Sentence examples for opposition to defend from inspiring English sources

Crosby managed to win four consecutive elections for John Howard, but critics claimed he used some dubious tactics: so called "dog-whistle" campaigns that appealed to people's basest instincts on crime and immigration - and "wedge" issues, which force the opposition to defend an unpopular policy.

We must steel our focus on our own narrative and force the opposition to defend itself against us on the field of human dignity.

Mr. Baghi had already been sentenced last month to one year in prison and a five-year ban on all media activities on separate charges relating to his participation in a group set up by opposition leaders to defend the rights of postelection detainees.

On January 19 , 2015 Congolese youth descended into the streets in response to an appeal from opposition figures to defend the country's constitution and nascent democracy.

If Republicans heighten scrutiny of those payments, Democrats may find their resistance harder to defend than their opposition to benefit cuts.

Plibersek, the daughter of Slovenian migrants, appeared emotional when she spoke of how her parents had come to Australia "with nothing but a suitcase each" and said in opposition Labor needed to defend its legacy, explain its vision and rebuild.

Both Gordon Brown, the Labour prime minister, and David Cameron, the Conservative opposition leader, rallied to defend the NHS against the charge that it was Orwellian.The NHS arouses international interest because it is an especially stark example of a state-run and publicly financed medical-care system.

Yet Africans who object to the opposition risk appearing to defend FGM.

And those in opposition are quick to defend their ignorance by arguing that transgender individuals are at high risk of committing sex crimes ― or that opportunistic men will take advantage of any expansion of transgender bathroom access by claiming to be transgender and sneaking into women's bathrooms to commit sex crimes.

Yet Christian democracy, in opposition to socialism, defends private property and resists excessive intervention of the state in social life and education.

The Massachusetts court considered and rejected the various rationales the state put forward to defend opposition to same-sex marriage.