On a day of drama in the race to become the next mayor of London it emerged Livingstone had taken the decision to contact the police and suspend race adviser Lee Jasper to halt what he described as a "disgraceful political charade".
However, describing the initiatives as a "charade", Draper says it is time for criminal investigations and an independent Scottish government inquiry into sexual abuse in the church.
When the Bush Administration's policy on climate change was first articulated by the President, in early 2002, critics described it as a "total charade," a characterization that, if anything, has come to seem too generous.
New Mexico Gov. Michelle Lujan Grisham — like Newsom, a recently installed chief executive — last week ordered most of her state's Guard troops to stand down, describing Trump's deployment as "a charade". And governors from at least eight other states denied Trump's request back when he originally made it.
Lawmakers of both parties described the proceedings on Wednesday as a charade, a sham, a political stunt, a fig leaf to cover up Congess's inability to make tough decisions.
Looking fatigued and swigging bottled water to fight a dry cough, Mrs. Clinton disparaged Representative Rick A. Lazio at every opportunity, describing her opponent's campaign as "a charade" intended to hide what she called his conservative and caustic ideology.
Mr Farage described the renegotiations, which will take place at a regular meeting of the European Council, as a "charade".
Mr. Khodorkovsky's lawyers denounced it as a charade.
Western governments dismiss the road map as a charade.
Critics muted under martial law view the process as a charade to sustain the military's political role.
But how could you win over the people of Kandahar Province if they viewed government as a charade propagated by Ahmed Wali Karzai?
