"It is not just about the top of the game but the grassroots," said the former Wales captain Jonathan Davies on radio this week.
The traditional Tory attachment to the union no longer stirs the grassroots, says the MP, who during his hunt for a seat earned his loudest cheer by asking why the English could not declare independence from Scotland.Mr Salmond rejects such talk.
The chavista movement suffered "a top-to-bottom split, from state governors down to the grassroots", said Ismael García, the leader of Podemos.The emergence of what Mr García calls a "third pole" between the government and the traditional opposition allowed many of the president's supporters to vote no, or at least to abstain, without feeling that they were betraying their leader.
"Rob Ford has always been grassroots," says Warmington. "I was the guy who told him, just be you, the everyman, the guy who's going to fight for the taxpayers".
Grassroots says that they are going to be unrolling Actions pages for a variety of Faceboook pages, including the Sierra Club's page, and a "pro-hockey" effort in Canada that's trying to create another professional team.
I'm a big believer in the idea that the power lies with communities, at the grassroots," says Devlin.
Volunteers and grassroots organisations say these children have not been offered an adequate alternative.
He was a luminary in Albany -- he rose to become chairman of the Assembly Social Services Committee -- but grassroots groups say he never turned his back on them.
Members of local grassroots organizations say they have seen an improvement in relations — pleasant working environments and more eye contact and greetings on the streets.
Malik and other grassroots activists say awareness campaigns about reporting violations and overall engagement from MINUSCA on the ground have been slow.
