Sentences with phrase «than political calculation»

These contributions were perceived to be less biased and less agenda driven than those from the politicians, being based on experience rather than political calculation.

Not exact matches

«His deeply offensive attacks on Jewish people, bankers and political opponents are deliberate political calculations to attempt to gain more votes in one area, than he thinks he will lose in another.

But this is not about Adeleke; it's about the lessons to draw in political calculations that once a member of a political party, the collective good of that party, rather than the good of the self, should be the guiding principle.

Jimmy Vielkind: «The governor's calculation is the same as always: it's better to get something done — the core of his political narrative — than be the good torch - bearer.

The governor's calculation is the same as always: it's better to get something done — the core of his political narrative — than be the good torch - bearer.

So it is doubly wrong to say: «If you believe there (sic) 15 % target is not a political calculation, but rather than a moral one, then I am amazed.»

Added to these risk calculations are moral and political questions — is a society that models itself on «nature» better than one that models itself on its own measure?

Whether it is equal pay for stockmen, native title or the rights of those removed, the interests of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people seem to remain a subordinate consideration, apparently accommodated as a matter of political calculation, rather than on the basis of principle and respect for human rights.