Sentences with phrase «scoring political points over»

Not exact matches

Amid the flurry of claims and counter-claims over an old power plant, The Australian Financial Review weighs up the arguments, leaving aside the political point - scoring.

The Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS) hit back today over media reports on Ministry of Defence (MoD) bonuses and accused the Conservatives of misrepresenting civilian defence staff to score political points.

«Republicans have been falling all over themselves to paint as negative a picture as possible in their effort to score cheap political points, «Malloy spokesman Andrew Doba said.

There's plenty of room for argument over what to do about climate change, but cheap political point scoring of the «you didn't vote for the ETS so you don't want action on climate change» is not helpful.