Sentences with phrase «stark choices for»

Three stark choices for Labour.

The contrasts between the two — Brown at 72 is a legend in California politics, Newsom at 42 is a rising star — are incredibly compelling and will present a stark choice for primary voters.

The proposals now before the City Council offer a stark choice for the future of the political system our great city: reaffirm the will of the people and the basic principles of democracy and good governance, by forming a charter review commission and possibly holding a special election on term limits in the spring; or cynically toss democracy aside for personal political ambition by changing term limits legislatively.

Not exact matches

In my first week as minister for finance I was visited by Jeroen Dijsselbloem, president of the Eurogroup (the eurozone finance ministers), who put a stark choice to me: accept the bailout's «logic» and drop any demands for debt restructuring or your loan agreement will «crash» — the unsaid repercussion being that Greece's banks would be boarded up.

In taking the position that the stark choice is between rigid secularism and religious fanaticism, they take the side of Stephen Kinzer and the paper for which he writes.

Campaigning for the French presidency last year, Nicolas Sarkozy ran hard against what Europeans still refer to as 1968, describing the post-1968 New Left as «immoral» and «cynical» and defining the choice before the French electorate in stark terms: «In this election, the question is whether the heritage of May «68 should be perpetuated, or if it should be liquidated.»

The choice of colour, a stark red that won't run into the water beneath, is an inspired choice and we're very pleased that the paper will return to us to be recycled to support inspirational projects for other artists or designers.»

He warned against pursuing protest votes, instead calling for bold policies from the new leader to present voters with a starker choice on cutting the deficit.

«With his departure from the NY - 21 Congressional race, the choice for voters becomes much more clear and much more stark: Do we want to send Stefanik back to her DC cocktail circuit, send some candidates running on the Democratic side who are auditioning for the DC cocktail circuit, or someone who is going to stop talking like a cable news wannabe and just get to work.»

We need that reawakening, albeit that the choices are less stark for us than they were in Egypt.

«He's honestly a very important voice in this country because he is an independent and it's good for him to speak to his fellow independents and say, «It is a very stark choice,»» he said.

This election is about choosing the government of our country for the next five years, and the choice could not be starker between a Conservative government led by me, continuing with a plan that's working, and putting it all at risk.»

[92] Publicly speaking about the 2017 Scottish council elections, Sturgeon has said that the elections were a clear choice between voting for herself and Ruth Davidson, the leader of the Scottish Conservative and Unionist Party, citing the stark fall in support of the Scottish Labour Party and their leader Kezia Dugdale over the past several years.

Because there has rarely been a time when the choice of futures for Britain is so stark.

«This sad display from Labour shows just how stark the choice is for Ipswich voters: between Gordon Brown's tired and mendacious government and a fresh start for Ipswich, with a new MP prepared to fight for the town and a Conservative government ready to rebuild Britain.»

For America's wealthiest families, the presidential campaign presents a stark choice: A big tax increase if Clinton wins the election — or a big tax cut if Trump wins.

«It is that most crucial election because I believe the choice for Britain is as stark as this: it is change or ruin.

«Families could face the stark choice of cutting back on essentials or having to move away long distances from their support networks to look for cheaper places to live,» the National Housing Federation's director Ruth Davison warned.

Those patients often face the stark choice of either paying out of pocket for an expensive in - person consultation or waiting for months to be seen by the few specialists working at public hospitals, which receive government funding to help pay for patient care, Komarneni says.

RH: It's been quite a year for school choice, what with Trump's presidency, the criticism of Secretary DeVos, and stark divides among education reformers.

Commenting on the findings, a Department for Education spokeswoman said: «We welcome this report which shows the stark choice we face in education today - either we prepare today's young people to compete with the best in the world, or we don't.

As the presidential nominating process moves forward Hillary Clinton may very well be the «best» choice for the Democrats and the electorate, but the AFT leadership's decision to endorse her now is an stark indicator of just how far the teacher unions have gone to become part of the get - a-long, go - along status quo.

The Trump - DeVos brand of «school choice» stands in stark contrast to the broad bipartisan support for policies and federal programs that support public schools, from charters to traditional area schools.

But Abd el - Aziz can only stand the Club's corruption for so long, and after he is killed for standing up for himself and his fellow workers, his widow and two sons are drawn deeper and deeper into both the Club's shadowy politics and Egypt's social underworld until they are given a stark and gut - wrenching choice: live safely as lifelong servants or fight for their human rights.

The service was very good for a budget hotel, a pretty consistent experience at the Choice hotels I stayed at and a stark contrast to the Wyndham hotels I tried, which were not nearly as good!

Walker's mission soon grows more complicated than initially perceived, and it leads to a series of hellish revelations and choices for the player that are as stark in their presentation as they are in their judgment.

In the current presidential contest, we could not have a more stark choice before us, between a candidate who rejects the overwhelming evidence that climate change is happening and a candidate who embraces the role of a price on carbon and incentives for renewable energy.

There is a stark choice between policies of failure and despair — and the positive policies we offer for humanity and the environment.

Before SVS SoundPath, audio and home theater fans were faced with a stark choice — either pay outlandishly high prices for far - fetched marketing claims based on «snake oil» science, or, settle for second - rate accessories that keep a system from performing its best.

We just received our Kraftmaid Dove white cabinets and I'm seriously questioning my choice because they look too stark white for any of the quartz I've been looking at.