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The difference between David Cameron's leadership and previous Conservative Oppositions is that in the past we would think to ourselves each morning, 'how best can we embarrass the Government today?'
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Tim.vi. 20, which speaks of "oppositions of gnosis falsely so called," refers to a work by Marcion called the "Oppositions" (Antitheses), in which he tried to demonstrate that the Old Testament was antagonistic to the New.
The Books of the New Testament Leighton Pullan 1902
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Oppositions don't win merely by proving that the government is making a hash of things; they have to show that they would do a better job than the current lot.
Ed Balls has to show voters that Labour would manage the economy better 2011
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It came close in the late 1850s, though, with 83 Democrats, 100 “Oppositions”, and more than 50 Know-Nothings.
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Oppositions are paid to oppose, and governments do better when they are effectively held to account.
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* Oppositions to Annexation made by Queen Liliuokalani and her 40,000+ subjects.
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* Oppositions to Annexation made by Queen Liliuokalani and her 40,000+ subjects.
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Oppositions are paid to oppose, and governments do better when they are effectively held to account
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Oppositions parties also play up a supposed link to Obama.
Sean Jacobs: Obama Campaigns for South African Ruling Party ... in Zulu 2009
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Oppositions help them, their new exciting ideas are secondary.
A Wee Fib Newmania 2007
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