The government made it abundantly clear that they were more than happy for those on low incomes to be
used as political footballs, in order to achieve nothing less than petty, childish point - scoring.
According to Mr. Jantuah, TOR is unable to achieve maximum productivity partly because «politicians have
used it as political football» without investing in it.
Dr Babu has called for a strong independent health watchdog in Wales along with cross party commissioning to stop the Welsh NHS being
used as a political football.
The statement concluded that «our children's education should not be
used as a political football and we want democratic accountability to be returned to our communities».
The result of the foregoing does not excuse the findings of the Auditor General but do point out the damage that has been done to this publically owned institution that delivers relatively cheap power but has been
used as a political football by successive Liberal energy ministers.
, have been
used as political footballs in 2017 as part of a broader offensive against new wind farms and state - level clean energy policies that have helped to power the growth of renewable energy.
The tax system is actually too important to be
used as a political football.
For too long, Indigenous peoples have been
used as a political football.
Not exact matches
He's going to
use NY
as a
political football, doing cosmetic changes to show he's a tough fiscal manager while being careful not to offend the unions too much, make - nice with the environmentalists, and generally
use the Pataki game plan for setting the national stage.
The challenges of geography and a false sense of superiority based on an exclusive (i.e. white) identity have been consolidated by the
use of immigration
as a
political football.
John Healey has cynically
used these three authorities
as a
political football trying to divert attention away from the Government's mismanagement of this crisis.
David Cameron accused the home secretary and chancellor of
using the issue of national security
as a «
political football» in their fight for the Labour leadership.
Washington (CNN)- February 17th marks the two year anniversary of the stimulus package
as well
as the two year anniversary of politicians and
political organizations
using the measure
as a
political football.
New Jersey Gov. Chris Christie said Monday that the Islamic community center and mosque scheduled to be built several blocks from Ground Zero in New York City is being
used as a «
political football.»
It angers me — and my 600,000 members — that we have in Governor Cuomo someone who is sticking his nose into education policy — about which he knows nothing — in order to
use our public schools
as a
political football.
During this year's legislative session lawmakers
used teacher assistants
as political footballs, lobbing them back and forth
as either a group deserving of losing their jobs — Senate budget writers proposed ridding the state of half of its TAs to pay for teacher raises — or,
as the House and Governor Pat McCrory preferred, saving them from the chopping block.
The department has been
used for decades
as a
political football to be influenced by lobbyists with large amounts of money, that «buy» influence from whatever politicians are in power, the PRESENT administration is no different.
«It embittered many artists who, happy to accept recognition from a museum devoted entirely to American art, ended up being
used as a socio -
political football,» Bradley wrote in a memo.
When Congress
used the PTC
as a
political football and allowed it to lapse in 1999, the wind industry's installed capacity fell 93 percent the following year; when it did so again in 2001, the drop was 73 percent.
Immigration is becoming a
political football as politicians worldwide
use it
as a simple message to appeal to their electorate.