Sentences with phrase «taking elected politicians»

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«It is unseemly and wildly inappropriate for Canadian politicians to visit Beijing at a time when thousands of people have taken to the streets of Hong Kong asking for their democratic right to elect whom they want» she writes.

Courage to Take a Stand According to the civics textbooks, politicians campaign for office, get elected, and then spend their time on governing until it is time to campaign again.

One rational means for GOP voters to do so is to elect politicians who would be crazy enough to take the irrational action in the last stage of the game of not increasing the debt ceiling.

Real democracy could take # 200 billion (30 %) off the cost of running the UK by replacing our unproductive politicians and senior civil servants by a few elected co-ordinators with emergency powers only.

They say that decisions should be taken by elected politicians, not by unelected judges.

If a new leader is elected and a bold radical policy programme is formulated, and integrity among politicians is established the Labour Party will be in a unique and highly rewarding position of taking on and resoundingly defeating the Conservatives.

The ballot for the London Assembly - elected politicians who hold the Mayor to account - take place on the same day.

But even among those whose job it is to get politicians elected, very little is known about what it actually takes to get the paper's backing.

Local authorities would be given a strategic role as «champions» for parents and pupils, but the Lib Dem leader said the plans did not give councils any power to do this, and consequently took power away from locally - elected politicians.

Since then, politicians who have taken Glenwood money have been repeatedly asked if they plan to return it, and it seems few elected officials have been willing to accept the baggage tied to the developer's checks.

Apart from the anomaly of the House of Lords, we elected politicians to take decisions on our behalf, locally and nationally.

In the pre-election period the Maude agenda to radically reshape Whitehall promised much - but it has taken almost half this Parliament to gain traction with its basic idea - that elected politicians should be running the show and civil servants are there to work at the pleasure of the administration they «serve»

A day after Police Commissioner Bill Bratton guessed that Republican presidential nominee Donald Trump has «never taken a punch in his life,» the top cop says he's not afraid of the politician — but is afraid of what he'll do if elected president of the United States.

I want to be part of a group that politicians have to take seriously if they want to get elected.

Politicians — who have been expressly elected for that purpose — must then make a decision, taking into account a larger range of concerns than those considered by the scientists.

But with those buffers in place, the legal system has been able to proceed in majestic oblivion to the public's response to its behaviour AS WELL AS being able to effectively neutralize any initiatives taken by the politicians so elected.

The Planned Parenthood Federation of America «Birth Control: We All Benefit» campaign reminds Americans and their elected representatives that we all benefit when women have access to affordable birth control, despite the continued attempts by some politicians and for - profit companies to take away the no co-pay birth control benefit provided through the Affordable Care Act.

The campaign will remind Americans and their elected representatives that we all benefit when women have access to affordable birth control, despite the continued attempts by some politicians and for - profit companies to take this benefit away.

Politicians need votes and will do what it takes to get those votes, get elected — and with more and more (eg.