Sentence examples for an electoral ploy from inspiring English sources

He reportedly blurted out in a private meeting that the nuclear decision was an electoral ploy (he denies this).

It barely matters that her promise is, as some Socialists are hinting, just an electoral ploy meant to paper over divisions in the French left over Europe.

Rivals dismissed this as an electoral ploy; Mr Karoubi, a leader of the opposition Green Movement, has since been hounded out of politics.

This may be an electoral ploy before a presidential election on March 22nd but it reduces the chances of progress in new talks.Serbia too is blocked.

It's no cheap imitation of Ukip, nor an "electoral ploy", but an approach born of progressive values and our desire to see them realised.

A parallel message is to be sent to China, urging restraint.UN membership for Taiwan is a long-lost cause, and Mr Chen's referendum plan is at heart an electoral ploy ahead of next year's presidential poll.

IT IS the most generous budget for a very long time, says the government; a cheap electoral ploy, sneers the opposition.

The Australian government says it will take in up to 85,000 new migrants this year and an additional 12,000 refugees, but insists on an orderly process.Critics, however, argue that Australia's tough stance was just a cheap electoral ploy that undermines refugees' rights.

Many suspected his sudden entry into politics of being a Kremlin electoral ploy.

Mr Kasukuwere, who is among 112 Zimbabweans under European Union sanctions, denied that the programme was a ruinous electoral ploy.

I thought that perhaps the failure to recapture the city was a deliberate electoral ploy and the assault on it would come after the poll.