Sentences with phrase «win public backing»

Miliband's aides reiterated that he has never ruled out military action but believes that after the conflicts in Iraq and Afghanistan, the government has to be seen to be following due process in order to win public backing and trust.

If a cross-party group of MPs support it, the health secretary, Jeremy Hunt, and Mr Stevens have a basis for winning public backing.

Not exact matches

With approval rating in the low teens just five months into her second term, Rousseff's also struggling to win back the public trust amid Brazil's biggest corruption investigation, an inquiry into a massive kickback scheme at state - run oil company Petrobras.

As Forbes editor Randall Lane said, «at a time when corporate America, as a whole, faces low public approval, the companies in the JUST 100 provide an example for their peers on how to win back the trust of the American people.»

Jabbour's big public success so far is winning back some money for Metro do Porto for their terrible snowball trades (including with Goldman 1).

However, the betting public seems to view that loss as an aberration, not a trend, with more than 6 out of 10 spread bets picking New Orleans to bounce back and win by at least 9 points in the SuperDome.

great win but i know i'm going to get slammed but sanchez needs to stop his «public» displays, he is starting to look like a spoiled little brat if he is not happy about something why doesn't he wait for when they get back in the dressing room instead of making a show for all to see, COYG!!

As a result, the betting public is pounding the Pats, with slightly more than seven out of ten spread bets confident the Pats can get back on track and either win straight up or lose by a single point.

With the sportsbooks adjusting their lines to give the road dog Bills an additional half - point, the betting public is pounding Buffalo to bounce back and either win straight up or lose by two or less in the AFC East showdown.

As a result, the betting public is back on the Tebow bandwagon, with slightly more than half of all spread bets taking Denver to either win straight up or lose by two or less against the 4 - 4 Chiefs.

With the 6 - 4 Golden Bears coming to town, the betting public is back on the Cardinal bandwagon, with nearly nine out of ten spread bets confident in Stanford bouncing back and winning by at least 19 in front of their home crowd in what could be Luck's second to last home game.

With public bettors now able to cash in on Notre Dame if they win by two touchdowns, I don't expect many squares leaning towards Wake Forest unless the line moves back to 14 or higher.

Was the 58 % winning percentage limited to home / home back - to - backs or any back - to - back where where the team playing the second of the two games is at home and receiving 65 % of the public money?

I can only hope that this attempt is taken more seriously than the largely muted and clearly unsuccessful protests of late last season... although the plane writing escapade brought some much - needed attention to the matter, it failed to resonate with fence - sitters and those who had just recently fell off the Wenger truck... without a big enough showing of support the whole endeavor appeared relatively weak and poorly organized, especially to the major media outlets, whose involvement could have significantly changed what was to follow... but I get it, few wanted to turn on their club, let alone make a public display of their discord... problem is, they are preying on that vulnerability, in fact, their counting on you to keep your thoughts to yourself... who are you to tell these fat cats how to steal your money... they have worked long and hard to pull the wool over your eyes... they even went so far as to pay enormous sums of cash to your once beloved professor to be their corporate spokesmodel so that the whole thing would be more palatable... eventually the club made it appear as if this was simply a relatively small fringe group of highly radicalized supporters, which allowed the pro-Wenger element inside the club hierarchy to claim victory following the FA Cup win... unfortunately what has happened to this club can't be solved by FA Cups or a few players coming in, the very culture of this club needs to be changed and that starts at the top... in order to change the unhealthy and dysfunctional narrative that has absorbed this club we need to remove everyone who presently occupies a position of power... only then can we get back to the business of playing championship caliber football, which should always be the number one priority of this organization... on an important side note, one of the most devastating mistakes made in the final days of this hectic and poorly planned transfer window didn't have to do with the big name players like Sanchez or Lemar, but the fact that they failed to secure Jadon Sancho, who might even start for Dortmund this season... I think they might seriously regret this oversight... instead of spending so much time, energy and manpower pretending that they were desperately trying to make big moves, they once again lost the plot due to their all too familiar tunnel vision

Betting against the public is our cornerstone philosophy, but there are many ways to capitalize on market overreactions including taking teams on losing streaks, fading winning streaks, and backing the league's least popular teams.

Nevertheless, the betting public is going with Toledo at home, with nearly seven out of ten spread bets confident the 5 - 4 Rockets can get back on track and pick up a 13 - point win or more in front of their home crowd.

Considering the past struggles of these public darlings, bettors may want to consider going against the grain and backing the Memphis Grizzlies in tonight's must - win game.

75 % on Cowboys at Raiders: With two straight wins, the Cowboys are finally getting their public backing... back.

Though Van Dijk has been left behind while his teammates travel to France to continue their pre-season preparations, in public at least the club continue to insist that he has a future there and that the hope and goal is to win him back around and convince him to remain at St. Mary's for at least another season.

I was so sure we'd win that I luged a silver carton cut out of the famous cup, that was as almost as large as me, all the way from Holloway to Wembley, on the jam packed public transport, through the crowds down Wembley Way and held it close on the full Wembley terraces, no mean feat I can tell ya as anyone who had visited that stadium back in the day who wasn't even yet in his teens could confirm.

After the behind - the - scenes drama screamed into public view, the Hammers went on to win back - to - back games.

The same man overseen what is likely to be deemed one of the greatest results of the century, when Newcastle slammed five home past Sunderland at St James» Park back in October in a 5 - 1 rout of their fiercest of rivals, but it was Hughton's failure to deliver winning outcomes on a regular basis which ultimately cost him his job in December, to the dismay of the fans and the general public

The public is backing the resurgent San Diego Chargers, who have won three games in row, outscoring their opponents by a combined score of 109 - 38 over those games.

Public schools across Long Island and other metro area suburbs already are winning high grades — and they've barely begun opening their doors — according to results of a back - to - school poll by Phi Delta Kappa, a global organization of professional educators.

Cosy...» Beth commented on George Pascoe - Watson's article on the Conservatives» plan to win back the female vote: «While he is «reaching out» to women voters, George Osborne is taking a slash and burn approach to the public sector.

The move is a signal that the party is hoping James, who was first elected to public office with the WFP's backing, would eventually take its ballot line in the fall should she win the primary contest.

The group, which supports female pro-abortion rights candidates, has considerable resources to help the women it backs win elections to public office.

Local parties and trade unions chose Grenfell Tower, rail services, growth and investment, public sector pay, workers» rights, the NHS, housing and social care as the eight topics for full debate and votes, with Brexit motions failing to win the necessary backing.

The workers, who have won the backing of the Trump administration, 20 states, and numerous labor watchdogs, argue that these payments are tantamount to forced political advocacy, since the government unions affect budgetary decisions and other matters of public policy.

Sanders won a devoted backing of young supporters during his surprisingly strong presidential campaign in 2016, in part on a platform of eliminating tuition for all students at public colleges and universities throughout the country.

Among the officials backing the idea are Public Advocate Letitia James (who won that 2013 runoff), City Comptroller Scott Stringer and Brooklyn Borough President Eric Adams.

The irony here is that for once, Corbyn is far more in touch with the public and with the kind of voters Labour needs to win back than his parliamentary party is (the most recent ICM poll, for example, suggests that the voters Labour's lost since 2015 break about 4:3 for Leave).

Mr Cameron and his ministers insist the process of lifting the «cloak of secrecy» around government is essential to win back voter trust after the expenses scandal and a breakdown of public belief in the political system.

These include proportional representation, which the left and the party generally are divided on, and for which, as indicated by the 2011 alternative vote fiasco, there is little public support, but it is linked to the proposal for an electoral pact with some of the smaller parties, and for that reason needs to be considered well before the election, as does the issue of winning back the Labour vote in Scotland, or at least starting to.

If political parties clamped down on this, they might just win back public trust

Editorial pages from New York City to Buffalo are calling for reform measures, and good government groups say Governor Cuomo, who came into office vowing to win back the public trust, may find his very legacy in jeopardy.

«Whatever the niceness and the current warm glow, Corbyn will be a leader of the hard left, for the hard left, and espousing both general politics and specific positions that the public just are not going to accept in many of the seats that Labour is going to have to win to get back in power.»

Shadow transport secretary Michael Dugher told the New Statesman that the establishment of the hard - left Momentum group was «crazy» at a time when Labour is trying to win back the public's trust.

Public Advocate Letitia James, who won a seat in the New York City Council and her current office with the aggressive backing of the WFP, wished the liberal party supported her pick instead, Hillary Clinton.

Current Senate Democratic Leader Stewart Cousins said the two newest Senators, as well as the rest of the Senate, will have to do more to win back the public's trust.

Teachout's longshot bid picked up more momentum when she won the endorsement of the Public Employees Federation, the state's second - largest public - sector union, which had backed Cuomo inPublic Employees Federation, the state's second - largest public - sector union, which had backed Cuomo inpublic - sector union, which had backed Cuomo in 2010.

The lobby group that represents gas companies in New York, the Independent Oil and Gas Association, has begun its own effort to win back public opinion.

In this case the tactic maintained some proportionality by bypassing the 5 % threshold, but is largely disfavoured by the public due to it awarding smaller parties extra list seats while parties with a higher party vote percentage that don't win an electorate receive no seats; this occurred in 2008 when ACT was awarded 5 seats on the back of one electorate seat and 3.7 % of the party vote, while New Zealand First with no electorate seats and 4.1 % of the party vote were awarded none.

Governor Andrew Cuomo's pathbreaking plan for free tuition at New York public colleges and universities won the backing of the state legislature over the weekend.

Cuomo won the backing of the party after promising to work for liberal priorities, including a higher minimum wage and broad public campaign financing.

Already, Spitzer appears to have done the impossible: won at least a bit of respect of Cuomo, a political strategy obsessive — and a man who came back from his own political and personal embarrassments after being forced out of the 2002 governor's race after a messy public split with his wife, Kerry Kennedy.

«The challenge for me now, and all of the shadow cabinet and Jeremy Corbyn as leader, is to demonstrate we can be a strong opposition and a convincing alternative to the Tories and that we can win over and win back public opinion, particularly voters we've lost in recent years.»

In either case, he would need public support to win and then to watch his back as he upsets one special - interest apple cart after another.

Labour party members have called on Ed Miliband to put the railways and postal service back into public hands if the party wins power at the next election.

The Campaign Finance Board wants its money back — the public's money, that is — from a Bronx councilman who's trying to use it to win a state Senate seat.