I was confused, and asked how he could so easily shift his support from the figure who took on the system, to the one who personified it.
Breed, the candidate with the most underprivileged background of the three, has drawn support from the most privileged figures in the city and, although she has a brother in prison, seems to favor the strongest policing platform.
The theatre has won support from several figures in the arts, including Sir Nicholas Hytner, director of London's National Theatre, who said Rubasingham and her board had a proven commitment to Jewish culture.
Negotiating this challenge was possible with support from key figures in the government and the University of Peradeniya.
It has garnered support from public figures including the Shadow Foreign Secretary, Yvette Cooper, the actress Juliet Stevenson and the leader of the Green Party, Caroline Lucas.
The campaign group launched two months ago, with a declaration of support from public figures including the former archbishop of Canterbury Rowan Williams, who backed a campaign of civil disobedience to draw attention to the threat of climate and ecological change.
They have strong support from leading figures in the Republican party such as Paul Ryan, and retain control over an infrastructure of donors, thinktanks and journals.
Many on the street complain that he was too often away from Libya during the war, whereas his admirers say that he succeeded in winning international support from key figures in the Gulf and elsewhere.
Support from key figures at the level of policymakers and academicians is necessary to create this new discipline and give it a place in health systems.
The House of Lords – an institution Pankhurst vowed to tear down in a coming revolution – has over the years repeatedly blocked proposals for a memorial near parliament, despite strong support from figures including the former Commons speaker Betty Boothroyd, and the granting of planning permission by Westminster council.
