Sentence examples for unhelpful debate from inspiring English sources

The presidential campaign has embarked on an unhelpful debate between the candidates about Gov. George W. Bush's assertion that American military forces have been "hollowed out" during the Clinton administration.

And, over time, the policy debate can move beyond the unhelpful argument between treating troubled children as victims or bad actors -- and focus on solutions that work.

Heather Barr, from Human Rights Watch, said the parliamentary debate was unhelpful.

I think this is a very unhelpful polarisation of the debate.

The most powerful pieces are often written by those personally affected by injustice, and the comfortable telling them to tone down the anger for fear of coarsening political debate is unhelpful.

"The weight of the evidence shows moderate drinking is better than abstaining and heavy drinking is worse than abstaining – however the moderate amounts can be higher than the guidelines say," Dr Poikolainen reportedly told The Mail.   Responding to the comments, Julia Manning from think-tank 2020Health, told the newspaper: "This is an unhelpful contribution to the debate.

The row that followed – with Laura Bates of the Everyday Sexism project calling Grant's comments "unhelpful" and a Twitter debate about the extent to which sports offered to teenagers should be gender specific – was all the more damaging for Grant because she has made narrowing the participation gap between men and women a key priority.

An unhelpful influence in this debate stems from Willis and Bennett's (1994) hypothesis of minimal human impact on the pre-Bronze Age landscapes of South East Europe.

Today, Republicans are working to characterize President Obama's role in the last debate as unhelpful, laying the groundwork for the inevitable blame game to follow if the immigration effort fails this time around as well.

This is a disappointing and unhelpful contribution to ongoing debates about judicial diversity.

Jennie Formby wrote on the Central Lobby website: "His actions unpick the common agreement that divisive debates are unhelpful to the party.