Sentences with phrase «tone of the debate»

But that reputation is now under threat, due to the negative tone of debate from some politicians and many parts of the media around the Human Rights Act, and the potential risk to people's equality and human rights protections when the UK leaves the European Union.

The overall tone of the debate was cordial, with no candidate attacking any other.

«The real headache is that it is easy to be the Fed when inflation is below target... a very important aspect as we go into this May meeting, is the tone of the debate changes completely as we get to 2 percent and beyond,» notes Torsten Slok, an economist at Deutsche Bank.

If we recognize that in order to draw conclusions about matters of this sort, we must ask questions not answered by faith in any direct way, the tone of our debates can be improved.

But McAlilly fails to recognize that the moderates have little power to shape the tone of the debate, because they are the battleground.

«This is about our members, this is not about the food industry,» Schmidt said in an interview, adding that she is saddened by the tone of the debate.

After claiming the tone of the debate was «hysterical», she then said: «I feel sometimes I am sitting alongside colleagues who are like Jihadis in their support for a Hard Brexit.

The «Yes» camp reacted angrily to the comment, saying the Better Together campaign was lowering the tone of the debate.

The tone of the debate included some sarcastic putdowns from both candidates in front of raucous crowd of their supporters.

Summing up the tone of the debate, Skelos said, «I can honestly say for the first time in the Senate that every person that has spoken has been correct on both sides.»

He said Labour MP Tulip Siddiq, who stepped down as shadow education minister, had exemplified the tone of the debate in the Labour party over Europe.

The supporters of assisted dying put the issue of end - of - life care on the agenda and the tone of the debate has been remarkably civil on the whole, with notable exceptions from several opponents of assisted dying.

The former deputy leader of Liverpool City Council, who was expelled from the party in 1986 because of his membership of the Trotskyist group, praised Mr Corbyn's «charisma» and welcomed the tone of debate at the conference.

This is the yawning chasm that divides Andy from Jeremy, and no amount of openness about policies or interesting ideas, however welcome they may be in setting the tone of the debate, can cover for it.

The other thing that struck me was the tone of the debate — Dawkins, in his undeniably civil manner, was so aggressive, so relentless, and so pitiless toward his intellectual adversaries that it almost detracted from the quality of his argument.

Bank of Montreal chief economist Doug Porter said the strong report changes the tone of the debate on the Canadian near - term outlook.

Change the tone of the debate from caps, cuts, and taxes to new economy, cleaner air, and job creation.

I've also noticed a shift in the tone of debate in the business sphere when it comes to climate.

It is easier to answer with more objective measures, such as success in having recommendations adopted by the government, than with measures such as contributing to or even shifting the tone of the debate around a particular legal or legal / social issue.