Speaking in Carlow in June 2010, Minister for the Environment, Heritage and Local Government and Green Party leader John Gormley said the Labour Party is coming very close to being the " Father Ted of Irish politics " because, according to Gormley, they have no policies.

Local discussion of national politics tends to fall within the spectrum of moderately conservative to arch-conservative thought.

Local politics often involve this issue.

Local New York politics were tightly controlled by a parochial elite led by Governor George Clinton, and local political leaders did not want to share their power with the national politicians.

* Konnert, Mark " Local politics in the French Wars of Religion "

In the mid 20th century the square hosted the headquarters of both the main parties of British politics, and it is now home to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, the Local Government Association and the London base of the European Parliament and European Commission.

Local politics is controlled by Fife Council although there is interest being shown by some people in redeveloping more locally centred councils.

Though the Times had been a strong backer of Cryer, the paper in 1927 published an editorial referring to the city government as " Our Local Tammany ", a reference to Boss Tweed's Tammany Hall machine that controlled New York politics in the 19th Century.

Local politics left Wellington in conflict with Wrekin District ( now Telford & Wrekin ) Council for many years, with claims and counter claims of neglect.

Local politics have been dominated by the Labour Party for much of the 20th century, however Ashfield attracted media attention in the late 1970s with a shock by election win for the Conservatives.

That the metropolitan county councils were controlled by the Labour Party led to accusations that their abolition was motivated by party politics: the general secretary of the National Association of Local Government Officers described it as a " completely cynical manoeuvre ".

For those who disagreed with El Centro de la Raza ’ s far-left politics and savored historical irony, it didn ’ t get better than this: an organization that staunchly supported workers ’ rights, the AFL-CIO ( OPEIU Local 8 ), accused El Centro of violating the labor rights of its own staff.

The resulting battles were fierce: in Local 601, which represented Westinghouse workers in East Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania and whose members had a tradition of radical politics dating back to Eugene V. Debs ' candidacy for President in 1912, the two factions were led by brothers Mike and Tom Fitzgerald, who attacked each other personally as vigorously as the factions did on political issues.

Local people often seek to defend their real or perceived culture, and local politics is often dictated by a desire to preserve the traditions and habits of the Island.

* Local activist Dave Meslin created City Idol — an initiative and contest to encourage local citizens who were otherwise alienated from politics to seek office in this election.

The show's success as ABC Local Radio's highest rating weekday program is bolstered by a team of experts who are featured every week to discuss such topics as motoring, literature, movies, American politics and travel destinations.

Local politics had an interest in the market's audience.

Local hosts had been instructed to not limit themselves to sports, but also include politics, celebrities, relationships, and current events.

On 29 June 2010 a letter was sent from the Department of Communities and Local Government and the Department for Business, Innovation and Skills to local authority and business leaders, inviting proposals to replace regional development agencies in their areas by 6 September 2010.

Askin, along with his Minister for Local Government, Pat Morton, oversaw the rapid escalation of building development in inner-city Sydney and the central business district, which followed in the wake of his controversial 1967 abolition of Sydney City Council and a redistribution of municipal electoral boundaries that was aimed at reducing the power of the rival Australian Labor Party.

A recent example, is when a court ruled that it was illegal for local authority councils to hold prayers before undertaking the council business ( though part of the session ) and the Secretary of State for Communities and Local Government signed a Parliamentary Order approved by Parliament, to overrule the court and legally allow all local authorities to hold prayers at sessions.

* Obtain the State and Federal Tariffs filed by each phone service provider that pertains to each local, long distance and network circuit service that connects your business to the Local Exchange Carrier ( LEC ) in its geographic area.

Local number portability ( LNP ) and Mobile number portability ( MNP ) also impact VoIP business.

* Local service desk: to meet local business needs – practical only until multiple locations requiring support services are involved

Local authorities were given the legal obligation to actively lead promotion of business continuity practices in their respective jurisdictions.

Several local groups are protesting this development, including Hackney Unites, the Hackney Liberal Democrat Party, and Stokey Local, a group formed by local business leaders and residents.

Local city government is rapidly working to promote business development by attracting and supporting new businesses, as well as existing businesses.

Local residents banded together and protested the cell site claiming that big business was trying to run rampant over the little community of Val Verde.

* Historic Downtown Powell, Inc. Local downtown business development group.

Local developers and business leaders cite that there are not enough jobs in the city itself ( as 27 % of residents commute to Park City or Salt Lake City for work ) and wish to improve the city's self-reliance.

Local businesses struggle to compete against the major business of the Tri-Cities and Othello.

Local industry is not seen as a glorious business in the Zapotec community because it is essentially controlled by women.

The Independent News and Media Group also owns online business directory site Your Local that provides local business information on approximately 100, 000 Irish businesses.

Local government councils and similar authorities also set up government corporations, such as water supply companies and " local-authority trading enterprises " ( LATEs ) ( New Zealand ), as separate corporations or business unit of the councils concerned.

The university is home to a number of internationally renowned research centres and schools, including the Birmingham Business School, the oldest business school in England ( which is accredited by both AMBA and EQUIS ), the University of Birmingham Medical School, which produces more medical doctors than any other university in Britain, the International Development Department, the Institute of Local Government Studies, the Centre of West African Studies, the European Research Institute, the Centre of Excellence for Research in Computational Intelligence and Applications and the Shakespeare Institute.

Bagels were brought to the United States by immigrant Polish-Jews, with a thriving business developing in New York City that was controlled for decades by Bagel Bakers Local 338, which had contracts with nearly all bagel bakeries in and around the city for its workers, who prepared all the bagels by hand.

Local business owners have formed the group " Platform 1012 " ( named after the zipcode of the area ) to oppose the efforts of the Amsterdam government.

Local churches are autonomous, electing their own pastors and other leaders, owning their own property, deciding their own budgets, establishing their membership, and conducting all necessary local business.

Local broadcasting stations also helped many voice actors in the early stages of their careers, before the television age and the advent of foreign drama series concentrated most of the voice acting business in the Tokyo area.

Local businesses began changing the way they did business, actively promoting the heritage of New Glarus.

Local city and town bonyad have been accused of sometimes using extortionate tehniques to draw the traditional Shia Islamic 20 % khums donations from local business owners.

Local magistrates — who had to award a license before a tavern could operate — preferred widows who knew the business and might otherwise be impoverished and become a charge to the county.