The offer to work with the Liberal Democrats, and the way David Cameron and his team conducted themselves in the uncertain days after the election, were dramatically at odds with the public
view of politicians as childish partisans.
There is a popular
view of politicians as scheming and unreliable colleagues hiding their hatred of each other temporarily to achieve personal advancement but incapable of limiting their plotting for long.
A lot of Americans on both sides have a very cynical and distrustful
view of politicians, seeing them as detached elites with little - to - no real experience
Labour MP Jess Phillips said the choices women made over their own bodies «should have nothing to do with the religious
views of our politicians».
I'm sure there aren't many journalists who would appreciate their own privately expressed
views of the politicians they cover being splashed across the pages of the Sun.
When Facebook users see favorable comments on the social media site about a political candidate, those opinions positively influence their own
views of the politician, while unfavorable comments have a negative effect, according to a new paper by University of Delaware researchers.
Not exact matches
The clip earned more than 8 million
views in one week and Twitter endorsements from the likes
of Ellen DeGeneres and former Arizona
politician Gabrielle Giffords.
It's a depressing and cynical
view of politics and democracy, but there is research to show that cozy relationships with
politicians pay off.
The cost
of all those civil servants,
politicians, teachers, firefighters, police officers and armed forces explains much
of the overspending and indebtedness
of the government sector, in the authors»
view.
For all his talk about principles like openness and free speech, his leadership is better
viewed as a balancing
of constituencies, a reality familiar to any
politician.
But
politicians, especially from the Maritime provinces, were also
of the
view that their taxpayers had bought and paid for the western timber, farmlands, coal and later oil and gas with the payout to the Hudson's Bay Co..
Historically,
politicians drew from the real estate establishment to fill leadership positions at CMHC, raising the risk it could be captured by a certain point
of view.
But while
politicians generally look for easy villains — immigrants or China or Wall Street — Gordon takes a less, shall we say, hysterical
view of things.
Curious, while the German
politician advocates diversity
of views, she has previously accused it
of perpetrating opinions that are most at odds with those
of the establishment and traditional media.
Today's Republican
politicians have shifted gears, adopting the increasingly absolutist
view of the Second Amendment proffered by the gun lobby, which, in the Trump era, has itself become more ambitious.
It is my
view that the greatest weakness
of economics is the habit
of drawing, or encouraging
politicians to draw, macroeconomic conclusions from microeconomic reasoning («the government budget, like a household budget, must balance»).
In the eyes
of the FTC, Uber erred beginning in 2014, when reports first surfaced that the ride - hailing company's workers had taken advantage
of an internal tool, known as «God
View,» which had allowed some employees to spy on the whereabouts
of politicians, celebrities and others using its services.
It's been my
view since circa 2003 that «they» would hold up the system with printed money and credit creation until every last crumb
of middle class wealth was swept off the table and into the pockets
of those in position to do the sweeping: Corporate America, the very wealthy («wealthy» = enough disposable cash to buy a few
politicians and Federal judges) and the political elite — the latter
of which are compensated pawns for the first two cohorts.
«The country is incredibly divided in terms
of thoughts and
views on
politicians and leadership.
In many ways, the Brexit vote has simply accelerated our prior
view that growing populism would force
politicians to address the concerns about the uneven recovery, income inequality and the pressure
of immigration and globalization on wages in many developed countries.
The banks should be nationalized, at least temporarily, and every person and institution involved (otherwise known as the elite banksters and
politicians who served and supported the government and «quasi» government decisions) in each
of the bailouts and heists
of the taxpayer's (i.e. the «common» mans) money, should be divested
of their personal assets and earnings and put in a stockade for public
viewing, smack dab in the middle
of Wall Street, to be pelted with rotten vegetables.
In Jansen, Notley picked up a
politician with nearly identical
views on social issues, and both remember how the stench
of homophobia doomed the Wildrose in the 2012 election that Alison Redford's progressive Tories won.
Most
politicians just push out messages, but Clement takes his followers into his living room and his jam sessions, posting pictures not only
of himself, but also those taken from his point
of view.
You appear to not be a person
of Faith and who knows you might be and just have a different
view but Ted, every
politician does this and Bachmann is no different.
She is a sitting
politician, I am interested in seeing if examples
of such a Taliban «ish type
of view from her.
The religious among us keep trying to chip away at the separation
of church and state by making people recite the pledge
of allegiance with the God clause, installing religious symbols and displays on public property, holding prayer breakfasts for
politicians, berating the removal
of prayer in public schools, trying to pass laws limiting women's access to birth control, and trying to get an amendment passed outlawing abortion (since in their
view God creates a soul the moment a sperm enters an egg).
But they try to make it look like it is about «belief» in the sense
of faith (in a deity or non faith in a deity) and as often as not it is about political
views (beliefs) and elections and
politicians (and nothing to do with deity).
The National Front's Marine Le Pen, flag - bearer for these
views, has become the nation's most popular
politician, kept from power only through the frenzied collaboration
of the center - left, the center - right, and the mainstream media.
At least that way, the wedge
of divisiveness between
politicians can remain about politics rather than include their religious
views as well.
The Church also asks all
politicians — Catholics included — to keep this reality before their eyes and close to their heart as they undertake their democratic duties with a
view to upholding the common good
of all within our community.
Additionally, he displays a more Christian
view of the world and humanity than any Conservative / Republican in government these days, as he fights for the poor and not corporations, who some
politicians believe are people.
Speaking at the turn
of the last century in the United States Senate, the
politician - historian Albert J. Beveridge set forth what was then a widely held
view.
One can say all are to blame / /
politicians whom in having taken extreme right wing
views / resulting in milliions
of deaths.
In
view of these realities, one hopes that more
politicians will emerge who have the wit to recognize the political advantage in advocating more protective abortion policies.
As someone who voted for one
of the very few pro-life Democratic
politicians left in my home state in the last election, I would love for there to be more openness among Democrats to the
views of Evangelicals.
The ringleader
of the Catholic doctrine posse, in Sullivan's
view, is Denver's Archbishop Charles Chaput, one
of «a handful
of the most extreme bishops» who had «targeted Kerry in 2004 but [had] become marginalized in the bishops» conference ¯ losing key leadership elections — in part because
of his extreme
views about denying Communion to
politicians.»
An enterprising
politician might find the political space for an immigration policy that takes into account the
views of most Americans.
He said while religious
views shape Mormon
politicians on a macro level, there is no evidence Mormon
politicians have a «bat phone» to Utah and take orders from the leadership
of the Church
of Jesus Christ
of Latter - day Saints, as the church is formally known.
One hears this insight echoed in the rhetoric
of politicians, in the perorations
of preachers, and in the reflections
of theologians
of a wide range
of views.
From Variety: «Each episode
of the series will tackle a topic from a scientific point
of view, dispelling myths, and refuting anti-scientific claims that may be espoused by
politicians, religious leaders or titans
of industry.»
It's especially tricky to judge the speeches
of politicians whose
views we dislike, and I confess to disliking Barack Obama's
views a great deal.
This kind
of polling results in a circular process:
politicians look to polls to find out «what the public thinks,» then modify their image and
views to conform, while citizens eagerly consult the polls to find out what they themselves are thinking and which candidate most closely resembles the results
of the polls.
But no, he's out there gallivanting with all the media pundits and
politicians using their fixed myopic
views of the world to search for little slots to stick people into.
His strict Scotch Presbyterian mother had wanted him to become a preacher, and as a Times man he had become one, his column being the podium from which he could spread his Calvinist
view of life throughout the land, thrilling thousands with his sound logic and clarity, influencing students, educators, and
politicians, sometimes infuriating such presidents as Eisenhower, who once asked, «Who the hell does Reston think he is, telling me how to run the country?»
Theo I'm not sure I should try to offer an over simplified
view of politics, but it is not necessarily a bad thing for the
politicians to have to make people happy to stay in office.
But the problem is some people's
view has a lot
of make - believe characters that lawyers and
politicians from hundreds
of years ago sold as something it wasn't.
In the
view of many thoughtful Catholics, the failure to address effectively the scandal
of Catholic
politicians who publicly reject the Church's teaching on the gospel
of life is gravely undermining the credibility
of episcopal authority.
A great many writings on this theme are extant, some by jurists or historians — who tried to associate their position with a Christian point
of view — others by
politicians.
What is the point
of attacking has - been
politicians who have already cooked their own goose with their bigoted
views?
For many, this suspicion appeared to be confirmed in the following election year, when some
of the broadcasters formed active coalitions with the «new right»
politicians and political groups with a
view to countering some
of the liberals» moral and political advances
of the 1960s.