Sentences with phrase «up against the minister»

Rather, he described the accusation as a gang - up against the minister.

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U.K. Prime Minister Theresa May said that it's time to step up the fight against Islamist extremism in the wake of the new attack.

That has cranked up pressure on Prime Minister Haider al - Abadi to resolve a political crisis or risk losing control of parts of Baghdad even as the military wages a counter-offensive against Islamic State in Iraq's north and west with the help of a U.S. - led coalition.

Traders have been weary of regulatory signals recently as government ministers in South Korea and India have both upped their rhetoric against virtual currencies.

It is hard to remember now, but much of that $ 4 trillion in IOUs was racked up when developing markets finance ministers blasted Washington for driving the greenback down, and the Chinese yuan seemed poised to rise against the dollar indefinitely.

We don't know why Trump decided to fire Flynn (the stated reason that he «lied to Mike Pence» doesn't pass the laugh test), whether he was told of the domestic abuse allegations against then - White House staff secretary Rob Porter, what's on the Apprentice outtake footage that producer Mark Burnett is keeping locked up, why exactly Trump handed some choice Israeli intelligence to the Russian foreign minister, who financed the hush money payments to porn star Stormy Daniels, or any of a dozen other major questions about Trump.

Crude oil prices settled higher as the prospect of new U.S. sanctions against Iran heated up after Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu revealed files he claimed show Iran continued to develop nuclear weapons.

Our love of the past conflicts often with your plans for the future; our love of order does not show up on abstract statistics; our tendency to look to each other for affection and support stands against a minister's wish to obtain emotional support away from the small church.

To those that are against a minister receiving a return, are the pastors supposed to do all the «duties» such as visiting the sick, counseling, discipleship, etc. full time, plus work full time and have a family and just suck it up and run themselves in to the ground?

«Labour has consistently opposed the Israeli incursion into Gaza and has repeatedly urged the Prime Minister to speak up and to speak out against the horrific loss of life witnessed in recent weeks, but he has so far failed to do so.

It prohibited Korean ministers from reading the story of Exodus, the story of another enslaved people which rose up against another imperialist force; and from reading the book of Revelation, the story of passive resistance against the Roman Empire.

The MP explained that he was on the side of the «innocent» people being caught up in the violence and encouraged a response that would show the UK's intolerance of such behaviour: «The only way of stopping someone who continues to be violent, destructive, murderous and surgical in the way that they carry out their actions against innocent people is to stop them being able to have the capabilities to be able to do it and I think that's what we're targeting and I would hope that the Prime Minister and the President of the United States will be targeting the weapons of war and by doing so taking away the ability to wage war.»

Countless government ministers on both sides of the political divide stand up for it against the imaginary enemy of «aggressive secularism».

Jan Fischer performed poorly in the debates, and the Czech Republic's aristocratic foreign minister, Karel Schwarzenberg, picked up support from two sources: those who disliked both Zeman and Fischer, and those from the centre - right who started to doubt Fischer's viability in a run - off against Zeman.

In his first major intervention since the referendum, the former prime minister said he was setting up an institute to make the case against Brexit.

And yet Miliband stood up today and gave what was one of his best recent performances against the prime minister.

The failure to fulfil the Tory pledge for automatic jail sentences for carrying a knife illegally and the fact the Human Rights Act still has not been replaced by a British Bill of Rights are certainly points against the Conservatives, but they were respectively scored by Ken Clarke and a Commission set up by the Prime Minister, so count as own goals.

Britain's efforts to open up new markets for trade in South America were rocked by the Julian Assange case yesterday, after a meeting of regional foreign ministers united against «threats» from the UK.

Workers will be able to protect their pensions by insuring savings against stock market falls under plans being drawn up by ministers.

The embattled minister further warned political leaders against making crude comments that could heat up polity.

It is a sad reflection of the Prime Minister's misjudgement of the crisis in Gaza that this capable Minister has felt the need to leave the Government Labour has consistently opposed the Israeli incursion into Gaza and has repeatedly urged the Prime Minister to speak up and to speak out against the horrific loss of life witnessed in recent weeks, but he has so far failed to do so.

Welsh Liberal Democrats are leading the fight against Labour's illiberal ban, and unless the Minister brings forward indisputable evidence and makes a clear public health case in favour of a ban we will not let up our fight.»

The former prime minister spoke against the break up of the union at the Edinburgh Book Festival, claiming Chris Hoy's victory demonstrated the UK is stronger when it can pool its resources.

And with cabinet ministers lining up to brief against him, the chancellor might well fancy swapping his current set of colleagues for a new one.

The rebellious backbench Tory MP stepped up his calls for the immediate breakup of the coalition after Liberal Democrat ministers voted with Labour against boundary changes earlier this week.

The «March for the Alternative» against the coalition's spending cuts agenda lived up to its huge hype among left - wingers, who had hoped to rally all those opposed to the austerity agenda to send a message to ministers.

«Since the receipt of SERAP's letter dated 17th March, 2017, and up till the filing of this suit, the government has so far failed, refused and / or neglected to pass on to the Attorney - General of the Federation and Minister of Justice, information relating to the release and spending of N388.304 billion London Paris Club Loan refunds to 35 States by the Federal Government for appropriate legal action against the states.»

Some of Corbyn's close allies in the parliamentary party regard the ferocity of the backlash against Livingstone by prominent backbenchers, such as Wes Streeting, and former ministers, including Andy Burnham, as a «witch hunt», aimed at undermining the leader in the run up to the local elections.

Brexiteers have rejected the customs partnership, claiming it would keep the UK too closely tied to Brussels and Mrs May's inner war cabinet is thought to have lined up six - five against it, despite the Prime Minister and Mr Clark backing the model.

As prime minister, May has a responsibility to stand up against hate and for all communities in our country,» said a spokesperson.

The charges brought against Puigdemont and his former ministers are severe, and could see them jailed for up to 30 years.

Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson has criticised former Prime Minister Tony Blair's call for people to «rise up» against Brexit and suggestions of a second referendum on Britain's membership of the European Union.

Deputy Minister of Lands and Natural Resources, Benito Owusu who lead the team of police officers to make the arrest told journalists that the fight against galamsey is very difficult but the ministry will not give up.

This move is, above all, a very conscious attempt to soften up the cabinet to revolt against Gordon Brown, a former cabinet minister and supporter of the Patricia Hewitt / Geoff Hoon letter insists this afternoon.

This was after Mr. Bugri Naabu disrupted a meeting between the Minister and some women in the Northern Region, over allegations that the Minister was ganging up against some of the President's MMDCE nominees.

The Minister explained that there was a strategy adopted by AU for collective withdrawal from the ICC to which Nigeria did not subscribe to, adding that when the issue came up during a meeting, several countries kicked against withdrawal from the ICC.

In March 2016, Jan Szyszko, the minister of the environment at the time, tripled the amount of logging permitted in one of three districts managed by the Forest Service, ostensibly to speed up the campaign against the beetle.

Her growing closeness with Abdul — even after she learns he's married, even after she learns that India's Muslim leader has declared a fatwa against her — gives her the strength to stand up to a prime minister (Michael Gambon) and oldest son (Eddie Izzard) who would like nothing more than to shove her out of the way.

It's a treatment so intimate that it begins with the future queen's father, King George VI (Jared Harris, Mad Men), coughing up blood on the day before her wedding - foreshadowing the death that will make his daughter queen - and sweeping enough to place the private lives of the royal family against the backdrop of a postwar Britain where Winston Churchill (John Lithgow) is in his final years as prime minister.

Federal Government Education Minister Simon Birmingham has said he «hopes» to avoid a political campaign against them in the lead up to the 2019 election.

Federal Government Education Minister Simon Birmingham has said he «hopes» to avoid a political campaign against them in the lead up to the 2019 election, after the Government successfully got its Gonski 2.0 reforms through the senate.

Education Minister Jeremy Rockcliff has long fought against such closures stating, «In many instances, schools are the lifeblood of regional communities, and we firmly believe it is up to local communities to determine their future, not have it imposed from on high against their wishes.»

This week, the government upped its rhetoric against renewables — issuing a press release from energy minister Mark McArdle's office that said Queenslanders were facing an «enormous» cost from the renewable energy target — one that would reach $ 408 a year for each household by 2020.

Prime Minister Stephen Harper: I think we'll see significant American interests trying to line up against the Northern Gateway project, precisely because its not in the interests of the United States.

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Industry Minister Bernier has introduced legislation to provide for fines of up to $ 15 million against a telecommunications service provider found to have abused its dominant position.