Sentences with phrase «used as political footballs»

, 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 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.

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.

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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.