The story got around that he had refused to join the new party because he feared he would not be able to keep his Hamilton seat at a general election ; local Scottish National Party supporters nicknamed him " Chicken George ".

Barnave and his supporters among the Feuillants feared a war they thought France had little chance to win and which they feared might lead to greater radicalization of the revolution.

They feared for their lives and their property if James and his Catholic supporters were to rule Ireland.

He regularly commented, along with several other of Hindley's supporters, that she was a " political prisoner " who was being kept in prison for votes, claiming that successive Conservative and Labour home secretaries feared that their party would fall out of favour with the voters if they sanctioned Hindley's release.

The tournament had been preceded by doubts and pessimism ; many feared that it would produce one-sided-matches that would be unattractive to supporters.

Despite having legendary status among Schalke supporters, Stevens ' return to Schalke was met with some scepticism as fans feared that Stevens, who coached Schalke to the 1997 UEFA Cup win with a rigidly defensive system, could ditch Rangnicks system of attacking play in favour of returning to the 1997 defensive antics.

Lentulus was compelled to abdicate his praetorship, and, as it was feared that there might be an attempt to rescue him, he was put to death in the Tullianum on December 5, 63 BC, along with other senatorial supporters of Catiline.

The business community feared the growing strength of the socialist CCF, and supporters of both the Liberals and the Conservatives argued that a united free market party was needed to keep the CCF from taking power.

His supporters in the Senate began to lose power to the more aristocratic factions, and the Romans feared Hannibal would besiege their city.

PRSC opted to present Vice-President Jacinto Peynado as their candidate, however PRSC supporters feared he wasn't properly endorsed by their historical leader, therefore creating a vast independent mass of electors.

Selim now feared that they would incite the population against his rule in favor of Shah Isma ' il leader of the Shia Safavids, and by some of his supporters believed to be family of the Prophet.

Most of his supporters however, feared to defend the church by force, and Hubert surrounded it with armed men and had it burned down.

He also stated that his supporters feared that Kilrea's campaign might split the centre / right vote with Chiarelli thus aiding left-wing candidate Alex Munter's campaign.

However, as he feared and predicted, as the Polish – Lithuanian forces pressed eastwards, ravaging Russian lands, and as Sigismund's lack of willingness to compromise became more and more apparent, many supporters of the Poles and of the second False Dmitriy left the pro-Polish camp and turned to Shuiski's anti-Polish faction.

The two American generals had lost confidence in Khánh, but the pro-Diêm political ideology being expressed by Thảo's supporters on radio alienated them, as they feared that the coup plotters would destabilize and polarize the country in they took power.

The family were apparently denied permission to bury him in Harare because the government feared reprisals from the MDC supporters.

While Roosevelt's adversaries feared the possibility of " totalitarian New Dealism ," some of FDR's supporters had no such qualms: though he resented the suggestion, Roosevelt was often seen in the 1930s as a " benevolent dictator.

Amongst all true Northerns supporters, he was one of the greatest heroes of all time, however outside Northern Transvaal he was hated, because the supporters of other teams feared him.

His supporters feared that he will be extradited to Nepal and tortured by Nepali authorities.

Uribe's supporters in turn believe that increased military action is a necessary prelude to any serious negotiation attempt with the guerrillas and that the increased security situation will help to, in the long term, focus more actively on reducing most wide-scale abuses and human rights violations on the part of both the armed groups and any rogue security forces that might have links to the paramilitaries.

On July 23, 1996, a North Carolina jury threw out a class action suit brought on behalf of more than 160, 000 onetime supporters who contributed as much as $ 7, 000 each to Bakker's coffers in the 1980s.

In this sense, " political prisoner " can be used to describe any politically active prisoner who is held in custody for a violent action which supporters deem ethically justified.

Nationalist agitation can harden public support, one way or the other, in favor of or against population transfer as a solution to current or possible future ethnic conflict while these attitudes can be cultivated by supporters of either plan of action with its supportive propaganda used as a typical political tool by which their goals can be achieved.

Skeptics and some supporters believe that dowsing apparatus has no power of its own but merely amplifies slight movements of the hands caused by a phenomenon known as the ideomotor effect: people's subconscious minds may influence their bodies without their consciously deciding to take action.

During the first few years of its existence, the main task of the NEPAD Secretariat and key supporters was the popularisation of NEPAD ’ s key principles, as well as the development of action plans for each of the sectoral priorities.

The first action to bring the INLA to international notice was its assassination on 30 March 1979 of Airey Neave, one of Margaret Thatcher's closest political supporters.

This action split the NSW Labor Party in two-Lang's followers became known as Lang Labor, while Scullin's supporters, led by Chifley, became known in NSW as Federal Labor.

* Day of Silence, the Gay, Lesbian and Straight Education Network's ( GLSEN ) annual day of action to protest the bullying and harassment of lesbian, gay, bisexual, and transgender ( LGBT ) students and their supporters

The call for action containing the names of 89 supporters was sent to major newspapers, with Stone's name at the top.

An altercation in Küssnacht between supporters and opponents of secession offered Inner Schwyz the opportunity to resolve the crisis with military action.

The case generated a record number of amicus curiae briefs from institutional supporters of affirmative action.

Mao did not take any action against Peng ( or Lin ), but Peng's involvement alienated Peng from Liu and Liu's supporters.

This weakening of the party's position intensified the growing divide within it between supporters of the coalition with the Mensheviks and those inclined toward more resolute, unilateral action.

The civic action support group Sokwanele urged Tatchell to check his sources with the group, speculating that it may be an invention of supporters of the Zimbabwe government in order to justify violent action against its opponents.

The attack on Chaves, Portugal, which occurred on July 8, 1912, was a military action performed by supporters of the monarchy of Portugal in opposition to the Portuguese First Republic, which had been proclaimed two years prior.

Supporters of Cooper's methods point to the near-universal use of his system in the International Practical Shooting Confederation and other forms of action shooting, while Applegate's supporters point to police incidents where officers trained in Cooper's methods discharge many rounds at close range ( most measured in tens of feet ( 3 m ) or less ) with few ( if any ) disabling hits.

These Johnson supporters lodged complaints of libel with the History Channel, and subsequently threatened legal action against Arts & Entertainment Company, owner of the History Channel.

Three weeks later, at the beginning of April, he was transferred back to prison, despite protests and a march by his supporters in Niamey, and legal action by his lawyers.

This included a public march through Kirkham and Wesham on 1 March attended by some 3, 000 local supporters A local action group was subsequently formed to organise the longer term survival of the baths, and was successful in presenting a business plan to Fylde Borough Council.

He generally tried to force the action in his bouts, a crowd pleasing style which won him many supporters.

He felt through his action that " the voice of a substantial part of the Labour party may be heard " over a measure which gained strong resistance among Labour MPs and supporters.

) This action was seen as a betrayal by Steunenberg's union supporters.