Sentence examples for unpopular consequence from inspiring English sources

Reprints Related items Renewable energy: GreenstandingApr 2nd 2009Mr Miliband had the guts to admit that building nuclear reactors and wind turbines would mean energy bills rising, an unpopular consequence that other politicians have avoided mentioning.

The shadow chancellor spelled out the potentially unpopular consequences of his pledge not to spend more than the coalition has set for 2015-16, as Labour furiously contested a Tory dossier purporting to have unearthed £21bn of extra spending proposed by the opposition.

The book shows how politicians from both parties use the tricks to take credit for popular promises, but avoid blame for unpopular consequences and points the way to stopping the trickery.

Most Pakistanis believe the country's increasing and violent militant factions are a consequence of an unpopular partnership with the US in the "war on terror".

The most egregious consequence of the unpopular military presence is that it has justified the rise of a highly lucrative private security industry whereby earthquake emergency relief funds are spent on bodyguards and bunkers for humanitarian workers rather than meeting the basic needs of the earthquake victims.

Then, as now, they dealt with the consequences of an unpopular war.

You will be unpopular with some and suffer consequences in some cases.

"I know that many of the solutions to this problem may be unpopular," he said, "but the dire consequences of inaction will be far more damaging to the economic security of American families, and the fault will all be ours".

But he was well aware during the debate of the consequences of backing a policy unpopular with Republicans.

These culls illustrate three uncomfortable truths about the organised killing of wildlife for a specific purpose: mistakes happen; there are always unintended consequences; and culls are hugely unpopular.

For Citigroup, the stakes are high at a time when banks are unpopular and it is still reeling from the consequences of the financial crisis.