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In opposition, Kaufman was the Shadow Environment Secretary, ( 1980 – 83 ), Shadow Home Secretary ( 1983 – 87 ) and Shadow Foreign Secretary ( 1987 – 92 ).
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There was much opposition towards ITV from the viewing public, politicians such as Gerald Kaufman, former ITN faces including editor Nigel Ryan and newscaster Alastair Burnet, and some of ITN's then-current staff including political editor Michael Brunson.
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The Boston elders were great at befuddling the opposition with torrents of ecclesiastical obscurities, but Gorton was better.
But his opposition hardened and by 1579, in The School Of Abuse, he was ready to banish all `` players ''.
But the price was the silence of the grave for all criticism or opposition.
More, the U.S. action was hailed by a principal opposition leader, Dr. Juan Bosch, as having saved `` many lives and many troubles in the near future ''.
But when this proposal was made to his Deacon Board, he met unanimous opposition.
The Providence Daily Journal answered the Daily Post by stating that the raid of John Brown was characteristic of Democratic acts of violence and that `` He was acting in direct opposition to the Republican Party, who proclaim as one of their cardinal principles that they do not interfere with slavery in the states ''.
Following Day was Woodbury who spoke of his disapproval of Brown's attempt at servile insurrection, his admiration of Brown's character, and his opposition to slavery.
But as November 1924 drew close the Democratic hierarchy was sorely troubled by grapevine reports that O'Banion was being wooed by the opposition, and was meeting and conferring with important Republicans.
They were to promise fine presents to the loyal red men, as well as an abundant supply of trading goods at better prices than the opposition was offering.
Increasing opposition can be expected in coming weeks, it was indicated.
Chen was equally adamant in his opposition to the admission of Outer Mongolia ; ;
So, too, was the insistence on the relativity of the external world, and the ideas that language and things perceived by consciousness were poor substitutes indeed for immediate perception by pure, indwelling spirit: the opposition of pure consciousness to ratiocinating consciousness.
In law, an answer was originally a solemn assertion in opposition to someone or something, and thus generally any counter-statement or defense, a reply to a question or response, or objection, or a correct solution of a problem.
After he left home before the age of eighteen, his main interest in life was his opposition to the death penalty, which he regarded as state-sponsored murder.
Public demonstrations usually take place without government interference, though one rally in November 2000 by an opposition party was followed by the arrest and imprisonment for a month of its organizer.
Light chose, not without opposition, a site on rising ground close to the River Torrens, which was the chief early water supply for the fledgling colony.
Grey slashed public expenditure against heavy opposition, although its impact was negligible at this point: silver was discovered in Glen Osmond that year, agriculture was well underway, and other mines sprung up all over the state, aiding Adelaide's commercial development.
By 1903 the Liberals were so dominant that there was no longer an organized opposition in Parliament.
Pro-business conservative commentators joined in opposition, writing that the Americans with Disabilities Act was " an expensive headache to millions " that would not necessarily improve the lives of people with disabilities.
On November 6, 1827, Alcott started teaching in Bristol, Connecticut, still using the same methods he used in Cheshire, but opposition from the community surfaced quickly ; he was unemployed by March 1828.
opposition and Shadow
** Shadow minister, a member of a Shadow Cabinet of the opposition
Seated in the front, directly across from the ministers on the Treasury Bench, the leaders of the opposition form a " Shadow Government ", complete with a salaried " Shadow Prime Minister ", the Leader of the Opposition, ready to assume office if the government falls or loses the next election.
Seated in the front, the leaders of the opposition form a " Shadow Government ", complete with a salaried " Shadow Prime Minister " ready to assume office if the government falls or loses the next election.
Callaghan was popular with Labour MPs and was elected to the Shadow Cabinet every year while the Labour Party was in opposition from 1951 to 1964.
Clarke was promoted to Shadow Business Secretary in opposition to the then current Business Secretary, Lord Mandelson.
The Official Opposition ( the non-government party with the largest number of elected members of Parliament — currently the Labour Party ) is headed by the Shadow Cabinet and is supported by numerous junior opposition frontbenchers.
The Liberal Democrats, as the only other party with a large number of seats, used to call their leadership while in opposition the Liberal Democrat Frontbench Team, but during the last Labour government, they started to use the term ' Shadow Cabinet '.
Redwood served in the Shadow Cabinet of eventual winner William Hague, shadowing first the Secretary of State for Trade and Industry, leading the Shadow Cabinet's opposition to the National Minimum Wage.
A backbencher may be a new parliamentary member yet to receive high office, a senior figure dropped from government, or someone who for whatever reason is not chosen to sit either in the ministry or the opposition Shadow Ministry.
The Shadow Cabinet is a senior group of opposition spokespeople in the Westminster system of government who together under the leadership of the Leader of the Opposition form an alternative cabinet to the government's, whose members shadow or mark each individual member of the Cabinet.
* An opposition government in a parliamentary system, see Shadow Cabinet
In the 1980s, he was an opposition spokesman on Treasury and economic affairs from 1980 to 1983, housing and local government from 1983 until promotion to the Shadow Cabinet in 1987.
In opposition, he was a member of William Hague's Shadow Cabinet as the Party's Chief Whip until the 2001 general election when he returned to the backbenches.
In opposition, he held the post of Shadow Chancellor from 1997 to 1998 and was Deputy Leader of the Conservative Party from 1998 to 1999.
During opposition he was in the Shadow Cabinet for fourteen years and concurrently lectured at the LSE.
In opposition he was Shadow Deputy Health Minister before becoming Shadow Deputy Justice Minister with responsibility for Prisons and Drugs policy, Convenor of the SNP Group in the Scottish Parliament and Deputy Convenor of the Parliament's Justice 1 Committee.
In opposition he became the Shadow Agriculture Secretary, but resigned from the Shadow Cabinet in December 1997 in protest at the policy of ruling out Britain joining the single European currency for the next ten years.
opposition and Environment
John Prescott, who was elected Deputy Leader of the Labour Party in opposition, was appointed Deputy Prime Minister by Tony Blair in 1997, in addition to being Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions.
In September 2008, over public opposition and in spite of Ontario Ministry of Environment ( MOE ) reports indicating off site leachate impact from the dump and the likelihood of runoff to the St. Lawrence River, the MOE permitted additional dumping at the " Big Ben " site of creosote and bitumin contaminated soils from Domtar's former No-co-rode Ltd. site.
In opposition, McGuinty served as the Liberal Party's critic for Energy, Environment and Colleges and Universities.
Proponents of drilling in wildlife sanctuaries, like the Property and Environment Research Center, have argued this makes Audubon's opposition to drilling on protected lands hypocritical.
In Parliament he served as an opposition spokesperson on Environment 1989-1994 and Home Affairs 1994-1997.
In 1988, He secured an Urban Development Corporation for Bristol despite the opposition of the then Environment Secretary, Nicholas Ridley.
In opposition, Brandt served as his party's critic for Environment and Industry.
In opposition he held the SNP's portfolios on Environment, Energy, Fishing and Rural Affairs in the Scottish Parliament.
In opposition she served as her party's critic for the Environment, Women's Issues and Democratic Renewal.
When the centre-right regained power in 1991, Olof Johansson became Minister for the Environment in the Carl Bildt government, but left the post over his opposition to the construction of the Oresund Bridge in the summer of 1994, shortly before the Social Democrats regained power in the September elections.
Following this he was appointed opposition spokesperson for the Environment and Local Government under the new leader Enda Kenny.
In opposition, he served as his party's critic for Labour and Environment.
McMillan remained Environment minister until he was defeated in the 1988 general election due to opposition to the Canada-US Free Trade Agreement among his constituents.
The freeway's alignment would take it through the Creve Coeur Lake Memorial Park and the floodplain of the Missouri River drawing opposition from environmental groups including the Sierra Club and the Missouri Coalition for the Environment.
In opposition, Gillies served as his party's critic for Skills Development, Labour and the Environment.
Both developments caused controversy with existing residents in nearby Quinns Rocks, who formed the Quinns Rocks Environment Group in June 1985 to bring together a formal opposition against the proposals.
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