Defensive towers served as platforms from which a defending force could rain missiles down upon an attacking force.
But writing in the Observer, Corbyn defended his platform and said the government's "free market dogma" had to be fought and vowed that a Labour government under his leadership would re-empower the state.
But then this is the man who has defended providing a platform to people who make a living selling lies, so….
Mission Viejo's Wendy Wyland, defending world platform diving champion, a bronze medalist in the 1984 Olympics and a gold medalist in the 1983 Pan American Games, will be honored as a recipient of The Southland Olympia Award at a noon luncheon on Sept. 5 at the Mission Viejo Country Club.
The HDP ran on a platform defending the rights of ethnic minorities, women, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people.
The HDP ran on a platform defending the rights of ethnic minorities, women, and lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender people - forming an electoral coalition between the Kurdish minority in Turkey's south-east and liberals in Istanbul and elsewhere.
So, Zuckerberg, why not step actively into a process of embracing greater localization — in a way that's sensitive to cultural and societal norms — and use the accrued political capital from that to invest in defending the platform's core principles?
I don't feel like Google should have to defend its platform play, even though the Valley loves to put companies into a corner and expect outrageous things from them to justify the time and resources that they spend on something.
Abandoning Plan A, we tried to get in contact with the local college Republicans from universities like Tulane and Loyola, but they weren't holding any public gatherings to watch their boy Paul Ryan defend his platform.
From secret dinners with conservative media elite to private meetings with the Republican National Committee, the new outreach reflects tech giants' delicate task: satisfying a party in power while defending online platforms against attacks that threaten to undermine the public's trust in the Web.
England's Tom Daley comfortably defended his 10m platform Commonwealth Games title with a classy performance.
