and the suggestion of partners having the opportunity of staying the first night after birth was welcomed by all involved in maternity services.

The real attack on freedom of speech has come from the French state itself and it is directed against those it perceives as potential subversives: the school children who will not say Je Suis Charlie, the Muslim families who are subject to raids by police, the environmental campaigners who want to demonstrate in front of world leaders.

The news has been welcomed by disability rights campaigners and health groups, who say the new changes will improve access to justice.

Village communities will be torn apart by referendums on local planning decisions, campaigners have said.

Campaigners for sex workers» rights say that by focusing on the prosecution and deportation of the worker rather than the attack against her, police were discouraging other women from coming to them for help.

Recent guidance has prohibited the police from arresting under Section 5 of the Act when they are the individual being insulted, but campaigners say the vague wording of the law makes it open to abuse by other groups.

Campaigners against Universities UK guidance allowing religious speakers to segregate students by sex were celebrating this evening after the organisation said it would review its position.

The news was seized on by shadow health secretary Andy Burnham, who said campaigners needed to lend the opposition support to maximise the chances of the Lords voting down the legislation.

But a prominent Leave campaigner, Iain Duncan Smith, has suggested the scientists may have been leaned on by EU bureaucrats, saying «those threats are complete rubbish and scientists shouldn't listen to them».

They would also abolish the use of the legal method by which evidence of British officials» involvement in torture and rendition was first brought to light, campaigners from human rights group [Reprieve said.

Campaigners say the reforms will undermine Britain's democracy by making it harder for charities to campaign during election periods.

These sentiments were echoed by Friends of the Earth London campaigner Jenny Bates, who said more funding was needed for better public transport and schemes to boost walking and cycling.

A piece of legislation which campaigners say will privatise the NHS will be voted on by the Lords tonight, in a move which some consider a game - changer for the health service.

«I would oppose such a move with every fibre of my body,» says David Hall - Matthews, a former parliamentary candidate and chair of the influential centre - left pressure group the Social Liberal Forum, founded by Lib Dem members and campaigners.

Brexit transition deal breaks seven promises made by ministers, say campaigners — as it happened

The anti-poverty campaigner said it was a case of the «good, the ok and the ugly», as he detailed the findings of a report by campaign group Data, which he founded with fellow musician Bono.

But speaking to Accra based Citi Fm, Mr. Woyome said the call by the anti-corruption campaigner will backfire.

Updated at 2.50 pm BST F T G 4h ago 14:38 Laura Stefan, the Romanian anti-corruption campaigner, says a culture change is not easy in places where corruption is forced by economic circumstances.

Campaigners said a recent white paper would allow for - profit companies currently being investigated by Congress in Washington to become involved in UK education via government — backed student loans.

With estates being demolished to make way for luxury apartments, increasing rents, and families being stuck in temporary accommodation or forced out of London altogether, it is little wonder that many of the campaigners say they feel disaffected by mainstream politics.

Campaigners say that as little as 1 % of lobbying activity will be affected by it.

The DLA benefit was abolished by the Tories and replaced by PIPs, leading to a wave of criticism from campaigners who say they are less generous.

Anti-corruption campaigner, Vitus Azeem, has suggested the Commission on Human Rights and Administrative Justice (CHRAJ) probes the corruption allegations by Kwame Asare Obeng, aka A-Plus, against two presidential staffers, saying that will be considered more credible than that of the police.

Mr Obama's intervention into the EU referendum debate has been criticised as «hypocritical» by London Mayor and EU leave campaigner Boris Johnson and UKIP leader Nigel Farage said he was the most anti-British US president ever.

It has been welcomed by campaigners as a first step, but Iain Duncan Smith, the former work and pensions secretary, has said it does not go far enough.

A policy similar to the one used by Australia was among the key pledges made by Vote Leave campaigners such as Boris Johnson ahead of the referendum on June 23 - but the new Prime Minister, appointed after the vote, dismissed the idea saying there were questions about whether such systems ever worked.

Campaigners against the welfare reforms, led by the centre - left pressure Compass and unions including Unison and the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), said: «Many of the plans were unacceptable when they were first published and the worsening economic situation should lead to a fundamental rethink.»

Pro-Brexit campaigners in Scotland need to say whether they were involved, as this comes on top of the murky donations funnelled to the Leave campaign through the DUP by the Scottish Tory - lined Constitutional Research Council.»

While NHS leaders said that the proportion of care being provided by private companies remains at the margins, campaigners said the findings provided further evidence that the government's reforms are gradually accelerating the privatisation of the NHS.

Campaigners say that funding for basic dementia science needs to double again by 2025.

«They will sweeten a pill for researchers by raising their salary but then will tie them tightly to the motherland like peasants in the times of serfdom,» says well - known human rights campaigner Alexander Podrabinek.

Koenig says environmental campaigners are deeply concerned about stepped up drilling plans in other parts of the Ecuadorian Amazon but they see merit in supporting the Yasuni Initiative as a means by which to enable Ecuador to extricate itself from its current «oil debt trap.»

«The Norwegian and French governments are deluded if they think they can save rainforests by cutting down trees,» said Jo Blackman, a campaigner at Global Witness.

Whilst the Schools Minister Nick Gibb has recently written to the campaigners to allay their concerns, Mark Stewart, a leading specialist, says that ministers have so far failed to grasp the challenges faced by left - handed children.

The government says campaigners have too often been able to delay or overrule the process by which schools deemed failing become academies.

Schools in England with the highest numbers of disadvantaged children will be hit hardest by government plans to change funding, say campaigners.

We hope further measures will be taken by the Quebec government, such as mandatory jail time for repeat offenders,» said Ewa Demianowicz, campaigner for Humane Society International / Canada.

But, as water - quality campaigners and sanitation specialists are saying today — World Toilet Day — billions of people, mainly in the poor South, are held back by a lack of this basic benefit.

Mr. Jungbauer gave a talk and slide presentation that he said were aimed at providing ammunition for anyone in the policy arena seeking to counter visions of catastrophic global warming pushed by liberal campaigners.

Mr. Romm and many environmental campaigners and energy entrepreneurs say that markets, laws, public campaigns and leadership can prompt the technological transformation, and that government research money has mainly been a distraction and a delaying device promoted by industries or political operatives wedded to fossil fuels.

Updated, 4:54 p.m. «If You See Something, Say Something,» is the headline on a Sunday Op - Ed article by Michael E. Mann, the Penn State climate scientist who, after years of attacks from groups fighting restrictions on greenhouse gases, has become a prominent climate and political campaigner, as well.