| 单词 | pressure group |
| 例句 | I know, we came up here to get away from things— politics, the atom bomb, war, pressure groups, prejudice, laws—I know. The Martian Chronicles 1950-01-01T00:00:00Z Mda believed the Youth League should function as an internal pressure group, a militant nationalistic wing within the ANC as a whole that would propel the organization into a new era. Long Walk to Freedom 1994-01-01T00:00:00Z One of the organisations quoted extensively over the last few days is Safermedia, a pressure group campaigning to "reduce the harmful effects of the media on our children, families and society". Reactionary forces are shaping the debate on internet porn 2010-12-23T15:30:00Z But broadcasting pressure group the Parents Television Council called timing of the announcement "dubious". US networks pledge ratings advice 2012-06-12T10:13:12Z Grant has also pledged financial support for Hacked Off, the pressure group calling for a judicial inquiry into News International's activities. Hugh Grant regrets making film for Murdoch-owned studio 2011-07-15T14:59:05Z In France, a campaign, lead by the rightwing pressure group Promouvoir, succeeded in bumping its rating up from 16 to 18 after release. Director Gaspar Noé on his 3D sex film, Love: ‘All governments like controlling people’s sexuality’ 2015-11-12T05:00:00Z Hanna bought the votes of politicians, but he didn’t have a collection of think tanks, a nationwide network of pressure groups or a collection of subsidized university programs to propagandize on his behalf. ‘Dark Money,’ by Jane Mayer 2016-01-19T05:00:00Z Photograph: Alamy That conclusion was also used in evidence by the pressure group Psychologists Against Austerity, represented by Laura McGrath of the University of East London and Vanessa Griffin of the University of Essex. Is there too much stress on stress? 2016-02-14T05:00:00Z Photograph: Graham Turner for the Guardian The pressure group ArtWatch UK keeps a vigilant, some would say obsessive, eye on what it sees as the crimes of art conservators and museums. Swallow your sneering, ArtWatch 2010-06-17T14:36:00Z As a result, the world’s most tedious minority-interest pressure group has found itself hounded out of its erstwhile strongholds, facing a future of increasing marginalisation, or a radical rebranding as an online home furnishings retailer. 'Satire has had a busy year': how to laugh at the year that was 2017-12-29T05:00:00Z Then there was the crazy golf obstacle they designed in the shape of Hitler – him again – that led to complaints from Jewish pressure groups. Dinos Chapman's debut album: here comes the Luftbobler! 2013-02-19T18:24:32Z The omission slights how ACT UP’s radical bent ended up repositioning other pressure groups as the mainstream version of AIDS-era gay activism, an invaluable lesson in how defining the fringe can help redefine the center. When America acted up against AIDS 2012-09-30T14:01:00Z It is not a real party but a "pressure group of people who think about things in a certain way", partly inspired by the Tea Party in the US, he explained. Putting the art into party politics 2013-11-24T03:01:38Z More than half of the Chinese takeaway dishes analysed by the pressure group Action Against Salt contained more than half the government’s recommended daily 6g allowance. How to order a healthier Chinese takeaway: swap noodles for rice and avoid the soup 2018-03-13T04:00:00Z Gerard Kennedy, owner of the Moorings guesthouse and restaurant, disputed claims by the environmental pressure group that the presence of film crews would cause damage and distress protected wildlife. This is not the island you're looking for, Irish wildlife groups tell Star Wars 2015-09-10T04:00:00Z If you enter the GM space, you get pressure groups and activists who are part of this reaction to the introduction of GM crops. Can GM mosquitoes rid the world of a major killer? 2012-07-14T23:05:51Z The director general must expect rows with the government and complaints from everywhere - listeners and viewers, political pressure groups, commercial rivals and the press. Challenges for the new director general 2012-07-04T09:43:19Z The actor, a strident critic of Britain's tabloid newspaper culture, will donate the money to 'Hacked Off', a pressure group that helped bring about a public inquiry into press practices. Actor Hugh Grant wins large phone-hacking damages payout 2012-12-21T20:16:11Z The poster girl for a new pressure group, Equal Representation for Actresses, she is a forceful feminist and strides into the cafe where we meet looking like a model: tall and rangy and commandingly chic. Phoebe Waller-Bridge: ‘I felt strongly there was no such thing as a slut’ 2017-07-31T04:00:00Z For Anthony Barnett, former director of pressure group Charter88, AV is the tip of the iceberg, a glimpse of a much more radical future that would see a complete overhaul of our constitution. Will anyone vote for AV in the electoral reform referendum? 2011-04-08T23:09:12Z A lawyer named Wayne Wheeler, we read, was the master strategist for the Anti-Saloon League, described as “the most effective political pressure group in American history” and here is the machinery he set in motion. Exhibition Review: ‘American Spirits’ at the National Constitution Center 2012-10-18T22:30:49Z However, another parents' pressure group, TV Watch, welcomed the move. US networks pledge ratings advice 2012-06-12T10:13:12Z The fact maven Norris McWhirter was, unusually, standing outside the studio in the distinctive concrete doughnut of TV Centre, acknowledging the applause of thousands of members of his centre-right pressure group the Freedom Association. Farewell, BBC TV Centre. You were Britain's very own Disneyland 2013-03-31T00:05:37Z It was widely ridiculed when it was released in November, prompted an official apology and was labelled a “sick, anti-Christian advent calendar” by a rightwing pressure group. Little lord Jesus, fruitcake-style: the worst nativity scenes of 2017 2017-12-18T05:00:00Z He blames pressure groups for a sharp drop in advertising revenue since his takeover. IBM suspends ads on X after they appeared next to Nazi posts 2023-11-16T05:00:00Z On Tuesday, Sir Mark resisted calls, including from pressure group Campaign Against Antisemitism,to request powers from the home secretary to ban the march. London Gaza rally: Rishi Sunak vows to hold Met chief 'accountable' over march 2023-11-08T05:00:00Z A pressure group of more than 1,000 people has held rallies along the border and gone to court to try and re-open the road. Rock in a hard place: France-Spain border residents angry over road blocks 2023-11-04T04:00:00Z Manx and UK pressure groups campaigning both for and against assisted dying held demonstrations outside the House of Keys ahead of the debate. Proposed Isle of Man assisted dying laws progress to next stage 2023-10-31T04:00:00Z He then helped get the swabs in Tanzania and, with pressure group Berlin Postkolonial, persuaded the SPK to conduct an analysis on some of the remains. The Tanzanians searching for their grandfathers' skulls in Germany 2023-10-28T04:00:00Z Momentum, the left-wing pressure group set up to support former leader Jeremy Corbyn, called the vote "a huge victory - and a clear message to the leadership". Labour conference votes to nationalise energy 2023-10-09T04:00:00Z Many of these ideas come from fringe events organised by think tanks and pressure groups aligned with the party's political philosophy. Five policy ideas being pushed at Conservative Party conference 2023-10-04T04:00:00Z Emily’s List ia a fundraising and pressure group that seeks to elect pro-choice Democratic women to public office. Newsom names replacement for Feinstein: Report 2023-10-01T04:00:00Z The pressure group argues that impunity the murderers enjoy is fuelling further violence. Colombia deadliest country for environmentalists - report 2023-09-12T04:00:00Z Forty-five insurance companies have introduced restrictions now on cover for the coal industry, including Allianz, Swiss Re and Munich Re, according to the Insure Our Future environmental pressure group. Insight: Coal miners forced to save for a rainy day by insurance snub 2023-08-31T04:00:00Z Most scientists agree but environmental pressure group Greenpeace has said the filtration process, known as ALPS, does not work and that a vast amount of radioactivity will be released into the ocean. Fukushima: Discharge from Japan nuclear plant safe, tests show 2023-08-25T04:00:00Z But Paul Tuohy, boss of pressure group Campaign for Better Transport, said the government should "freeze rail fares - as they have done with fuel duty - until the long-promised ticketing reform takes place". Rail fares in England to rise below inflation again in 2024 2023-08-15T04:00:00Z But environmental lawyer, Tessa Khan, of the pressure group Uplift, says using renewables to perpetuate the burning of fossil fuels "would be laughable if it wasn't so serious". Should the Rosebank oilfield get the go ahead? 2023-07-28T04:00:00Z Earlier, Sadiq Khan described Just Stop Oil as a "really important pressure group" despite the disruption threats. London Pride: Seven arrests as Just Stop Oil protest temporarily halts parade 2023-07-01T04:00:00Z Earlier this year, the environmental pressure group Greenpeace was forced to close its Russian division after Moscow declared it to be an undesirable organization. Russia outlaws critical news outlet as ‘undesirable’ in continued crackdown on dissent 2023-06-28T04:00:00Z “Children in need of suicide prevention services should be speaking with emergency services so they can get the help they need, not a creepy, far-left pressure group,” Mr. Hild said Tuesday. Conservative group targets companies that financially support resource for transgender youth 2023-06-20T04:00:00Z Environment Minister Gilberto Pichetto Fratin complained that projects to protect communities from flooding, such as building new dams or levees, were sometimes blocked by local pressure groups anxious to protect the countryside. Exceptional weather becomes the new norm in exposed Italy 2023-05-18T04:00:00Z Susan Hawley, executive director of pressure group Spotlight on Corruption, said the data suggested it had been "business as usual" for Russian litigants. Despite war, sanctions, Russians in London Commercial Courts reach new record -report 2023-05-03T04:00:00Z The bill has been denounced by pressure groups and Western governments which say it will undermine human rights. Ugandan LGBTQ activist rallies support for compatriots after anti-gay bill 2023-04-20T04:00:00Z Graham Smith, from pressure group Republic which campaigns for an elected head of state, questions whether tradition is a valid argument when coronations have "changed in scale, scope and content every time". King Charles: Why does the monarch need a coronation? 2023-04-19T04:00:00Z Sandra Igwe set up her own pressure group to campaigns for better care for black mothers, after the traumatic births of her two daughters. End racial disparities in maternal deaths - MPs 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z "They are setting neighbour against neighbour," warns Richard Parnham, an Oxford resident who is campaigning against traffic restrictions in the city with a local pressure group called Reconnecting Oxford. Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: Is this the UK's most abused traffic bollard? 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z This has been widely spread on social media and the pro-Wagner messages gain some public appeal when they were shared by those Malian pressure groups which have held protests agitating for increased co-operation with Moscow. Russia's African footprint grows with Lavrov trip to Mali 2023-02-07T05:00:00Z The referendum, and the signatures needed to trigger it, were brought about by pressure group IG Volksmeinung, formed to fight the "casino flood". Liechtenstein votes resoundingly against banning casinos 2023-01-29T05:00:00Z Rather than “kowtowing” to religious pressure groups, they said, Pakistani authorities should get “on the right side of history,” allowing the nation’s talents to flow and its citizens a rare chance to rejoice. Oscar attention puts Pakistan’s transgender community under the spotlight 2022-11-28T05:00:00Z “Ginni Thomas has held so many leadership or advisory positions at conservative pressure groups that it’s hard to keep track of them,” the New Yorker’s Jane Mayer wrote earlier this year. Opinion | How the Supreme Court can start to regain Americans’ trust in its ethics 2022-11-22T05:00:00Z The Taxpayers' Alliance, a pressure group which campaigns for lower taxes, says there has been a massive increase in fines imposed on motorists by local authorities. Low Traffic Neighbourhoods: Is this the UK's most abused traffic bollard? 2023-04-17T04:00:00Z Police intervened after Wydrzynska, a prominent member of Polish pressure group Abortion Dream Team, provided a pregnant woman with pills in early 2020 to trigger a miscarriage. I won't stop, says Polish abortion activist as court hearing adjourned 2022-10-14T04:00:00Z Unwanted Witness, a digital rights pressure group, has also described the legislation as vague and overly broad, saying it will have the "effect of unjustifiably restricting legitimate freedom of speech and expression." Ugandan president signs law critics say will stifle free speech 2022-10-13T04:00:00Z “We need the Democratic Party to recognize the existential threat posed by this Court and embrace calls for reform,” declared left-wing pressure group Demand Justice in the wake of the court’s recent term. Opinion | One way to repair the Supreme Court 2022-09-17T04:00:00Z Ms Gage is the network director of UK pressure group Adfree Cities, which wants a complete ban on all outdoor corporate advertising. Should billboard advertising be banned? 2022-09-07T04:00:00Z There are about 240 indigenous tribes in Brazil, with many under threat as illegal miners, loggers and farmers encroach onto their territory, warns Survival International, a pressure group fighting for the rights of indigenous people. 'Man of the Hole': Last of his tribe dies in Brazil 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Ingvild Jenssen, director of the pressure group Shipbreaking Platform, said: "Turkey is a legal destination under international waste law and the conditions there are better than they are in India, Bangladesh and Pakistan." Oil rigs detailed in Cromarty Firth will now be dismantled legally 2022-08-29T04:00:00Z Definitions abound when it comes to interest groups, which are sometimes referred to as special interests, interest organizations, pressure groups, or just interests. American Government 2021-07-28T00:00:00Z In several cases, including this one, the families have been backed by a religious pressure group, Christian Concern. UK court holds last-minute hearing in life support battle 2022-08-01T04:00:00Z The Almedalen Week is an annual event attended by leading politicians from different parties, lobbyists, pressure groups and interested members of the public. Fatal stabbing at Sweden annual event now labeled as terror 2022-07-12T04:00:00Z The animal rights pressure group People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals says if population control has to be implemented, it backs non-lethal options. Scientists design contraceptives to limit grey squirrels 2022-07-10T04:00:00Z Spotlight on Corruption, a pressure group, said the charges were "hugely significant" but raised "questions about the SFO's ambition as our elite corruption-busting agency". Mining firm Glencore pleads guilty to UK bribery charges 2022-06-21T04:00:00Z Spotlight on Corruption, a pressure group, welcomed the charges but said it was essential that those responsible for the wrongdoing, including senior executives and the parent company, were held to account. Mining giant pleads guilty to UK bribery charges 2022-05-24T04:00:00Z "It is extremely worrying," says the director of UK anti-GM pressure group, GM Freeze. The sci-fi technology tackling malarial mosquitos 2022-05-22T04:00:00Z But pressure groups are not expecting countries like the UK to allocate any more money than it has already. World complacent on Covid, warns former UK prime minister Gordon Brown 2022-05-11T04:00:00Z "She has been one of the directors of CNP Action, a dark-money wing of the conservative pressure group the Council for National Policy," Mayer noted. Watchdogs say if Clarence Thomas won't resign, "Congress must move to impeach" 2022-03-25T04:00:00Z Similarly, several Republicans complained that outside pressure groups favored her nomination, even though she has no connection to them. Opinion | Republicans boast they have not pulled a Kavanaugh. In fact, they’ve treated Jackson worse. 2022-03-23T04:00:00Z It was also signed by the co-founders of the Conservative Animal Welfare Foundation - a pressure group that counts the prime minister's father Stanley Johnson and his wife Carrie Johnson among its prominent backers. Foie gras and fur: Tory MPs urge ministers not to drop import ban 2022-02-23T05:00:00Z A letter - released by anti-monarchy pressure group Republic - had been signed by more than 150 Royal Navy, RAF and Army veterans asking the Queen to strip Prince Andrew of his eight British military titles. Prince Andrew accuser praises decision to let legal case continue 2022-01-14T05:00:00Z Mrs Fielding is a trustee of road safety pressure group Road Peace and serves as its North West coordinator. Road safety campaign mum Pauline Fielding receives MBE 2022-01-12T05:00:00Z The caucus, with around 20 followers, has been linked to the anti-green pressure group formerly known as the Global Warming Policy Foundation, which was founded by the former Chancellor Nigel Lawson. Tories call on Treasury to fund green energy plans 2022-01-07T05:00:00Z The pressure group Bereaved Families for Justice said the announcement of a chairperson to lead the promised inquiry was a “positive step” but “comes far too late.” UK appoints ex-judge to head COVID-19 inquiry in 2022 2021-12-15T05:00:00Z The Northern Powerhouse Partnership, a business pressure group chaired by former chancellor George Osborne, has been looking at the £96bn rail investment announced by the government. HS2: Has the government broken its promises over high-speed rail? 2021-11-18T05:00:00Z Australia, however, has rejected the global methane pledge and campaigners and pressure groups have not been impressed by the commitments of other world leaders. Rallies in Sydney, Melbourne protest against Australia's climate policy 2021-11-06T04:00:00Z But pressure group End Our Pain says only three such prescriptions have since been made on the NHS, with many families forced to go private. Cannabis treatment: Parents fear for teen's life without drug 2021-11-02T04:00:00Z However, environmental pressure groups are also out in force and are very sensitive to any attempts by multinational corporations to influence negotiators, and serve as a key line of defence. Does a climate summit need 25,000 people? And more questions 2021-10-17T04:00:00Z The report was welcomed by pressure groups including the Electoral Reform Society and Transparency International. Pandora Papers: Why are donations to political parties often so controversial? 2021-10-04T04:00:00Z The pressure group says it was given no explanation, despite getting the go-ahead to attend Labour's event. Covid-19 bereaved families group rejected from attending Tory conference 2021-09-21T04:00:00Z "What we haven't been able to do, pressure groups, is get the government to act," she said. M25 protests: Arrest tally over Insulate Britain action reaches 77 2021-09-14T04:00:00Z It also comes amid increased scrutiny of Amazon's working practices from unions and pressure groups. Amazon to recruit 55,000 staff for expansion drive 2021-09-01T04:00:00Z When social services said they could not help, Mariana turned to a housing pressure group, the PAH, set up when the property crash of 2008 left around a million people unable to pay their mortgages. The hard men removing squatters in Spain 2021-08-25T04:00:00Z “Things are changing but it takes time for athletes to realize they may have more rights,” said Max Hartung, the president of German athlete pressure group Athleten Deutschland, who competed in Tokyo as a fencer. Athletes fight limits on endorsements at Tokyo Olympics 2021-08-04T04:00:00Z French authorities opened the probe after complaints from the European Uyghur Institute and other pressure groups that the retailers were profiting from the use of forced labour. France investigates retailers over China forced labour claims 2021-07-02T04:00:00Z Even the pressure group formed in 2016 to campaign for the post-Brexit rights of EU citizens in the UK called itself The 3 Million. How many more EU nationals in UK than previously thought? 2021-06-22T04:00:00Z These MPs are about to become every lobbyist and pressure group's new best friend. Tory MP wins Commons new law lottery 2021-05-20T04:00:00Z The Electoral Reform Society, a political pressure group, said the new law was “a colossal waste of energy and resources.” UK government plan to toughen voter ID rules draws criticism 2021-05-12T04:00:00Z In conclusion, then, is the alliance going to transcend into a unified diplomatic or political pressure group? Five Eyes: Is the intelligence-sharing alliance in trouble? 2021-05-03T04:00:00Z Justice for Myanmar, Human Rights Watch and other pressure groups on Feb. 17 asked a United Nations’ human rights body to investigate Y Complex’s ties to the military. Japan state-funded hotel deal pays rent to Myanmar defence ministry 2021-03-24T04:00:00Z Global Citizen, an international pressure group that aims to end extreme poverty by 2030, launched a campaign to support equitable distribution of vaccines that will feature a broadcast special in May. EU backs donating COVID-19 shots to African health workers 2021-02-23T05:00:00Z Investors led by pressure group ShareAction will ask shareholders to vote for their plan. Investor group calls for Tesco healthy food plan 2021-02-09T05:00:00Z U.S. based pressure group Human Rights Watch called for the lifting of the internet restrictions, the release of detainees and an end to threats against journalists. Myanmar junta extends social media blockade as protests spread 2021-02-05T05:00:00Z Several pressure groups said they were disappointed the bank was not taking more immediate action. Exclusive: HSBC targets net zero emissions by 2050, earmarks $1 trillion green financing 2020-10-09T04:00:00Z Ruth Chambers from the pressure group Greener UK has lost patience. What's in Boris Johnson's climate in tray? 2020-09-25T04:00:00Z Liberal pressure groups are already taking that argument to the states, where a half dozen or more Republican senators face tough re-election campaigns. Trump promises to name Ginsburg replacement ‘without delay’ 2020-09-19T04:00:00Z But analysis from pressure groups Transport and Environment and Greenpeace suggest they emit an average of 120g of CO2 per km. Plug-in hybrids are a 'wolf in sheep's clothing' 2020-09-16T04:00:00Z Michigan Rising Action, a conservative pressure group, said of 222 outbreaks in the state, 79 were in long-term care facilities. Democrat governors who ordered nursing homes to take COVID patients probed by DOJ 2020-08-26T04:00:00Z The anti-Trump pressure group National Security Action denied that China’s public actions rose to the level of Russia’s covert election interference. Russia, China and Iran meddling in US elections, top intelligence official says 2020-08-07T04:00:00Z Among those pressure groups were the liquor lobby, which saw the suffragette movement as closely linked to the temperance movement to ban alcohol. Heroines of the suffragette movement, 100 years since women won the right to vote: documentary 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z A poll by Hart Research for the pressure group Protect Our Care found that even voters who approve of Trump’s handling of the economy care more about his botched response to the virus. Trump has 'gone awol' as president amid coronavirus pandemic, says ex-CIA director 2020-07-02T04:00:00Z The state broadcaster reported the arrest of the prominent journalist and activist Eskinder Nega, a former political prisoner who runs a pressure group opposed to what it describes as Oromo attempts to dominate the capital. Ethiopia protests: more than 80 killed as singer's murder lays bare grievances 2020-07-01T04:00:00Z An undercover journalist suffers amnesia while trying to expose members of a pressure group who advocate violence. Movies on TV this week: April 1 2020-04-10T04:00:00Z Sri Lanka’s prisons are overcrowded, sometimes housing 5,000 inmates in a facility capable of holding 800, according to the pressure group. 2 Sri Lanka inmates killed in riot over virus restrictions 2020-03-22T04:00:00Z "The whole system desperately needs reviewing," says Becca Lush, of the Transport Action Network pressure group. In a hurry? Here's what you need to know in five minutes 2020-02-28T05:00:00Z A pressure group, Transport Action Network, says its investigations suggest some road schemes are going ahead, even if they're shown to increase emissions, whilst other schemes don't include any data on potential carbon emissions. Road schemes may face Heathrow-style court action 2020-02-27T05:00:00Z In other parts of Mexico, protesters, pressure groups or cartel gunmen regularly block roads and train tracks, but that doesn’t happen in Guanajuato. Violence, industry co-exist in conservative Mexican state 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z Check Warner is the founder of Diversity VC, a UK-based pressure group that aims to promote and encourage more diversity in the investment sector. How a serious accident led to business success 2020-02-25T05:00:00Z “The unchecked growth of online holiday lettings is depriving communities of much-needed homes,” said Dan Wilson Craw, the director of housing pressure group Generation Rent. Revealed: the areas in the UK with one Airbnb for every four homes 2020-02-20T05:00:00Z The pressure group Liberty said it was "dangerous" and counter productive to apply the measures retrospectively. Terror sentence changes 'face legal battle' 2020-02-03T05:00:00Z The culprit is not spending by the NRA on campaigns and lobbying, which other pressure groups exceed. An excerpt from 'Repeal the Second Amendment' 2020-01-31T05:00:00Z The same year saw the arrival of Dominic Cummings, future mastermind of the Vote Leave campaign, on the Eurosceptic scene, as campaign director of anti-euro pressure group Business for Sterling. Mavericks to mainstream: the long campaign for Brexit 2020-01-29T05:00:00Z Brazil’s government plans to push abstinence-based sex education to help cut teenage pregnancy rates, in a controversial move inspired by an evangelical Christian pressure group and Donald Trump’s policy in the US. 'Like going back 40 years': dismay as Bolsonaro backs abstinence-only sex ed 2020-01-17T05:00:00Z Yesterday, Graham Smith, of the pressure group Republic, was celebrating the forthcoming decline of the institution: its troubles can only get worse, he said. Harry and Meghan: what price their independence? 2020-01-11T05:00:00Z The British Lung Foundation and pressure group Healthy Air Cymru believe "bold initiatives" are needed. Congestion to be tackled amid city pollution fears 2020-01-07T05:00:00Z Ms. Wall said she worried that pressure groups — particularly religious ones — might find more influence ahead of a public vote than they would if lawmakers were deciding the matter. New Zealand Is Tackling Hot-Button Liberal Issues in One Swoop 2019-11-26T05:00:00Z So why is there such a wealth of studies and pressure groups claiming the exact opposite? Opinion | D.C.’ s proposed soda tax sounds sweeter than it is 2019-11-01T04:00:00Z By sheer coincidence, the press launch for the show occurs on the same day environmental pressure group Extinction Rebellion begin their two-week global protest. David Attenborough: 'People thought we were cranks' 2019-10-19T04:00:00Z The progressive pressure group Demand Justice released on Tuesday a “shortlist” of potential judicial nominees for the next Democratic president, in an effort to “prod the candidates” into producing their own lists. Opinion | Trump has politicizied the judiciary. Now progressives are getting in on the act. 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z The hour-long recording was made public on Tuesday by Michael Quinn Sullivan, chief executive of far-right pressure group Empower Texans, hours before a court hearing where a judge would be asked to order its release. Republicans fear 'suburban revolt' against Trump in 2020 2019-10-16T04:00:00Z His words were echoed by human rights pressure group Amnesty International in its response. Should governments be given keys to access our messages? 2019-10-05T04:00:00Z As recently declassified files show, often in vivid detail, undercover British agents infiltrated US pressure groups, subverted opinion polls, hacked correspondence, tapped telephone lines and repeatedly fed lies, exaggerations and rumours to the news cycle. Top 10 books about fake news 2019-09-04T04:00:00Z It was no surprise to Joe Halliday, a spokesman for the pressure group “Empty for Ashley”, which encourages fans to boycott games in a bid to force Newcastle’s unloved owner to sell up. Premier League: 10 talking points from the weekend’s action 2019-09-02T04:00:00Z To achieve this, panel members will need to be protected from direct or indirect lobbying by companies, pressure groups and governments — especially by those who regard ethics as a brake on innovation. International AI ethics panel must be independent 2019-08-20T04:00:00Z The pressure group even sent a delegation to the UK to protest against the bill. How an apostrophe meant an extra holiday in Ghana 2019-08-13T04:00:00Z The NRA, once the Death Star of political pressure groups, has for months been beset by infighting, allegations of misconduct and mixed messaging. NRA crackup widens way for background check bill 2019-08-08T04:00:00Z She co-founded of the Manifesto Club, a pressure group challenging the “erosion of public freedoms”. Dominic Cummings takes swipe at Grieve over confidence vote plan 2019-08-07T04:00:00Z Other pressure groups called on Walmart to use its vast resources to invest more in security, training, and education. Walmart faces backlash over gun sales after shootings 2019-08-06T04:00:00Z According to pressure group Physicians for Human Rights-Israel, more than 7,000 travel permits were issued to children from Gaza last year, but fewer than 2,000 were issued for parents to accompany them. ‘I called out Palestinian suffering – and was met by antisemitic abuse’ 2019-08-03T04:00:00Z The court in Kampala was packed with activists, members of parliament, pressure groups, and leaders from different political parties. Activist who branded Uganda president ‘a dirty, delinquent dictator’ faces jail 2019-08-02T04:00:00Z He also accused pressure groups of competing, rather than collaborating. Beach cleaner quits 'losing battle' 2019-06-22T04:00:00Z As well as an actor, you are an abortion-rights activist and founder of the pressure group A Is For. Martha Plimpton: ‘I am terrified for the women of my country’ 2019-06-01T04:00:00Z From top Republican senators to business and conservative pressure groups, the denunciations flowed quickly on Thursday night and Friday morning, after the president issued a lengthy statement explaining his plan. Donald Trump’s Mexico-border tariffs anger GOP coalition 2019-05-31T04:00:00Z FreedomWorks, a conservative pressure group, will join 75 activists in lobbying against the plan on Capitol Hill Wednesday. Free-market activists slam Trump’s international drug-pricing index 2019-05-21T04:00:00Z Several presidential candidates have called for action, and liberal pressure groups say it’s time the House, controlled by Democrats, takes the fight to the halls of Capitol Hill. Abortion bans seen by Democrats as chance to divide GOP 2019-05-20T04:00:00Z No financial interest or large popular pressure group lobbies on NARA’s behalf. Opinion | America is losing its memory 2019-05-07T04:00:00Z “If Theresa May is really interested in getting this right, there’s an easy solution: ask the public what they want,” Stevens said in a statement issue by the Best for Britain pressure group. Brexit: May says if her deal fails, 'we may never leave' EU – Politics live 2019-03-08T05:00:00Z Ms Sohn and the pressure group also called for an investigation into Jun Myung-kyu, the former national team coach and a hugely influential figure in South Korean speed skating, who they accused of concealing misconduct. Sex abuse scandal hits S Korea's elite skaters 2019-01-22T05:00:00Z That is according to All Raise, a pressure group dedicated to seeing more women in senior roles in the industry. The tech boss who smashed through barriers 2019-01-06T05:00:00Z Conservative pressure groups want swift action, too, saying GOP leaders offer the best shot to dent Obamacare before Democrats take the House majority and push tax relief down their list of priorities. Kevin Brady calls for delaying some Obamacare-related taxes 2018-12-10T05:00:00Z “The National Climate Assessment report reads like a press release from environmental pressure groups — because it is,” said Marc Morano, author of “The Politically Incorrect Guide to Climate Change.” Andrew Light, Obama official, helped prepare dire National Climate Assessment 2018-11-28T05:00:00Z A pressure group has been set up to oppose plans to construct a spaceport in Sutherland. Campaign opposes planned spaceport 2018-11-01T04:00:00Z Most trips to Israel and the Palestinian territories were covered by pressure groups including Conservative Friends of Israel, Labour Friends of Israel or Medical Aid for Palestine. MPs sign up for £2m of free overseas trips 2018-10-18T04:00:00Z At the same time, Mr. Trump praised Sen. Susan Collins, Maine Republican, who voted in favor of the nomination despite enormous pressure from left-wing pressure groups. Lisa Murkowski ‘present’ vote on Brett Kavanaugh ‘disgraceful,’ Donald Trump says 2018-10-07T04:00:00Z Instead, Trump nominated Brett M. Kavanaugh, a darling of far-right pressure groups that want to topple the remaining pillars of progressive jurisprudence, including Roe v. Opinion | Democrats, get mad about Kavanaugh. Then get even. 2018-10-04T04:00:00Z Gove told an event organised by environmental pressure group Greener UK: “I’m in favour of a ‘super Britain’ deal. Gove backs PM's plan, snubs Johnson's proposals 2018-09-30T04:00:00Z The pressure group welcomed her decision to withdraw in a tweet on Friday night: Lana Del Rey pulls out of Israeli festival after backlash 2018-08-31T04:00:00Z A list of demands is being drawn up by a coalition of pressure groups, unions and NGOs. Ten years after the financial crash, the timid left should be full of regrets | Larry Elliott 2018-08-30T04:00:00Z From that point on, they used their vast family fortune to build a three-pronged political machine comprised of lobbying, campaign donations, and nonprofit pressure groups to pull the Republican Party toward their views. Trump vs. Koch Is a Custody Battle Over Congress 2018-08-02T04:00:00Z Sara Rainwater, of the Taxpayers Alliance pressure group, described the incentives as an unnecessary "bribe". Theme park offer for smoking mums-to-be 2018-07-17T04:00:00Z Just hours after Justice Kennedy’s retirement announcement, the Judicial Crisis Network, a conservative pressure group, said it was buying airtime for ads on television and digital platforms targeting vulnerable Democrats. Donald Trump’s Supreme Court nomination to pressure red-state Democrats 2018-07-01T04:00:00Z Last year Human Rights Watch, an international pressure group, found that the test is still routine in Rajasthani hospitals. Victims of rape in South Asia face further violation from the courts 2018-06-28T04:00:00Z One of the rally organisers, James McGrory from pressure group Open Britain, said there should be "a choice between leaving with the deal that the government negotiates, or staying in the European Union". Marchers demand final Brexit deal vote 2018-06-23T04:00:00Z But SAS still exists, transformed from single-issue pressure group to marine conservation charity. Surfers Against Sewage ride the wave of the 'Harry and Meghan effect' 2018-06-17T04:00:00Z Politicians are not only accountable to voters but also kept in line by feisty courts, journalists and pressure groups. After decades of triumph, democracy is losing ground 2018-06-14T04:00:00Z Americans for Prosperity, a conservative pressure group, is set to rally with former Sen. Rick Santorum of Pennsylvania ahead of the Richmond votes and call for renewed efforts to repeal Obamacare. Ralph Northam, Virginia governor: ‘Put the excuses aside’ on Medicaid 2018-05-30T04:00:00Z Such statements, and the continuing policy uncertainty around the issue, have prompted some white farmers and pressure groups to make comparisons with Zimbabwe's chaotic, and economically disastrous land reform process. South Africans' anger over land set to explode 2018-05-29T04:00:00Z And even in Pyongyang, Western and South Korean pressure groups attest, the deadening totalitarian system is as intrusive as ever. What life is like for ordinary North Koreans 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z The development of CSR is not the result of self-directed corporate initiatives for doing good deeds, but a response to widespread CSR activism from NGOs, pressure groups and trade unions. The trouble with charitable billionaires 2018-05-24T04:00:00Z Their campaign in Iowa combined local activists with outside pressure groups and the support of the White House, and was even conducted against the wishes of one major anti-abortion group. Iowa's anti-abortion 'heartbeat bill' passed with aid of local activist groups 2018-05-22T04:00:00Z The Environmental Defenders Office NSW, a pressure group, notes that there is no legal bar to stacking the board of the authority in charge of the plan. Australia’s biggest river is running dry, despite an expensive plan to save it 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z More than 300 political prisoners are being held in Venezuela, according to pressure group Foro Penal. Political prisoners 'revolt' in Venezuela 2018-05-17T04:00:00Z The Yorkshire branch of Republic – the pressure group dedicated to “campaigning for a democratic alternative to the monarchy” – has been in existence since 2012. ‘Essentially, the monarchy is corrupt’ – can republicanism survive the Harry and Meghan effect? 2018-05-08T04:00:00Z They are among the richest and best-organized pressure groups in the country. Teachers on Strike 2018-04-24T04:00:00Z Liberal pressure groups also complained that he defended requiring voters to show photo ID at the polls. Six of Trump’s judicial nominees clear committee, including three circuit picks 2018-04-19T04:00:00Z Conservative pressure groups want state-level Republicans to hold firm against expansion, saying the program was designed for pregnant women and the frail and that expanding it to the able-bodied will stretch state budgets. Virginia Democrats near victory on Medicaid expansion 2018-04-10T04:00:00Z Human rights pressure group Liberty hailed it as a "victory" after legal challenges and calls for a boycott. Schools 'to drop nationality questions' 2018-04-09T04:00:00Z Lori Freemon, a volunteer with the South Carolina chapter of the gun control reform pressure group Moms Demand Action for Gun Sense in America, was at the meeting. South Carolina Republican puts loaded gun on table in constituent meeting 2018-04-07T04:00:00Z “Libya today couldn’t be further away from…acceptable conditions for free elections,” warns Human Rights Watch, a pressure group. War-torn Libya plans an election 2018-04-05T04:00:00Z McKinley also took on anti-Catholic bigotry, defying America’s largest pressure group, the American Protective Association, when it insisted during his Ohio governorship that he fire Catholic state workers. The Pitchforks Are Out for McKinley 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z The lawsuit, filed by the Geller Law Group and Protect Democracy, a nonpartisan pressure group, argues that Akima violated Virginia employment law by firing Briskman out of fear of unlawful government retaliation. Cyclist who lost job after giving Trump the middle finger sues former employer 2018-04-04T04:00:00Z Right-wing pressure groups like the Free Brazil Movement, or MBL in Portuguese, are finding big audiences. Brazil's unlikely young conservatives 2018-04-01T04:00:00Z A conservative pressure group, the National Center on Sexual Exploitation, said Walmart’s decision made it a “leader and trailblazer in corporate responsibility”. Walmart removes Cosmopolitan from checkouts as conservative lobbyists celebrate 2018-03-28T04:00:00Z A 2017 Red Nose Day film fronted by Ed Sheeran, about street children in Liberia, was named the "most offensive" campaign last year by a fundraising pressure group. Sport Relief drops stars from appeals 2018-03-23T04:00:00Z Conservative pressure groups fired a warning shot Monday at members of Congress eyeing measures that would free up federal funding to stabilize Obamacare’s wobbly markets. Conservative groups fire warning shot over Obamacare aid 2018-03-12T04:00:00Z Reporters Without Borders, a pressure group, said last year that it was worried about “the regime’s domination of the media”. Ahead of a farcical election, Abdel-Fattah al-Sisi goes after the press 2018-03-08T05:00:00Z The pressure group Everytown for Gun Safety, which has been pressing for Chubb to end the coverage for months, applauded the move. NRA under mounting pressure as companies cut ties with gun lobby 2018-02-23T05:00:00Z Human Rights Watch, a pressure group, counts thousands more detained for their political opinions. Ethiopia’s regime flirts with letting dissidents speak without locking them up 2018-01-25T05:00:00Z The environmental pressure group Greenpeace sets out seven ways for people to reduce the amount of plastic they throw away. Plastic recycling: Your questions answered 2018-01-16T05:00:00Z Democrats are under intense pressure from immigrant-rights organization and liberal pressure groups not to deal with the GOP and to insist only on a bill that grants legal status for Dreamers. Congressional leaders see path to immigration reform, reject reports of ‘mutiny’ 2018-01-11T05:00:00Z Aides expect Democratic members to quiz Mr. Azar on Tuesday on the full array of Trump plans, and liberal pressure groups are already demanding Democrats try to defeat him. Trump, GOP seek actions to undercut Obamacare 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Democracy for America, a leading liberal pressure group founded by former Democratic Party Chairman Howard Dean, even began fundraising off Ms. Winfrey on Monday, firing off an email plea titled “Oprah for president?” Oprah Winfrey’s possible 2020 white house run excites democrats 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z The pressure group argued the ban amounted to unconstitutional censorship of speech on issues of public concern, which is entitled to special protection under the first amendment. New Jersey officials say they'll lift ban on book The New Jim Crow in prisons 2018-01-08T05:00:00Z Some immigrant rights advocates and liberal pressure groups object to the term “chain migration,” arguing that it’s insulting to immigrants. Chain migration concern grow as immigrant levels top 1.8 million 2017-12-28T05:00:00Z In September a delegation from Human Rights Watch, an international pressure group, was admitted for the first time since 2010. An Uzbek spring has sprung, but summer is still a long way off 2017-12-14T05:00:00Z Conservative pressure groups mocked the idea, saying tax cuts should stand on their own, regardless of their effect on the deficit. Tax cut ‘trigger’ proposed to limit deficit 2017-11-29T05:00:00Z A cautionary guide will be produced by Fare – formerly Football Against Racism in Europe and now a pressure group that campaigns for equality in football – and dispersed to fans travelling to the tournament. Gay fans warned holding hands at Russia World Cup will be dangerous 2017-11-28T05:00:00Z Prof Lewis suggested that the government might choose to submit new data into their long - and so far unsuccessful - court battle with the pressure group ClientEarth over the failure to meet NO2 targets. Air pollution target 'may be met quickly' 2017-11-27T05:00:00Z A survey earlier this year by Transparency International, a pressure group, found that it is seen as Indonesia’s most corrupt institution. A kickback scandal ensnares the speaker of Indonesia’s parliament 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Geoffrey Cousins, a businessman and head of the Australian Conservation Foundation, a pressure group, says such protests have turned into the biggest environmental campaign “ever run in Australia”. Coal becomes a flashpoint in a close election in Australia 2017-11-23T05:00:00Z Greenpeace, an environmental pressure group, reckons that around 160,000 premature deaths have been avoided as a result. As South Asians gasp for breath, governments sit on their hands 2017-11-16T05:00:00Z At an event hosted by the pro-EU Open Britain pressure group, the peer will say: "We are not required to withdraw just because Mrs May sent her letter" to Brussels. Brexit date to be enshrined in law 2017-11-09T05:00:00Z Liberal pressure groups also vowed to change the debate. Nancy Pelosi, Gabrielle Giffords pressure Congress to take legislative action on gun violence 2017-10-02T04:00:00Z Online pressure group Avaaz said it was filing papers in court on Friday seeking a judicial review of Ofcom’s “fit and proper” decision. Murdoch opponent challenges UK regulator over Sky deal 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Conservative pressure groups say it’s unfair to single out Mr. Paul when moderate Republicans have been reluctant to fully gut President Obama’s signature program or rein in spending on Medicaid insurance for the poor. Rand Paul, Graham-Cassidy holdout, under pressure on health care reform, Planned Parenthood funding 2017-09-21T04:00:00Z But Richard Angell, director of the New Labour pressure group Progress, said: "We are now in a permanent campaign to undermine the role of MPs, marginalise their voice and get them to acquiesce." Labour rule changes backed by NEC 2017-09-19T04:00:00Z Mike Galsworthy, of the Scientists for EU pressure group, says that the document makes “generally warm and happy noises” but contains nothing really new. Researchers riled by lack of detail in Brexit science plans 2017-09-05T04:00:00Z But pressure group Migration Watch described the proposals in it as "excellent". Brexit: Leaked plan to give preference to British workers - BBC News 2017-09-06T04:00:00Z Online pressure group Avaaz said it was filing papers in court on Friday seeking a judicial review of Ofcom’s “fit and proper” decision. Murdoch opponent challenges UK regulator over Sky deal 2017-09-29T04:00:00Z Ms Waters is the founder of the Sharia Watch pressure group and has previously called Islam "evil". UKIP's deputy leader defends anti-Islam candidate's leadership bid - BBC News 2017-08-12T04:00:00Z The future of marine nuclear power stations is more likely to depend on the future of nuclear power itself than on the actions of pressure groups such as Greenpeace. Atomic power stations out at sea may be better than inland ones 2017-08-10T04:00:00Z "I think it's wrong for a company to fire someone for simply expressing their opinion," said Jodie Ginsberg of the Index on Censorship pressure group. Was Google wrong to fire anti-diversity memo author? - BBC News 2017-08-08T04:00:00Z Much of it was orchestrated by pressure groups like Freedom Works, and it’s a good guess that some of the “ordinary citizens” who appeared at town halls were actually right-wing activists. The lies that stoked anti-Obamacare rage 2017-08-04T04:00:00Z As chair of the human rights pressure group Liberty in the early noughties he campaigned against imprisonment without trial. Sadiq Khan: ‘I'm not sure what Donald Trump's beef is with me’ 2017-07-29T04:00:00Z "One day my sister-in-law asked who was sitting outside. I named all the men who were there, including my husband's uncle," Malati Mahato says in a film produced by Video Volunteers, a pressure group. Calling your husband by name for the first time - BBC News 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z A spokesperson for the New Zealand's Taxpayers' Union pressure group also thought the expenditure was "beyond imagination". Row as New Zealand spends thousands on South Korean mud - BBC News 2017-07-27T04:00:00Z Conservative pressure groups pushed from the other side, saying failure to proceed onto the bill would result in a bipartisan push to shore up Obamacare’s ailing markets. Senate to begin debate on Republicans’ repeal, replace health care bill 2017-07-24T04:00:00Z In the wake of Wolfenden, pressure groups such as the Homosexual Law Reform Society formed, hoping to keep up the momentum. How 1967 changed gay life in Britain: ‘I think for my generation, we’re still a little bit uneasy’ 2017-07-23T04:00:00Z Conservative MPs say Jeremy Corbyn has been to slow condemn the actions of left-wing activists, including members of the Momentum pressure group, who they claim have been targeting them as well some Labour MPs. Election intimidation at 'tipping point', warns watchdog - BBC News 2017-07-16T04:00:00Z Marine police units intercepted 22 divers from the environmental pressure group Greenpeace who had also been trying to reach the concert hall, police said. Smoke rises over Hamburg as Merkel's free speech gamble hangs in balance 2017-07-07T04:00:00Z But after the stinging defeats in South Carolina and Georgia, Democrats and liberal pressure groups are searching for what went wrong. Jon Ossoff’s defeat puts Democrats at loss 2017-06-21T04:00:00Z He wrote: "The current obsession of the environmental pressure groups is that there must be no 'watering down' of environmental designations after Brexit. " Brexit 'will enhance' UK wildlife laws - Gove - BBC News 2017-06-19T04:00:00Z The Club for Growth, a conservative pressure group, said Tuesday that the Senate bill must reduce premiums even further than the House version and should scrap Obamacare’s expansion of Medicaid and all of its taxes. Opioid funds tied to Obamacare repeal 2017-06-13T04:00:00Z Organisers who worked on the Sanders campaign provided assistance to Momentum, the leftwing pressure group, in the runup to the election, coaching Labour members on how to canvass voters online and offline. Bernie Sanders 'delighted' by Jeremy Corbyn's results in election vote 2017-06-09T04:00:00Z And he praised the way that the leftwing pressure group Momentum used “to devastating effect” arm’s-length attack videos that reached parts of the electorate the party perhaps could not get to. Conservatives say May must sack 'monsters who sunk our party' 2017-06-10T04:00:00Z “The timing of this operation—two days after King Hamad’s convivial meeting with President Trump—can hardly be a coincidence,” says Nicholas McGeehan of Human Rights Watch, a pressure group. Donald Trump’s “great friend” locks up more dissidents in Egypt 2017-06-08T04:00:00Z Gone are the days of the 1980s, when researchers felt the need to start a pressure group called Save British Science. Keep shouting to save science 2017-05-30T04:00:00Z As far back as December, legal experts from the Council of Europe, an influential pressure group, warned that if the Turkish government “rules through emergency powers for too long, it will inevitably lose democratic legitimacy.” Erdogan Says He Will Extend His Sweeping Rule Over Turkey 2017-05-21T04:00:00Z The letter alleges the hackers accessed the email accounts of members of political and environmental pressure groups and journalists. Met Police use of Indian hackers probed by watchdog - BBC News 2017-05-11T04:00:00Z Or are opponents of Donald Trump pinning more faith in pressure groups than the Democratic Party? 100 days: America in a time of Trump - BBC News 2017-04-26T04:00:00Z The pressure group believes the disconnect between the politicians and their voters over the issue of Europe provides the chance to eat into or even overturn large majorities. Remain campaigners urge voters to unseat Brexit-backing MPs 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z A pressure group called The Partnership for Open and Fair Skies — which includes American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines — said the planned San Francisco expansion represents “another subsidized route into the United States.” Qatar Airways sees ‘manageable’ decline in flights to US 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z A pressure group called The Partnership for Open and Fair Skies - which includes American Airlines, Delta Air Lines and United Airlines - said the planned San Francisco expansion represents “another subsidized route into the United States.” Qatar Airways sees ‘manageable’ decline in flights to US 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z Kasowitz said his client was the subject of a “brutal campaign of character assassination” coordinated by liberal pressure groups. Bill O'Reilly fans react to his firing: ‘Where’s the loyalty?’ 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z The pressure group’s lobbying has already led to a number of high-profile, and public, departures. Disney, the Gap and Pepsi urged to quit US Chamber of Commerce 2017-04-24T04:00:00Z "The idea of tying a CEO's pay to the share price is flawed," said Stefan Stern, director of the High Pay Center pressure group. Boardroom excess? British companies stick with bonus plans despite criticism 2017-04-13T04:00:00Z He and some friends set up a pressure group to try to force a new ballot of all 170,000 members. Race for Neymar: the inside story of how Barcelona sealed the controversial deal 2017-03-30T04:00:00Z Mr Nuttall said the party was "not a single issue pressure group" and would now "move on to a new exciting era". Farage: Carswell should face by-election after quitting UKIP - BBC News 2017-03-26T04:00:00Z Attacks against our democratic processes go beyond this and can include attacks on parliament, constituency offices, thinktanks and pressure groups and individuals’ email accounts.” Boris Johnson: Russia has ability to disrupt UK politics with hacking 2017-03-12T05:00:00Z Alongside street protests, pressure groups including National Employment Law Project and Jobs With Justice targeted anti-Puzder op-eds in over 30 newspapers across the country. Andrew Puzder's downfall shows a flawed trend in Trump’s presidency | Dominic Rushe 2017-02-15T05:00:00Z Forrest Crowell wrote that Taylor is among “the core of what is becoming a special interest pressure group that uses the credibility of special operations to push partisan politics.” Ex-Navy SEAL from Virginia aims to make mark in Congress 2017-02-12T05:00:00Z Brian Rogers, executive director at America Rising Squared, a conservative pressure group, said Ms. Shaheen was “breaking” with Democratic leaders’ plans for a filibuster. Several Dem senators breaking with party on Gorsuch SCOTUS vote: White House 2017-02-08T05:00:00Z Conservative pressure group America Rising Squared said Mr. Schumer was being hypocritical in setting high bars for Mr. Trump’s court nominee. Neil Gorsuch nomination gets negative reaction from Schumer, Democrats 2017-02-07T05:00:00Z Republicans and conservative pressure groups are already uniting behind him. Democrats Rush Into a Supreme Court Battle 2017-02-02T05:00:00Z The pressure group Mandate Now, which campaigns for tighter rules around child protection, said the changes, if implemented, would not go far enough. Sports coach sex loophole must be closed, says NSPCC - BBC News 2017-01-26T05:00:00Z The Democracy Matters conference itself was framed as an answer to the biennial meetings of the Koch network, in which wealthy donors have opened their wallets for candidates and pressure groups. Democratic donors plot the future — out-thinking the right 2017-01-21T05:00:00Z Such a move is common among pressure groups. Animal rights activist Peta buys stake in Louis Vuitton - BBC News 2017-01-13T05:00:00Z According to Harm Reduction International, a pressure group, at least 33 countries have capital punishment on the books for drug offences, but only seven are known to have executed drug dealers since 2010. Asia is still just saying no to drugs 2017-01-12T05:00:00Z A local pressure group called Tripping Up Trump is among the opponents of the resort. With a Meeting, Trump Renewed a British Wind Farm Fight 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z Also present was a man they knew as Robin, whom they believed to be working for Labour Friends of Israel, a pressure group. Israeli diplomat caught on camera plotting to 'take down' UK MPs 2017-01-07T05:00:00Z The pressure group wants those living here before Article 50 is triggered to be given permanent residence. EU nationals want guarantee they can stay in UK - BBC News 2016-12-11T05:00:00Z Responding to the call by the BMA for a complete ban on smoking in vehicles, the director of pro-smoking pressure group Forest, Simon Clark, condemned the idea as "needlessly illiberal". BMA calls for complete ban on smoking in vehicles - BBC News 2016-12-05T05:00:00Z “It is a throwback to the ‘greed is good’ mentality,” said Marge Baker, executive vice-president of the liberal pressure group People For the American Way. Trump's rich pickings: president-elect's team could be wealthiest ever 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z Wintergreen solved the problem by running on a simple platform designed to bring together all the identity, interest, and pressure groups of his time. The Democrats and the Seesaw of Identity Politics 2016-12-02T05:00:00Z The same constraints that affect the wider sharing economy—NIMBY pressure groups who put their interests above the common good and regulators who fail to adapt to new technology—find echoes in the luxury market. The sharing economy brings tycoon lifestyles within reach of some 2016-11-23T05:00:00Z The new organisation is in part bringing together existing pressure groups both regional or sectorally based, as well as other more long standing groups such as the European Movement. Sir Richard Branson funding new campaign group fighting Brexit 2016-11-21T05:00:00Z One liberal pressure group, People For the American Way, called for a demonstration at the US Capitol on Friday to demand that senators reject his nomination given his “lengthy history of bigoted rhetoric and policies”. Trump cabinet appointments will 'undo decades of progress', rights activists say 2016-11-18T05:00:00Z Within Equity, a pressure group called Fair Wage Onstage has moved the union position toward asking for a historic increase in the minimum permitted salary. 'There's a real humiliation I feel': the struggle for fair wages off-Broadway 2016-11-14T05:00:00Z “There’s no doubt it’s an issue that motivates the Republican base,” said Dan Holler, a spokesman for Heritage Action, a conservative pressure group. Obamacare premium hikes could aid Donald Trump, Republicans in swing states 2016-11-06T04:00:00Z I meet François Darlot, president of France Without Hunting, a pressure group that hopes that France will follow the lead of the canton of Geneva, in Switzerland, which banned hunting back in 1974. How France is falling out of love with hunting - BBC News 2016-11-03T04:00:00Z Many unpaid internships are thus already illegal, says Ben Lyons of Intern Aware, a pressure group which has helped indignant serfs to claim backpay from companies including Harrods and Sony. Unpaid internships come under fire in Britain 2016-11-01T04:00:00Z Last month, a production failed to go ahead in another Siberian city, Omsk, after protests and a petition backed by a hardline Christian pressure group called Family, Love, Fatherland. Russian Orthodox Church backs Jesus Christ Superstar - BBC News 2016-11-02T04:00:00Z The Tory left has Open Britain, a pressure group patched together from the ashes of the Remain campaign, but little else. How to be a good bastard 2016-10-27T04:00:00Z Mr. Podesta replied that he had helped create pressure groups such as Catholics United and Catholics in Alliance for the Common Good “for a moment like this.” Hillary Clinton’s Catholic Fan Club 2016-10-25T04:00:00Z But one environmental pressure group urged it act responsibly. Samsung Galaxy Note 7: The unanswered questions - BBC News 2016-10-12T04:00:00Z He denies there will be impunity, but pressure group Human Rights Watch says the special legal framework goes too far and the deal constitutes a "surrender of justice". Colombia peace deal: What are the most contentious points? - BBC News 2016-09-27T04:00:00Z Pro-life: The term used to describe politicians and pressure groups opposed to abortion or allowing women to opt for abortion. US election glossary: A-Z guide to political jargon - BBC News 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z Open Britain, a pressure group formed from the remnants of the remain campaign during the EU referendum, expressed concern. UK aims to trigger Brexit process in early 2017, says Boris Johnson 2016-09-22T04:00:00Z The undercover videos that prompted the inquiry were released by animal ethics pressure group L214. French MP inquiry calls for abattoir video cameras - BBC News 2016-09-20T04:00:00Z A cap is shrewd politics because it means not going to war with every pressure group in Washington that lives off loopholes. Trump and the Art of Growth 2016-09-15T04:00:00Z Lord Sainsbury, who also backs New Labour pressure group Progress, bankrolled the breakaway Social Democrats in the 1980s and served as a Science Minister under Tony Blair. Lord Sainsbury gives to Labour and Lib Dems - BBC News 2016-08-25T04:00:00Z "We are a political party not an environmental pressure group." Green Party leadership contenders - BBC News 2016-08-23T04:00:00Z Mrs May should put new ones in areas of social deprivation, says Don Porter of Conservative Voice, a pressure group that backs grammars. Grammatical error 2016-08-11T04:00:00Z After the 23 June referendum, the pressure group Scientists for EU asked researchers about their concerns. Uncertainty reigns in aftermath of Britain's Brexit vote 2016-07-27T04:00:00Z Lord Lawson, who founded the climate sceptic pressure group Global Warming Policy Forum, was involved in the Leave campaign. Cameron urged to ratify climate deal before quitting as PM - BBC News 2016-06-29T04:00:00Z Another pressure group, Credo Action, recorded more than 1,300 calls as of Tuesday afternoon for a drive it launched Monday to convince senators to vote "no." FBI Surveillance Expansion Stalls as Activists Target Senators 2016-06-28T04:00:00Z By the end of the 1990s she was head of campaigns for the pro-European pressure group Britain in Europe. Jo Cox obituary: Proud Yorkshire lass who became local MP - BBC News 2016-06-16T04:00:00Z Heritage Action, a key conservative pressure group, had urged members to vote “no,” saying the bill didn’t do enough to kickstart economic growth. House passes Puerto Rico debt-rescue bill 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Reporters Without Borders, a pressure group, considers Morocco less free even than Algeria or Afghanistan. The pluses and minuses of monarchy 2016-06-09T04:00:00Z Heritage Action, a conservative pressure group, urged lawmakers this week to reject the bill, citing similar concerns about the restructuring provision and a lack of reforms to spur economic growth. Puerto Rico debt restructuring package faces bipartisan critics in Congress 2016-06-08T04:00:00Z Officially they ended last year, after Human Rights Watch, a pressure group, condemned the practice. Taking the cop out of copulation 2016-05-19T04:00:00Z In 2009, the year before Scott was elected governor, he feared health insurance reform would endanger corporate profits and formed the anti-Obamacare pressure group Conservatives for Patients Rights. 3 oligarchs-turned-governors who are laying ruin to their states 2016-05-11T04:00:00Z David Cameron has been praised for taking on the issues of corruption and tax transparency but pressure groups are warning he must put his own house in order first, writes Naomi Grimley. Can Cameron deliver on anti-corruption pledge? - BBC News 2016-05-10T04:00:00Z According to Rashad Robinson, executive director of the pressure group Color of Change, a contribution to the GOP convention in Cleveland is funding an “international platform for more hate.” The GOP Convention Blockers 2016-04-29T04:00:00Z Lobbyists, pressure groups, and the free press—a political party is more like any of these than it is like a branch of government. Wild Parties: In Defense of Political Factions 2016-04-20T04:00:00Z Tor Dolvik of Transparency International, a pressure group, says one positive effect is continuous debate about the tax code. When less is more 2016-04-14T04:00:00Z Best known as the founder of the pressure group The Taxpayers Alliance, he also ran the successful 'No2AV' campaign in the referendum on reform of the voting system in 2011. The people hoping to persuade UK to vote to leave the EU - BBC News 2016-04-13T04:00:00Z Friends of Suburban Bristol Railways, a pressure group, laments that at Bristol Parkway, another big train station, passengers arriving on the last train from London may face a half-hour wait for a bus. London-upon-Avon 2016-03-17T04:00:00Z LaPierre’s remarks were condemned by the Newton Action Alliance, a gun control pressure group formed in the aftermath of the Sandy Hook killings. NRA chief tells Hillary Clinton to 'bring it on' in gun control fight 2016-03-03T05:00:00Z Democratic leaders in the Capitol pressed the White House to name a nominee quickly, and the Democratic National Committee rallied liberal pressure groups. Democrats Press G.O.P. to Consider a Supreme Court Pick 2016-02-24T05:00:00Z It echoes calls by a new pressure group for an independent regulator. Scots health watchdog accused of 'marking its own homework' - BBC News 2016-02-12T05:00:00Z Nicky Morgan says the changes will "unclog" the admissions system for individual schools, by limiting challenges to local parents and local authorities and excluding lobbyists and pressure groups. Faith school places objections to be limited to local parents - BBC News 2016-01-25T05:00:00Z The chairwoman of a Labour pressure group has resigned from a party policy review group because she feels it is impossible to work with the leadership. Labour MP quits party review group over leadership disagreement - BBC News 2016-01-09T05:00:00Z This year, a pressure group is calling for a boycott, saying "it is no longer tolerable" that "renowned female creators" are left off the list of 30. Angouleme festival: 'Men-only shortlist' row mars French comic award - BBC News 2016-01-06T05:00:00Z The Britain Stronger in Europe pressure group says that the EU accounts for half of UK goods exports, worth £148bn in 2014, and that trade would be put at risk by leaving the EU. EU referendum: Business support for membership falls, says survey - BBC News 2016-01-03T05:00:00Z The pressure group reviewed 220 cases of people who were shot dead by police in Rio de Janeiro in 2011 while allegedly resisting arrest. Brazilian mother turns detective to get justice for son - BBC News 2015-12-30T05:00:00Z And in the late 80s. he founded Sane Planning, a pressure group to fight rural development, it adds. The ex-MPs who died in 2015 - part three - BBC News 2015-12-28T05:00:00Z But the pressure group Oil Change International claimed the bipartisan compromise represented a backward step just days after Barack Obama helped forge a landmark climate change agreement in Paris. Environmentalists condemn budget deal that lifts US oil export ban 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The NewFIFANow pressure group says three of the five candidates - Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, Jerome Champagne and Tokyo Sexwale - are confirmed to attend on Jan. 27 in Brussels. FIFA election candidates to be quizzed by European lawmakers 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The NewFIFANow pressure group says three of the five candidates — Prince Ali bin Al Hussein, Jerome Champagne and Tokyo Sexwale — are confirmed to attend on Jan. 27 in Brussels. FIFA presidential candidates to be quizzed by European lawmakers at rare public election event 2015-12-16T05:00:00Z The former Brazil midfielder is one of the leaders of Common Sense FC, a pressure group comprising hundreds of Brazilian footballers who want better organizers and more professional management at their clubs. Brazilian players stand still to protest against corruption 2015-12-06T05:00:00Z Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has dismissed Momentum, a pressure group accused of targeting opponents of Jeremy Corbyn, as a "bit of a rabble". Tom Watson dismisses Momentum as 'a bit of a rabble' - BBC News 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z Last month an Indian pressure group reportedly instructed lawyers to begin legal proceedings in the High Court in London to demand the return of the jewel. Pakistan lawyer files for return of Koh-i-Noor diamond - BBC News 2015-12-04T05:00:00Z But in the Paris meeting he was commended for using his "convening power" to bring together governments, businesses, pressure groups and indigenous people to find solutions together. COP21: Business needs to act on forests, says Charles - BBC News 2015-12-01T05:00:00Z The fringe has swelled with new Web sites, radio stations, confabs, causes, pressure groups, celebrities and profit-making businesses noisily pitching themselves to the tea party. How Donald Trump courted the right-wing fringe to conquer the GOP 2015-11-26T05:00:00Z Elliott Johnson, a blogger for a Tory pressure group, was found dead on railway tracks on 15 September. Grant Shapps resigns over bullying scandal: 'buck stops with me' 2015-11-28T05:00:00Z Johnson, a blogger for a Tory pressure group, was found dead on railway tracks on 15 September. Revealed: Conservative party chiefs were warned of election aide's bullying 2015-11-27T05:00:00Z Part of the explanation is the banal devolution from a peace church into what scholar H. Larry Ingle called “one more pressure group within the secular political community.” The Quakers, No Friends of Israel 2015-11-06T05:00:00Z The Club for Growth, a conservative pressure group devoted to low taxes and small government, has aired ads deploring Trump’s past positions on taxes. Can the G.O.P. Deal with Inequality? 2015-11-09T05:00:00Z But conservative pressure groups were already lining up in opposition, and demanding rank-and-file Republicans vote to reject the deal. Budget deal finds nickel and dimes 2015-10-27T04:00:00Z Conservative pressure groups accuse Mr. Trump of being an opportunist. Donald Trump’s devoted followers send unsolicited campaign cash 2015-10-26T04:00:00Z And while gun rights supporters are marginally outnumbered they are far more motivated as a single-issue pressure group than those who back gun control. America's gun massacre blues seem to play on an endless loop 2015-10-02T04:00:00Z The TaxPayers' Alliance pressure group has also argued that it would be a simpler system that would be easier for most people to understand. Eight radical taxes that have been floated - BBC News 2015-09-29T04:00:00Z Among the pressure groups were the candidates: Kay Daly, looking to unseat a more moderate Republican in North Carolina’s second district, showed the Guardian her latest campaign ad. Values Voter Summit: cheers for Boehner exit and boos for Trump 2015-09-26T04:00:00Z The pressure group wants a transitional payment to tide women like Wendy over the gap between what they expected and what they got. No respite over pension age change - BBC News 2015-09-25T04:00:00Z "Diesel cars in Europe operate with worse technology on average than the US," said Jos Dings, of the pressure group Transport & Environment. Volkswagen: The scandal explained - BBC News 2015-09-22T04:00:00Z His detractors, many in his own party, say he will turn Britain’s main opposition party into a political pressure group at best, with no hope of regaining office. Jeremy Corbyn set to beat 100-1 odds to become leader of UK's Labour party 2015-09-11T04:00:00Z Many in Labour fear that if the membership elect Corbyn on Sept. 12, it will mean the end of the party as a viable candidate for government, instead devolving into a left-wing pressure group. Meet the Man Shaking Up Britain's Political Establishment 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z The government and local authorities own art worth at least £3.5 billion, but only a tiny fraction is on display, research from a pressure group claims. Britain has a 'hidden' art collection worth £3.5bn - BBC News 2015-09-04T04:00:00Z It’s enough of a contradiction that CREDO, a pressure group for progressive causes, is calling this President Obama’s “Mission Accomplished” moment. Obama faces opposition form all sides in Alaska 2015-08-31T04:00:00Z Eventually, the acrimonious debate drew in politicians, lobbyists and pressure groups from all over America. How A Family-Run Oyster Business Caused A National Ruckus 2015-08-23T04:00:00Z The 94-page report from the international pressure group found that many adolescents with disabilities lack basic life skills that should be taught in school and are facing difficulties in getting employment. South Africa's disabled children 'excluded from school' - BBC News 2015-08-18T04:00:00Z Deal skeptics lost another battle this past week when the head of United Against Nuclear Iran, a pressure group spending millions to oppose the deal, resigned because he supports the agreement. Iran Deal Looking Safer in Congress 2015-08-17T04:00:00Z The trouble is, we’ve heard his stale argument before, too: that we’re doomed if we don’t do what the environmental pressure groups tell us, and saved if we do. The Green Scare Problem 2015-08-13T04:00:00Z As for War on Want, its views are more typical of the pressure groups, unions, charities, NGOs and environmentalists that oppose TTIP. What is TTIP and why should we be angry about it? 2015-08-03T04:00:00Z On Saturday, protesters from the Psychedelic Society pressure group will inhale laughing gas outside Parliament. How dangerous is laughing gas? - BBC News 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z The videos come courtesy of the Centre for Medical Progress, an anti-abortion pressure group. The tissue trade 2015-07-30T04:00:00Z Ambitious presidents who usher in or oversee periods of sweeping change, he said, often lead to the creation of pressure groups on their own side and a fiercer backlash from the opposition. Candidates Caught in Middle as Words Ring Hollow to Activists 2015-07-25T04:00:00Z O’Malley was booed – and heavily criticised on social media and by pressure groups – after he responded to the interruptions by repeating: “Black lives matter, white lives matter, all lives matter.” O'Malley and Sanders take on police brutality after protests disrupt forum 2015-07-19T04:00:00Z But the government has garnered criticism from civil liberties and privacy pressure groups, who say Britain is going further than other Western nations in seeking access to personal emails, SMS conversations and web browsing histories. U.K. Government Loses Legal Battle Over Surveillance Powers 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Details of British personnel’s involvement in strikes by allied nations’ forces were revealed by a freedom of information request by the pressure group Reprieve. David Cameron knew UK pilots were bombing Isis in Syria 2015-07-17T04:00:00Z Chery and his men enact a role that falls somewhere between political pressure group, warlord and tax collector, gathering tolls from the various supply trucks that pass along the narrow lanes. Could the gangs of Port-au-Prince form a pact to revitalise Haiti's capital? 2015-07-14T04:00:00Z A pressure group, the Freedom of Conscience Defense Fund, issued a statement that said 26 June “may very well go down in history as one of the darkest days in American jurisprudence”. Gay marriage plaintiff Obergefell: push for religious freedom laws is offensive 2015-07-04T04:00:00Z The pressure group wants a focus on reducing the burning of coal - the "dirtiest" fossil fuel - and measures such as improving energy efficiency in homes. Climate change: Is the Dutch court ruling 'a game changer'? - BBC News 2015-06-24T04:00:00Z Instead, she apparently listens to the consultants and pressure groups and trims her sails. Clinton and Bush should embrace their brands 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z “People resort to the private sector and pay with their own money,” says Ayman Sabae of the Egyptian Initiative for Personal Rights, a pressure group. Dirty sheets and stray cats 2015-06-18T04:00:00Z Observers from parties and pressure groups observed Saturday's count of votes from Friday's referendum, the first national vote on the issue held worldwide. 'Yes' side joyous as count starts in Irish gay-marriage vote 2015-05-23T04:00:00Z Baez joined the human rights pressure group a decade later, the first major artist to do so, after an activist knocked on her door in San Francisco promoting the cause. Joan Baez and Ai Weiwei honoured by Amnesty International 2015-05-22T04:00:00Z A list of the world’s most corrupt states, compiled by Transparency International, a pressure group, puts the country at 142nd—little better than the Central African Republic. War-torn reform 2015-05-21T04:00:00Z American gun control pressure groups, like Everytown, also claim the presence of a gun makes it five times “more likely that domestic violence will turn into murder”. Trigger warning: 10 shocking truths about gun violence 2015-05-18T04:00:00Z Shams believes that this kind of gesture and the NUS decision last month to lobby alongside Cage, the militant Islamic prisoners pressure group, undermines the position of dissenting Muslims. Losing their religion: The hidden crisis of faith among Britain’s young Muslims 2015-05-17T04:00:00Z Liberal pressure groups have begun fundraising off the crash in trying to tie Tuesday night’s crash to GOP spending decisions. John Boehner: Blaming GOP for Amtrak crash is ‘stupid’ 2015-05-14T04:00:00Z It was a campaign that lasted two years with the help of the international environmental pressure group, Greenpeace. How tribal Indians beat big coal firms - BBC News 2015-05-11T04:00:00Z But pressure group Save Britain's Heritage said the new building would be "terrifically bland". Kings College London's Strand plan opposed by thousands - BBC News 2015-05-10T04:00:00Z It also has meant that there is no organized pressure group at the table, demanding help for the U.S. workforce as it tries to adjust to a far more competitive global economy. American workers need a powerful voice, not mere bluster 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z Out-of-state pressure groups spend big money trying to influence policy of Tennessee state government. Tennessee editorial roundup 2015-05-06T04:00:00Z In 1953, he said, “Nobody is going to stampede me into signing Negro players merely for the sake of satisfying certain pressure groups.” The Washington Senators: A Monument to Bad Management 2015-05-01T04:00:00Z Hiring lobbyists and radical pressure groups in order to incite liberal Congressmen against your business competitor is not fair. The Scorpion and the Frog: A Tale of Modern Capitalism 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Aegisson's Facebook page encouraged people to "protect the children" from "the indoctrination of our children by small but loud pressure groups in society." Iceland's Facebook war over sex education - BBC News 2015-04-24T04:00:00Z Complicating Mr. Obama’s path to success are the liberal pressure groups, who are vowing vehement opposition to both TPA and the TPP. Obama undermined by Democrats on fast-track trade authority, Asia deal 2015-04-19T04:00:00Z Lawmakers are looking for ways around the logjam that will placate the pressure groups up in arms over the Hyde language. The Senate’s shabby treatment of Loretta Lynch 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z Meanwhile, a pressure group, 350.org, began urging faith organisations, foundations and pension funds to withdraw funds from fossil fuels, arguing it is morally wrong to put your money in carbon fuels. Are energy companies sitting on unburnable reserves? 2015-04-15T04:00:00Z This belief allows pro-redistribution coalitions—which divide rent among those close to the authorities’ clans as well as lobbyists and pressure groups—to claim their “right” to “their” share in the redistribution of public funds. Putin Thrives on Russian Passivity 2015-04-11T04:00:00Z The pressure group says the problem is getting worse as Russia battles against falling oil prices and continued Western sanctions at a time when its pipelines need urgent repairs or replacing altogether. Russia Wasting Millions of Tonnes of Oil From Leaking Pipes 2015-04-10T04:00:00Z That’s left hold-out conservatives feeling pressure from their leaders to get on board, and from right-wing pressure groups to hold firm in their opposition to the compromise that President Obama has praised. Conservatives push back against Medicare ‘doc fix’ 2015-04-08T04:00:00Z A pressure group in my native UK, Migration Watch, published some work a few years back where they argued that each new migrant into the UK only boosted GDP by £4. Of Course Immigrants Take Jobs From People; But They Also Create Them For Others 2015-04-04T04:00:00Z Citizens and policymakers need to resist the push by pressure groups, academic elites, and the media to sanction physician-assisted suicide. Physician-Assisted Suicide Is Always Wrong 2015-03-26T04:00:00Z The First World however remained unyielding due to domestic politics and powerful lobbies and pressure groups. The Global Trade Agenda Is In A Terrible Mess, Prospects Are Grim -- Business Leadership Is An Urgent Imperative 2015-03-24T04:00:00Z Although this sounds like relatively small beginnings, if they can eventually emulate the success of the Swedish party, feminism in Europe could be moving out of the realm of pressure groups, and into mainstream politics. The Swedish Party Aiming to Take Feminism Into Parliaments Across Europe 2015-03-23T04:00:00Z Prior to his election, Mr Field was the first director of the pressure group The Child Poverty Action, serving from 1969 to 1979. Veteran MP Frank Field collapses 2015-03-14T04:00:00Z The pressure group found evidence of discrimination and anti-union practices, it says. Retailers accused of labour abuses 2015-03-11T04:00:00Z Ginola's bid has the support of pressure group ChangeFifa, which has long campaigned for new leadership at the top of the organisation. Ginola to run for Fifa presidency 2015-01-15T05:00:00Z The study also found that their acts “were rarely sudden and impulsive” and that they “regularly engaged in a detectable and observable range of activities with a wider pressure group, social movement or terrorist organization.” Europe Focuses on Emerging Threats From Smaller Crews of Terrorists 2015-01-13T05:00:00Z As he had written in his 1942 book “Party Government,” the two parties “let themselves be harried by pressure groups as a timid whale might be pursued by a school of minnows.” The Blight of Bipartisanship 2015-01-12T05:00:00Z Republic Report talked to several corporate lobbyists and business representatives at the summit this week about their ties to pressure groups working to block action on carbon reduction in the United States. The fossil fuel industry’s Jekyll-and-Hyde trick: Back climate reforms while quietly financing lobby to kill them 2014-12-12T05:00:00Z Conservative pressure groups that were trying to rally opposition said the bill didn’t immediately halt Mr. Obama’s deportation amnesty. Spending bill: Government shutdown looms as Congressional leaders court centrists 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Peru says it will sue activists from the environmental pressure group Greenpeace after they placed a banner next to the Nazca Lines heritage site. Peru moves to sue Greenpeace 2014-12-10T05:00:00Z Mr Abe hopes that public support will help him overwhelm resistance from pressure groups. Moment of reckoning 2014-12-04T05:00:00Z Few individuals or pressure groups have the streamlined legal resources of central or local government. Are Judicial Review reforms unjust? 2014-11-30T05:00:00Z It was probably one of those groups that gave the social pressure group its information. New England editorial roundup 2014-11-22T05:00:00Z More than 60 protests will be held in the Washington area alone in the "biggest Black Friday strike till date", pressure group OUR Walmart said on a media call. Walmart workers list locations for planned Black Friday protests 2014-11-21T05:00:00Z The report was developed in collaboration with the pressure group Oil Change International, whose director, Stephen Kretzmann, called on governments to end exploration subsidies. Fossil fuel promises 'being broken' 2014-11-11T05:00:00Z Greece’s public sector is more corrupt than that of any other EU state, according to Transparency International, a pressure group. The treasures of darkness 2014-10-09T04:00:00Z As illustrated by the political pressure group Compass and the thinktank New Economics Foundation, current politics fails, and will always fail, to meet two challenges: climate change and inequality. Fed up with growth-focused politics? For real change, look left 2014-10-06T04:00:00Z George Osborne has triggered a backlash from charities after he urged companies to defend the economy against their “anti-business views” and those of pressure groups and trade unions. George Osborne faces backlash after branding charities ‘anti-business’ 2014-10-03T04:00:00Z After the trial the prosecutor denied that any such deal had been struck, but a handwritten note discovered last year by the Innocence Project, a pressure group, suggests otherwise. The kings of the courtroom 2014-10-02T04:00:00Z Now the American people are saying “no,” too – but you probably haven’t heard about that because, in the battle between the pressure groups, the “pro” side is whining while the “con” side is winning. FCC Proposes Backdoor Net Neutrality 2014-09-25T04:00:00Z He took the decision to grow into a more statesmanlike figure, someone who could lead a country not just a pressure group. The Alex Salmond story 2014-09-19T04:00:00Z “These emails reveal the realities of how the Obama EPA operates, and candid admissions among themselves and pressure group allies about their shared agenda and its impacts,” Mr. Horner said. Emails show ‘collusion’ between EPA, environmental lobby: watchdog 2014-09-15T04:00:00Z A sign of the times, no doubt, as political pressure groups and political-correctness shape our discourse and regulate our private affairs. California’s wrongheaded attempt to regulate sex Film producers I have spoken to have said that the increasingly vocal anti-choice pressure groups in the US also affect what studios feel they can show. Hollywood’s stance on abortion makes the 1980s look liberal 2014-08-22T04:00:00Z More than 2,000 council staff received pay packets greater than £100,000 last year according to a report from the pressure group The TaxPayers Alliance. Over 2,000 council staff on £100,000 2014-08-05T04:00:00Z And the movement — led by Bill McKibben, founder of the pressure group 350.org — is gaining traction. BHP’s Andrew Mackenzie brings leftist past to bear in defense of global coal industry By means of public pressure groups like the Committee on the Present Danger and “Team B” — a group of neoconservative foreign policy experts including Paul Wolfowitz assigned by CIA Director George H.W. Beware the neocon exaggerators: They were wrong on Russia and the Mideast before — and they’re wrong about the threat now 2014-08-02T04:00:00Z This way of thinking, he continued, sometimes requires defying party pressure groups and even, in his case, “a certain convergence of thinking with the center right.” The GOP is suddenly the party of reform Joan Smith of the media pressure group Hacked Off said the Contostavlos case demonstrated the need for a strong press watchdog. Tulisa Contostavlos trial collapses as judge criticises Sun's Mazher Mahmood 2014-07-21T04:00:00Z “At the same time as Labour is losing discipline, we seem to be gaining it,” says David Skelton of Renewal, a Tory pressure group. Out of the mire 2014-07-03T04:00:00Z Graham Smith, chief executive of the pressure group Republic, told the documentary it was "completely unacceptable in a democratic society" for unelected royals to seek to affect government policy. Prince Charles lobbied for more grammar schools, says David Blunkett 2014-06-29T04:00:00Z Greenpeace, a pressure group, makes a different argument. Reefer madness 2014-06-12T04:00:00Z These ideas are potentially bipartisan and thus offensive to some GOP pressure groups. The GOP is suddenly the party of reform Daniel Gershenson, an activist with the pressure group 5 June Movement in Memory of the Victims, called Ms Botello's release "another link in the chain of impunity". Memories of nursery fire haunt Mexico 2014-06-04T04:00:00Z They define themselves as “a non-partisan, libertarian pressure group dedicated to fighting for individual liberty and freedom of expression.” U.K. Think Tanks And Economic Freedom: Challenges And Opportunities 2014-05-29T04:00:00Z Naomi Smith, from Social Liberal Forum, the internal party pressure group for the Liberal Democrats told BBC News the result was "utterly depressing". Lib Dem result 'utterly depressing' 2014-05-26T04:00:00Z That would apply to candidates and other Americans, including the interest and pressure groups that play an increasing role in campaign advertising. After Reid refuses amendments, Senate Republicans kill tax cuts package 2014-05-15T04:00:00Z The Christian People's Alliance began as a cross-party pressure group in the early 1990s, and began putting forward its own election candidates in 2000. God 'is angry at gay marriage' 2014-05-16T04:00:00Z In a report published last week, the pressure group Human Rights Watch accused Venezuelan security forces of illegally detaining and abusing protesters. Venezuela detains dozens in protest 2014-05-14T04:00:00Z Earlier this week, the pressure group Human Rights Watch accused Venezuelan security forces of illegally detaining and abusing protesters. Venezuelan policeman dies in clashes 2014-05-09T00:56:06Z Nonetheless, pressure group Transport 2000 called for the show to be taken off the air and replaced with a programme that promoted "sensible driving in sensible vehicles". Top Gear: A vehicle for controversy? 2014-05-02T15:31:21Z But VW's neutrality enhanced the role played in the election campaign by assorted anti-union forces, including Republican politicians and pressure groups from Washington, D.C. UAW can still unionize Volkswagen Tennessee plant after failed drive: experts 2014-04-30T19:28:29Z The legislation builds on the work of pressure groups, academics, investors and politicians over the past decade. New EU law to help investors pick good corporate citizens 2014-04-21T08:08:52Z Banks is now working with the pressure group, Sea Shepherd, which maintains that many of the smaller sharks caught on the hooks and then released end up dying. A shark cull divides a nation 2014-04-09T23:32:57Z Israel meanwhile reissued tenders for 708 homes in the Jewish settlement of Gilo in East Jerusalem, the Israeli pressure group Peace Now said. Kerry backs Middle East peace talks 2014-04-01T20:52:21Z Adelson also funds a Washington pressure group, the Coalition to Stop Internet Gambling, that has focused on enlisting the support of social conservatives. Sheldon Adelson's Search for an Electable Republican Who Hates Online Poker 2014-03-28T18:48:10Z But the smokers pressure group, Forest Eireann, strongly rejects calls for a car ban when children are in it. Puffed out? 2014-03-24T12:47:44Z They organised themselves into an effective pressure group, pushing past Chinese police lines multiple times and launching a rare public march on the streets of Beijing. Will China tolerate Malaysia plane protest? 2014-03-25T14:30:13Z Anti-smoking campaigning pressure groups have also been to the fore in praising the success of the ban. Puffed out? 2014-03-24T12:47:44Z Thousands of organisations that play a big part in public life, from the National Rifle Association to the local green pressure group, fall into this category. The IRS and political speech: Levi and the 501s 2014-03-06T16:01:17Z Most recently, Penguin India pulped all existing copies of “The Hindus: An Alternative History,” by Wendy Doniger, after a conservative Hindu pressure group initiated a case against the book. Arundhati Roy, the Not-So-Reluctant Renegade 2014-03-05T10:00:02Z Mark Wallace, chief executive of U.S. pressure group United Against Nuclear Iran, which seeks tougher sanctions, said Iran's economy was already benefiting from the sanctions relief. Exclusive: Iranian oil exports rise in February, more to ally Syria 2014-02-26T17:18:29Z Republicans generally oppose unions, lining up with business interests that finance a variety of anti-union pressure groups. Fresh from win over UAW, Norquist vows anti-union push 2014-02-20T17:03:03Z Church leaders are not like your average political opponent, the media, pressure group or annoying academic. When politicians cross the Church 2014-02-18T11:24:58Z Such limits do not apply to politicians, however, or to outside pressure groups, so long as they are expressing their own views and are not doing the bidding of management. UAW legal test of Volkswagen vote would be problematic 2014-02-16T21:43:43Z Two Labour pressure groups backed by Lord Sainsbury have been fined for accepting donations from him when he was not on the electoral register. Sainsbury-backed Labour groups fined 2014-02-13T13:14:36Z Conservative pressure groups Heritage Action and Club for Growth said the bill was too expensive and urged a "no" vote. U.S. House passes long-overdue farm bill 2014-01-29T15:59:58Z Language pressure groups claim the Pembrokeshire council statement was "an insult" to people living there. Job advert sparks Welsh language row 2014-01-17T12:51:55Z They would become a pressure group to try to get Washington to reform the welfare program, and move it in the direction of a guaranteed income. Despicable race gambit: What the GOP really wants to achieve by talking about poverty 2014-01-13T13:30:00Z The strategy of A.A.P. is to be the mother ship of numerous citizens’ pressure groups and mass movements across the country. Letter From India: Delhi’s New Chief Minister Strikes a Chord With the People 2014-01-02T10:25:55Z Business groups like the Business Roundtable, which represents the chief executive officers of the nation’s largest corporations, pressed Senate Republicans to get on board, countering conservative pressure groups that oppose the deal. Senate Ends Budget Debate, Clearing Way for Passage 2013-12-17T15:37:34Z Another pressure group flooded Mr. Matthews with letters. India Ink: U.S. Evangelicals, Indian Expats Teamed Up to Push Through Modi Visa Ban 2013-12-05T11:27:37Z Still sitting as an independent, he has been appointed an executive patron of the pressure group. Bloom may stand to be motorists' MP 2013-11-26T12:46:37Z It was, I learned, an ultra-fast "scout" ship for Sea Shepherd, an environmental pressure group that takes direct action in pursuit of its goals. From Bardot to Cook - a Pacific tale 2013-11-02T00:21:22Z Labelling bills were introduced in 24 other states this year, says Just Label It, a pressure group. Genetically modified food: Warning labels for safe stuff 2013-10-31T15:59:22Z By making the data public, a decision taken after a consultation with businesses and pressure groups, the government hopes to put more pressure on firms and individuals seeking to hide wealth and profits. Britain pledges public access to tax evasion-busting database 2013-10-31T12:48:24Z There are growing numbers of people involved themselves in pressure groups across the North. Is the North East ripe for fracking? 2013-10-04T13:01:15Z Such sensitivities are increasing the risk of a watered-down deal as politicians succumb to demands for exemptions and opt-outs from pressure groups in countries as diverse economically as Australia, Brunei, Mexico, Singapore and Peru. Obama's bold trade plan faces resistance on Asia trip 2013-10-01T12:13:12Z Authorities detained all 30 members of the pressure group who were aboard icebreaker the Arctic Sunrise when they broke up attempts to scale state-run Gazprom's Prirazlomnaya offshore oil platform on September 18. Russian court remands last of Greenpeace Arctic oil protesters 2013-09-29T19:16:23Z He called for "a consistent voice from Washington" and expressed hope Obama would not be swayed by "war-mongering pressure groups" in dealing with the Iranian nuclear issue. After Syria, Congress wary of Obama's Iran thaw 2013-09-25T05:12:12Z President Barack Obama would not be swayed by "warmongering pressure groups" at home in dealing with the Iranian nuclear dispute and called for a consistent voice from Washington on the issue. Iran's Rouhani calls for 'consistent voice' from U.S. on nuclear issue 2013-09-25T01:11:31Z He pleaded for "a consistent voice from Washington," and said he hoped Obama would not be swayed by "war-mongering pressure groups." Analysis: Stage is set, but Iran talks face technical, political hurdles 2013-09-25T00:19:10Z He said Iran hopes that U.S. leaders can summon the political will to “refrain from following the shortsighted interests of war-mongering pressure groups.” Echo of the old in new Iran leader’s U.N. speech 2013-09-24T22:34:05Z President Barack Obama would not be swayed by "war-mongering pressure groups" at home in dealing with the Iranian nuclear dispute and called for a consistent voice from Washington on the issue. Iran's Rouhani calls for 'consistent voice' from U.S. on nuclear issue 2013-09-24T21:50:59Z Nick Pickles, director of the Big Brother Watch pressure group, opted for another historical analogy, saying politicians exaggerated the extent to which the internet was a lawless "Wild West". Blunkett's net 'bestiality' warning 2013-09-24T11:25:37Z European pressure group Access Info says the government will too easily be able to reject citizens' requests for information. Spain strengthens transparency law intended to fight corruption 2013-09-12T19:41:24Z The performance drew complaints from several quarters, including a parenting pressure group in the US. 'Twerking' makes Oxford dictionary 2013-08-28T08:25:43Z Ramon Saul Sanchez, leader of the Democracy Movement pressure group, said some 40 Cubans were being kept in squalid conditions in Bahamian detention centres. Bahamas deports 24 Cuban refugees 2013-08-17T00:07:28Z Molly Gill of Families Against Mandatory Minimums, a pressure group, says that after years of campaigning against discretion-free mandatory sentences, it feels at last as though her group is “pushing against an open door”. Prison reform: An unlikely alliance of left and right 2013-08-15T15:00:18Z Sam Maher, a workers rights campaigner at pressure group Labour Behind the Label, said Sedex only inspected a limited number of factories and its findings were likely to be the tip of the iceberg. Retailers urged to take Bangladesh safety deal further 2013-07-28T18:38:42Z Dawson admitted the R&A's "natural reaction" was to ignore the criticism of pressure groups and politicians because "we actually don't think they have very much substance". Men-only Muirfield: A major headache? 2013-07-17T23:00:48Z Having begun as a 'tribe of academics and quirky visionaries', Greenpeace helped change the way pressure groups got their message across. A short history of Greenpeace protests 2013-07-12T12:06:32Z Some, though, are trying doggedly to draw back the curtain - among them, the Berlin-based pressure group, Transparency International. Corruption getting worse, says poll 2013-07-09T05:00:16Z Tobacco Tactics, part of the Tobacco Control Research Group at the University of Bath, notes that both thinktanks took part in a series of debates organised by the pro-tobacco pressure group Forest in June 2011. Health groups dismayed by news 'big tobacco' funded rightwing thinktanks 2013-06-01T21:36:04Z Craig Cox of EWG, a green pressure group, worries that it spurs farmers to take greater environmental risks, for example by farming on flood plains or steep hills. Agriculture: At the trough 2013-05-30T15:02:26Z However, the deal was challenged in the High Court by the pressure group UK Uncut Legal Action. Ex-HMRC head joins tax firm Deloitte 2013-05-28T10:12:20Z Simon Rose, of the pressure group Save Our Savers, said: "Saving is now a return-free risk." Low rates 'fail to deter savers' 2013-05-24T10:46:34Z Animals Australia, a pressure group, described this as a "bloodbath". The world's largest camel herd - in Australia 2013-05-18T23:38:19Z The leading Israeli pressure group, Peace Now, confirmed that no tenders had been issued for new settler homes in recent months. Israel approves new settler homes 2013-05-09T13:02:23Z Innovate for America may initially attract less attention than FWD.us, a pressure group recently launched by Mark Zuckerberg, the boss of Facebook, and other prominent Silicon Valley types to lobby on immigration and other issues. Entrepreneurs in America: Who creates jobs? 2013-05-02T15:06:05Z Importantly, there is a vociferous parliamentary opposition and independent pressure groups demanding civil liberties, transparency and honest government. Marikana mine massacre casts long shadow 2013-04-20T23:26:37Z Some 40% of Fortune 500 firms were founded by immigrants or their children, according to the Partnership for a New American Economy, a pressure group. Immigration and America’s high-tech industry: The jobs machine 2013-04-11T15:18:13Z Research published by the privacy pressure group Big Brother Watch in February found that 68% of people in Britain expressed concern about their online privacy, with 22% saying they were "very concerned". Forget me not: campaigners fight for control of online memories 2013-04-04T11:41:41Z Research published by the privacy pressure group Big Brother Watch in February revealed 68% of the British public expressed concern about their online privacy, with 22% of the total saying they were "very concerned". Google facing legal threat from six European countries over privacy 2013-04-02T16:53:40Z A pressure group filed a complaint with prosecutors in Walesa’s hometown of Gdansk, alleging “propaganda of hate against a sexual minority.” A Tarnished Icon 2013-03-25T08:45:00Z A refusal to back the deal would set the newspapers at odds not only with the three main political parties, but with many of the victims of hacking and the anti-hacking pressure group Hacked Off. Press regulation at risk as newspaper groups refuse to endorse deal 2013-03-18T19:54:47Z The prospect of a breakaway regulator will infuriate the pressure group Hacked Off, which has been fighting a determined campaign for a Leveson law on behalf of victims of press intrusion. Newspaper groups threaten to boycott new press regulator 2013-03-17T20:14:45Z Labour's charter is a little more welcoming to third-party pressure group complaints, but the Cameron version would allow them, too, if they raise matters of significant public interest. Press regulation: after Leveson, let's put hysteria and mistrust behind us 2013-03-17T00:06:22Z As a result, it frequently challenges incumbents and clashes with party insiders, including Republican congressional campaign committees and other outside pressure groups. Club for Growth fuels Republican rift with primary challenges 2013-03-13T05:05:17Z The campaigners from the No Dash for Gas pressure group occupied EDF's West Burton gas plant for a week. EDF faces calls to drop legal action against activists 2013-02-24T14:44:03Z He did not cave to the pressure groups.” Paying Tribute to Edward Koch at the Movie Theater 2013-02-01T20:17:11Z Pro-European union pressure groups have enjoyed little success in recent years, the most recent being Britain in Europe, which was wound down last decade, having failed to blunt the advance of the Independence Party. Fresh Resistance to Britain’s Talk of Leaving E.U. 2013-01-30T21:25:36Z The Change Cycling Now pressure group, which is pushing for Verbruggen and McQuaid to resign, accused the UCI of cynically disbanding the independent commission because they feared it would be overly critical. Wada and UCI dispute escalates 2013-01-29T16:21:05Z The Club, founded in 1999, has become one of Washington's most powerful conservative pressure groups. Club for Growth fuels Republican rift with primary challenges 2013-03-13T05:05:17Z Unfortunately most do not, for fear of attacks by the media and by various pressure groups and special interests. Whole Foods CEO: 'climate change is not necessarily bad' 2013-01-18T15:43:00Z More than 300 political parties contested the last general elections, representing various concerns, biases, cries for justice and pressure groups. IHT Rendezvous: Indian Women Need a Political Party 2013-01-02T11:32:51Z This time around, pressure groups have mounted a ferocious campaign against any reductions in benefits. The Democrats and the fiscal cliff: Not much on the table 2012-12-06T16:03:43Z That radical green pressure group PriceWaterhouseCoopers warns that even if the present rate of global decarbonisation were to double, we would still be on course for 6C of warming by the end of the century. If children lose contact with nature they won't fight for it 2012-11-19T20:29:01Z Throughout the 90s, the Grand Theft Auto titles were targeted by tabloids and rightwing pressure groups for their depiction of casual violence. How Dan Houser turned Grand Theft Auto into a cultural phenomenon 2012-11-18T18:51:01Z He was secretly recorded at last month's Conservative conference by pressure group Greenpeace - which supports expanding windfarms - talking about Mr Delingpole's intentions. Tory MP 'proposed rival campaign' 2012-11-14T10:41:39Z But there are powerful interests in the party — from evangelical preachers to talk-show hotheads to leaders of right-wing pressure groups — who are more interested in ideological orthodoxy than winning elections. For Obama, Survival Is the New Winning 2012-11-08T10:50:21Z Back then, the heads, who "met" on Twitter and decided to form a pressure group, had held their inaugural meeting at the Guardian's offices, but had yet to give themselves a name. Education in brief: Heads of the Roundtable start making a name for themselves 2012-10-29T19:30:01Z "For Marie Stopes, this is only a first step," said Liam Gibson from the Society for the Protection of Unborn Children, a predominantly Catholic-backed pressure group. Protests as Ireland's 1st abortion clinic opens 2012-10-18T11:56:12Z But the TaxPayers' Alliance pressure group questioned the need for a "premium product" when alternatives are available. Councillors' iPads 'to cut costs' 2012-10-17T10:03:53Z And he accused the minister of using the militia as a “pressure group” to squeeze the Parliament by asking its fighters to stop their police work. Libyan Government Struggles to Rein In Powerful Militias 2012-10-14T03:49:02Z Bono, the rock star and campaigner who helped found the pressure group ONE, welcomed the move. Nick Clegg announces support for new transparency law 2012-10-11T18:05:28Z At the conference itself, one of the fringe meetings to draw the biggest crowds was organized by a pressure group called the Coalition for Marriage. Defining 'Conservative' in Britain and the U.S. 2012-10-10T20:05:39Z He also endorsed the establishment of a new cross-party immigration group, Migration Matters, to act as a factual and campaigning counterweight to Migration Watch, the frequently cited anti-immigration pressure group. Boris Johnson urges ministers to let 'best and brightest' come to UK 2012-10-04T19:13:25Z Some unions believe those on the right of the party remain too influential and want the New Labour pressure group Progress, which was founded in 1996 by Lord Mandelson, to be "outlawed". Unions 'cannot dominate Labour' 2012-09-30T11:55:05Z Geoffrey Crothall, spokesman for the pressure group China Labor Bulletin, told the New York Times workers at the plants had become increasingly emboldened. Foxconn closes China factory after brawl 2012-09-24T12:25:00Z Oh Wow!As a Canadian, I am shocked and saddened by this news.A few years ago, Canadian pressure groups said the same thing about Hockey. NFL safety: Is American football too violent? 2012-09-13T01:43:21Z Even a respected public transport pressure group like the Campaign for Better Transport, which now relies on funding from privatised transport companies, shies away from campaigning on the issue. Rail is a gigantic scam for siphoning off public money 2012-08-28T21:20:00Z The coalition tried to tackle this during its initial "Maoist" phase, running into a predictable firestorm of protest led by the country's most powerful – and most comfortably middle-class – pressure groups. The housing crisis: a nightmare caused by our sanctified suburban dreams 2012-08-20T20:00:02Z For most people, outside those who function in well organized pressure groups, it is irrelevant. Euro Crisis - The Number One Reason Why It's Not Going Away 2012-08-17T14:18:39Z After all that hard work, how frustrating for the Don Drapers of this world that pesky governments and health-conscious pressure groups are trying to blot out the deep allure of smoking forever. Olive green packaging for cigarettes? It's minimal, man 2012-08-16T12:08:57Z The pressure group Big Brother Watch welcomed the ruling. Google to pay record $22.5m fine to FTC over Safari tracking 2012-08-09T17:02:00Z In 2010, with the help of US pressure group Iran Watch, the New York Times exposed a web of companies being used by the Iranian state-owned Islamic Republic of Iran Shipping Lines. Standard Chartered and the game of cat-and-mouse over Iran sanctions 2012-08-09T11:03:35Z However, pressure group Move Your Money UK, which is calling for greater reform of the UK banking sector, was unimpressed. RBS to pay £125m for IT glitch 2012-08-03T16:38:00Z It is not clear whether the attacks were linked to the the victims' professions, but pressure groups say journalists covering rising levels of crime and drug trafficking in Honduras are increasingly at risk. Honduran journalist flees attacks 2012-08-05T00:35:31Z Everyone should be charged a small fee to get a plastic bag with their shopping, according to a group of environmental pressure groups. AUDIO: Supermarket bags 'should cost £1' 2012-08-02T09:05:53Z According to a pressure group founded by relatives of mining victims, 30 people died in accidents in Coahuila's coal mines in 2011. Blast kills Mexico mining family 2012-07-25T23:18:34Z "He climbed on the bridge and threw his keys at the onrushing police before jumping in," the pressure group said on its Twitter page. Man dives off Tower Bridge in Olympic taxi protest 2012-07-23T18:32:13Z Ouseley's pressure group, Kick It Out, has been hugely effective, and Bates has gone on to become a vocal campaigner against racism. Racism in football: putting the boot in 2012-07-13T22:01:00Z The pressure group, Positive Money, explains it well. Yes, banking's a mess, but be part of the solution. Move your money! 2012-07-13T19:30:01Z Members of the Liberate Tate pressure group carried sections of the 16.5-metre blade across the Thames's Millennium bridge on Saturday morning before assembling it in the gallery's Turbine Hall. Protesters take 16-metre wind turbine blade to Tate Modern 2012-07-07T14:51:12Z The Censor Board gets a lot of hate mail from various pressure groups. India Ink: A Conversation With: Film Censor Board Chief Executive, Pankaja Thakur 2012-06-19T06:46:06Z The pressure group Human Rights Watch says the Burmese army has a history of brutality against both Buddhists and Muslims. Death sentences for Burma murder 2012-06-18T17:13:50Z But a pressure group is measured by results, not intentions. Business and geopolitics: Enter the B20 2012-06-07T15:06:21Z Neal Lawson, director of the pressure group Compass, which has consistently called for an Plan B, says the idea is a positive one. Will backing the builders be enough to bring Britain out of recession? 2012-05-26T22:13:37Z The left-wing Compass pressure group caused a stir last month when it arguing that globalisation was "the underlying cause of today's economic and social malaise" and that "progressive protectionism" was the answer. Is protectionism on the way back? 2012-05-23T22:33:37Z "Nigeria loses billions of naira to wasted gas while the nation's power projects are crippled as a result of lack of gas supply," Nigerian pressure group Social Action said. Fracking Causes Rise in Natural Gas Flaring 2012-05-02T20:45:00.217Z Fourteen coffee shop owners and several pressure groups challenged the law in the courts, saying they should not be asked to discriminate between locals and non-locals. Dutch Court Upholds Ban on Tourist Trade in Marijuana 2012-04-27T13:34:18Z “Why should pressure groups who won battles a generation ago in other states and regions determine what appears on the tests of New York City?” she wrote. SchoolBook: City Revokes Testing Word Ban 2012-04-02T22:15:05Z Kiran Karnik, the former president of India’s best-known pressure group, the National Association of Software and Services Companies, or Nasscom, was in a position to write a deep and revealing book. Letter from India: How India Became an Outsourcing Magnet 2012-03-28T12:30:17Z The cost of the trees' rental was publicised earlier this month following a Freedom of Information request submitted by the Taxpayers' Alliance pressure group. MPs 'seek cheaper fig tree deal' 2012-02-28T15:51:18Z It is “patronising” to say that shareholders would find more information confusing, says Joseph Williams of Publish What You Pay, a pressure group. Corporate disclosure: Extracting oil, burying data 2012-02-23T17:07:45Z Multiple online identities and fake pressure groups are used to mislead the public into believing that the position of the astroturfer is the commonly held view. Astroturfing: what is it and why does it matter? 2012-02-08T15:17:11Z Revolutionary action is not just about protesting, it is about developing pressure groups. In Egypt's election, youth seek their own voice 2011-11-26T11:56:11Z The pressure group wants the committee to agree on a deficit-reduction deal of at least $3 trillion, far more than its mandated target. Lawmakers press for debt deal as deadline nears 2011-11-15T00:03:37Z For example, in the chapter on ocean acidification, Lynas responds to skeptics claiming that “ocean acidification looks suspiciously like a back-up plan by the environmental pressure groups in case the climate fails to warm.” The God Species: Rethinking Environmentalism 2011-10-22T20:10:31Z When the idea was initially floated, some researchers started a pressure group called Eulenspiegel Action to campaign against the move. European Research Heads Get a New Body 2011-10-21T18:39:29Z Bryan Stevenson, founder of the Equal Justice Initiative, a pressure group that espouses abolition, ascribes increasing unhappiness over the death penalty to a long-term growth in sensitivity to human rights. Capital punishment: Dying out 2011-09-22T06:17:42Z There were often complaints from MPs and others that petitions and signatures were manufactured by pressure groups, using a variety of shady tactics, and were not a true reflection of public opinion. Letters: Long heritage of political petitions 2011-08-05T20:00:03Z On 21 January 2008 the elite European clubs signed a document that led to the dissolution of their G14 pressure group. European clubs' desire for greater autonomy could wreck World Cup 2011-07-27T23:08:00Z Daniel Hamilton, director of pressure group Big Brother Watch, expressed concern over "expansion by stealth" of the police's ability to conduct invasive surveillance, and called for a review of the police's Ripa powers. Police forces come together to create new regional surveillance units 2011-07-25T16:16:35Z This is a politics that is hyper-responsive to money, special interests, media campaigns, pressure groups, focus groups and the latest opinion poll or sub-national election. Debt crisis: In our competitive decadence, we face eurogeddon and dollargeddon 2011-07-20T19:30:00Z Not everyone agrees on the power of the online pressure group. Avaaz: activism or 'slacktivism'? 2011-07-20T19:00:03Z A spokeswoman for the pressure group Dignity in Dying said it was "deeply moving and at times difficult to watch". Pratchett defends 'suicide' film 2011-06-14T02:32:29Z Their incomes rose by 64% in the 11 years to 2007-08, according to the High Pay Commission, an enquiry set up by the left-wing Compass pressure group. Pay boom for top 0.1% of earners 2011-05-16T09:40:30Z |
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