Sentences with phrase «want political points»
Does he want political points for introducing a tough bill that can never go anywhere?
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For anyone who wants to be in charge of people in business (or in the political spectrum), when you dictate you point fingers, you command, and you ignore feedback.
He said he did not want to turn what was happening at the Tata works into a political point - scoring battle.
They think that the U.S. president is looking to score political points with his base, but that he won't want to upset the stock market record highs and the faster economic growth by putting up too many trade barriers, a move that probably would spook businesses and investors.
They wanted to make the political point that all savings are safe.
«Political leaders do not want to give a speech, cut a ribbon, or pose for photographs at the opening of a casino,» David Blankenhorn points out in a new and damning study, New York's Promise: Why Sponsoring Casinos Is a Regressive Policy Unworthy of a....
«Political leaders do not want to give a speech, cut a ribbon, or pose for photographs at the opening of a casino,» David Blankenhorn points out in a new and damning study, New York's Promise: Why Sponsoring Casinos Is a Regressive Policy Unworthy of a Great State.
He calls for a Royal Commission on the future of policing, but wants to maintain both «operational independence» and the ability for chief constables to argue contentious and partisan political points, such as the detention of terror suspects for up to 90 days.
I want to point out that the Supreme Court's Citizens United ruling has turned the previously strict barrier preventing foreign nationals from donating to US political campaigns into a virtual sieve.
Indeed, if one wanted to find pretty much the worst attempt at subterfuge in British political history, a good starting point would be the «election that never was» last year.
The other is a Donald Trump lookalike who never actually wanted to leave the UK but just score political points, and he has stepped back again, trying to create the impression that he was «stabbed in the back».
The complaint heard on the doorstep which the BT campaign broadcast at least tried to represent — is that the electorate want clarity on the questions that really matter to them, not political point scoring and soundbites.
For readers who might want to point out QTWTAIN, what's the perfect formula for a political QTWTAIN?
«If you want to be against those ten points, then you be against those ten points at your political risk,» Cuomo, said to applause.
«It's disgraceful for Sen. Reid to deny cancer patients... just because he wants to score some political points,» said Republican Study Committee Chairman Steve Scalise of Louisiana on the House floor Wednesday afternoon.
In the case at hand, the point of view on gun laws simply seems to roughly follow the political distinctions of «liberal» versus «conservative» in the way that «conservative» politicians tend to not want to change the existing (perceived by many, liberal) gun laws.
The Cabinet Office did not want to comment, but officials pointed out that the coalition agreement states that until Lords reform passes: «Lords appointments will be made with the objective of creating a second chamber reflective of the share of the vote secured by the political parties in the last general election.»
The retrial of Pryce was told that in an email sent to Sunday Times political editor Isabel Oakeshott, discussing the points swapping issue, Vicky Pryce wrote: «I have no doubt as I definitely want to nail him [Chris Huhne].
If Obama want to score political points, the democratic party lawyers should be filing suit against Arizona, not the Justic Department.
In an email sent to Sunday Times political editor Isabel Oakeshott, discussing the points swapping issue, Vicky Pryce wrote: «I have no doubt as I definitely want to nail him [Chris Huhne].
«It's always about him, so people want someone who's going to stick up for the average common taxpayer, who will do the right thing... not somebody who manipulates and massages to get to the next political bullet point on their résumé.»
And I do not believe that the EU's leaders will seriously tell German exporters, French farmers, Spanish fishermen, the young unemployed of the Eurozone, and millions of others, that they want to make them poorer, just to punish Britain and make a political point.
«And if you want to be against those ten points, then you be against those ten points at your own political risk,» Cuomo said.
A second point is that, if sections of the public still want to lobby for representation and political action on environmental matters dear to their hearts, there are many campaigning charities, NGOs and activist groups willing to pick up the mantle.
As my Australian political scientist colleague Rodney Smith pointed out to me, if the other candidates really want to stop Corbyn, they would do better to co-operate to game the preferential voting system to maximise the chances of one of them beating him on second preferences.
«And if you want to be against those 10 points, you be against those 10 points at your political risk,» Cuomo warned.
What the media want is a game of political ping pong with figures in the billions being bunged about between Labour and the Conservatives at this point in the cycle.
When political managers and spin doctors are fighting one of the tightest elections in living memory they will often go to the point of absurdity to ensure television pictures tell the message they want.
I also want to thank our scientific colleagues and the coalition of community members, educators, businesses, unions, political leaders, and stakeholders in Hawaii who have brought us to the point of the granting of the CDUP.
But if you're tired of dating people who don't agree with your political point of view, and you don't want to defend yourself or get into more arguments, maybe it's time to try something a little more catered to your preferences.
Pushing a message as frothy as this one with points scored along political lines and with an almost complete lack of syrupy sentimentality to gum up the works, the film's inevitable box - office victory (penguins are more of a sure thing nowadays than Harry Potter) is cause for celebration, in no small part because Miller is one of the few directors who deserves the freedom to do whatever the hell he wants.
Despite the heated political themes, Citizen Ruth appears to spoof both sides of the issue sufficiently, and with such fervor, that I had no idea which side it wanted to take except to make the point of how much of a spectacle has become of such a serious issue.
This is not a political film, but I did want to convey that point in every society where we come together as people.
«I wanted my students to see school reform and interventions for kids from the vantage point of the mayor — what levers he can pull, what roadblocks get in his way, the political considerations he faces,» Weissbourd said.
«People want to move beyond the political talking points and the incendiary rhetoric.
[T] he punitive evaluation policies that New York state has adopted (and that many other states have adopted) due to the Race to the Top competition are... a dangerous gamble that might score political points but... will hinder what you and I and so many others want — better schools for our kids.
He wanted to talk about political influence and big - money funders through the lens of two reform - oriented school systems — New Orleans (suggesting that teacher layoffs could be blamed on TFA and not Hurricane Katrina) and Chicago (pointing to school closings and mayoral control, as if either of those two policies had anything to do with TFA).
Then you'll want to back up your toast with talking points and fact - based research helpfully tailored to compliment whatever political demographic you'll be breaking bird with this Thanksgiving.
A few of the images in it give away some left - leaning political bias, but the chapters full of general principles and the specific debate tactics used successfully by the author are extraordinarily valuable to anyone with a point of view they want to verify and defend.
Well, if you want a laugh, watch certain authors twisting themselves into human pretzels as they try to point out that science fiction and fantasy have always been political.
I had wanted to point out that the external events such as political upheaval and so forth could be a risk factor in international investing, especially if you enter the realm of emerging markets.
Papers, Please is a game filled with branching paths, multiple endings, and political intrigue that Point and Click fans will not want to miss.
And by sore point, I mean a lot of people want their politics and their games kept separate in any publicized discussion on the topic, calling for critics, journalists and developers to keep their filthy political agendas out of video games in a spirited pursuit for objective criticism.
Although you may want to think that these issues seem distant and may not affect you any time soon, Mexico's economy is presently exhibiting signs of instability.The value of the peso has dropped, protests against Trump have already broken out, and a U.S. consular agent in Mexico was also recently attacked, all of which points to a weakening Mexican political landscape.
It may sound distastefully political to those RC readers who (in a way that puzzles me) want you to remain in a condition that they seem to believe is pristine, but my point is that you could do this bluff - calling with dignity and with no cost whatsoever to your scientific integrity — and that you could then just let the WSJ editors choose the manner in which they themselves wish to respond.
The point I want to make is that your use of the word «correct» there is a highly political pandora's box.
Readers who actually want a thorough and careful account of the pros and cons of I - 732 from a policy point of view should read the three detailed articles by the Sightline Institute here: http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/01/pros-cons-carbonwa-carbon-tax-swap-ballot-initiative-732/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/02/does-initiative-732-carbon-tax-have-a-budget-hole/ http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/03/weighing-critiques-of-carbonwa-i-732/ Readers who are interested in the messy political conflict over the initiative might start with a couple of Patrick Mazza's articles: http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/2015/11/can-wa-state-climate-policy-train-wreck.html http://cascadiaplanet.blogspot.com/2015/12/wa-climate-initiative-conflict-on-road.html If you want to know why the Alliance's proposal won't do much for low - income families facing higher energy costs as a result of a carbon fee (though it would produce a lot of union trade jobs by funding State infrastructure spending) start here: http://www.sightline.org/2016/08/16/green-stamps-a-climate-equity-proposal-for-the-pacific-northwest/
The starting point for any country that wants to include nuclear energy in its generation mix is to require a political and «social» operating licence for utilities running nuclear plants and facilities.
There's plenty of room for argument over what to do about climate change, but cheap political point scoring of the «you didn't vote for the ETS so you don't want action on climate change» is not helpful.
Can we for once focus on that instead of pointing our fingers at them all the time... we know in every political realm, the Chinese don't want to be pushed.