Sentences with phrase «toeing the party line despite»

Many of the people who make their living in those offices continue to toe the party line despite the obvious shifting landscape, but at best that has been a delaying tactic and at worse complete delusion.

It's an astonishing look at politicians who are toeing the party line despite overwhelming evidence — and an entire scientific community of thousands and thousands of scientists.

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Wenger knows all this as well and despite his reluctance to say it pubically (he gets paid 8 million a year to keep his mouth shut and toe the party line) he may well have had enough OR totally streets with the boards ethos, who really knows?

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But despite his refusal to toe the party line - on issues like 90 days detention and Africa, for example - he has held several prominent posts.

Chris Mullin has been a Labour MP for twenty years, and despite his refusal to toe the party line - on issues like 90 days detention, for example - he has held several prominent posts.