Not exact matches
Politicians tell a lot of stories in their campaign
speeches, and there's a not - so - secret reason why: if you convey your message
through a dynamic story or metaphor, it has a better chance of resonating with your audience than if you were to
simply state the facts.
Given the global complexity of this problem, the suggestion that any individual government can easily find billions more in unpaid tax
simply through one Budget
speech or a Finance Bill clause is not realistic.
In my view, writing is
simply communicating
through pencil marks rather than
through speech.
It is important to allow time to
simply think
through the case be it considering the credibility of a particular witness, rehearsing lines of cross examination or perhaps even polishing off arguments for a
speech.
If majoritarian bullying is a concern — and it should be — it seems obvious that the ability to limit free
speech is a much more serious concern since it allows majoritarian bullying
through coercion rather than
simply speech.
This duty is carried out almost exclusively
through speech, and, as such, participation in Question Period is
simply an aspect of those duties; there is no reason to distinguish Question Period from other forms of legislative debate (McIver, paras 67 - 68).