Sentences with phrase «spin over substance»

It said the deal was «a triumph of spin over substance.

And they will ask themselves why it is stacked, being entirely familiar in political contexts with the idea that stacking is a symptom of the triumph of spin over substance.

He called the previous Labour government's «bash the rich» experiment a failure, a triumph of spin over substance.

«In a rare moment of self - awareness, Jacqui Smith has admitted that the government put spin over substance,» said home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

It all comes after Corbyn responded to the Budget by railing against the government's «continual preference for spin over substance».

Jim Murphy's last day at the office resulted in the predictable media spin over substance, but in fairness any shortcoming in his «report» was entirely appropriate.

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Under his guidance, that power allowed his company to gloss over its unsavoury attributes and focus on its beautiful products.But Jobs wasn't just a spin doctor, he made sure there was substance behind the hocus - pocus.