These lines apparently amount to a world-weary concession that this is just the way things are: that women's sexual harassment in the workplace is just part of the unfortunate current of everyday life, and in the context of this crucial by-election it is something that should be overlooked for the greater good.
It has recruited, and in the April by-elections, it fielded young people as candidates.
"This party isn't about one politician, it's not about one man, it's not about one by-election, it's about a nationwide political movement".
"And crucially, this general election is not a by-election, it's not a beauty contest, it is not a chance to send a message or make a statement, it is about choosing a government of the United Kingdom".
Mr Koizumi loyally supported the disastrous outgoing prime minister, Yoshiro Mori, almost to the end.Yet if there is one thing that emerges from all opinion studies and recent by-elections, it is that the Japanese are fed up with established politicians, whether of the LDP or of the main opposition party, the Democratic Party of Japan.
While the pundit class all said the Republican party was being torn apart by this election, it is the Democratic party that is in tatters.
Judging by this election, it takes fear and money to promote democracy in Lebanon.
"Instead of being pushed over by this election it has empowered people to stand up in a bigger way".
If anybody can make that work, as anyone paying attention should already have figured out, since you were so badly shocked by his election, it's Donald Trump.
IT MAY be only a by-election, but it is being portrayed as a vote on Hong Kong's future.
