Sentence examples for empty debate from inspiring English sources

But Murdoch isn't alone in his scepticism; the Tory MP David TC Davies recently outlined his own opinion on the matter in a largely empty debate on climate change in the House of Commons.

As a country, we recently agonized though a pitifully empty debate on gun control that came to no useful end, and rarely was the drug war made a part of that discussion.

And you will learn something about the men dying, still dying in the sand, while empty debates broil over long-ago lies; and how we reached the stage where they can be asked to stop wearing their own uniforms, in their own home towns, for shame.

Gail: This is the classic crowded places versus empty places debate.

The cartoon should have been an empty suit debating an empty chair," Donna McGough wrote.

One of the few congressional hold-outs was Republican senator Rand Paul, who sat in lonely vigil reading newspapers in the empty Senate debating chamber – not as a snub but to make a protest on a procedural point.

"But, while people say it's not an important issue, the fact remains that the chamber empties whenever the debate isn't about hunting.

More important, the debate was empty of a counterbalancing vision.

The exchange on Saturday sent pundits and bloggers racing to parse its significance: was it a sign of growing political openness or empty talk; an unscripted debate or a crafty public relations stunt?

But Key has resisted the argument that the debate is empty symbolism, arguing, somewhat implausibly, that a change in flag "has got to be worth billions over time" in brand recognition.

If McCain declines, Obama should still travel to Oxford, Miss., and do what any school board, city council, state assembly or congressional candidate would do if an opponent tried to sand bag a joint appearance at the last minute: debate an empty chair.