Sentence examples for punitive coalition from inspiring English sources

We should look carefully at the remedies proposed for an end to poverty by a punitive coalition, which announces reductions in assistance, not merely to those it sees as the refuseniks of labour, but also to the six million or so people working in Britain whose efforts fail to procure them a living wage.

Mr. Haider, 50, stepped down three weeks after his party joined a government coalition, prompting punitive measures by the European Union.

Existing sanctions, she acknowledged, have been "leaky," but the United States had learned from its experience with North Korea how to assemble a broad coalition behind punitive measures.

The backdrop to all this is the fact that Britain is hardly without chronic issues of widespread mental illness, along with cancer, diabetes and other long-term complaints – all of which require much more nuanced and long-term action than the coalition's punitive approach on welfare changes promises.

One former Cooler Heads member, who spoke on the condition of anonymity because of fear of a punitive backlash, said the coalition's mission under Ebell was to be a "Johnny-on-the-spot for climate denialism" and to simulate a "cacophony of voices" against climate-change science.

That would help to explain the rather punitive tones in which the coalition government has unveiled its welfare reforms.

A6 Sanctions Against Austria European governments scoffed at the resignation of Jorg Haider from the leadership of his Freedom Party, which is part of Austria's governing coalition, and said punitive measures against Austria would remain.

Or "unfair" about letting successful people in business or other fields enjoy the fruits of their enterprise without punitive taxes?"Fairness" suits Britain's coalition government so well not just because its meanings are all positive, but also because like views within the coalition they are wide-ranging.

Last week Cardinal Vincent Nichols, leader of the Roman Catholic church in Britain, launched a fierce attack on welfare reforms, accusing the coalition of taking a "punitive" approach to the poor.

Clinton's involvement in the Iran debate subtly positions the Democratic frontrunner as an Iran hawk who is less hopeful of the diplomatic bargain ending US grievances with Tehran than she is cautious about Washington fracturing a diplomatic coalition needed to enforce punitive measures on Iran.

If the Raúl Castro government does not meet this demand, members of the multilateral coalition should impose targeted, punitive measures, such as travel bans on government officials or withholding new forms of foreign investment.