(1) As for the speaker in parliament Thura Shwe Mann, a former general, he has formed an improbable alliance with Aung San Suu Kyi, on the assumption that she might help him thwart the plans of his former cronies.
(2) Tony Abbott would put those same premiers in charge of the national environment with his plan to hand off federal environmental approval powers to his state cronies – an environmental disaster waiting to happen."
(3) However, Lord Oakeshott, a prominent Liberal Democrat peer, said honours "for Cameron's cronies and Osborne's donors dishonour the system", while John Mann, Labour MP for Bassetlaw, also criticised some of the awards, saying the "same old politicians' cronies are discrediting the honours system" adding "it's not what you know but who you know".
(4) From Tory philosopher Phillip Blond 's attacks on "individualism", to Tory MP Jesse Norman's criticism of monopolistic " crony capitalism ", to Ferdinand Mount – once head of Thatcher's Downing Street policy unit – worrying about the concentration of wealth among " the new few ", there is strengthening disquiet at some of the forces the 80s set in motion.
(5) Cameron and his cronies may have just been "born this way", but when they could choose to be on the side of women they simply haven't.
(6) He also claimed that David Cameron's party and its "cronies" were trying to create financial panic to frighten people into voting for them.
(7) The oil boom of the past few years has made the Aliyev family and its cronies extremely wealthy and the regime will do its utmost to keep power.
(8) The unprecedented rise in the cost of living and the deplorable state of hospitals have put the people in the exact position that Museveni and his cronies want them to be – a place where many are too worried about their next meal to care about abstract political ideas and rights.
(9) In Uncommon Danger, the representatives of communism and what Zaleshoff calls "moderate radicalism" but Kenton himself would probably think of as basic human decency are pitted against the agents of capital and fascism: Balterghen, Saridza and their many cronies.
(10) At an even slower pace, they seized the assets of half a dozen crony companies and recovered most of the coconut levy.
(11) He would face a predictable volley of criticism from Conservative-leaning papers who didn't like the idea of a former Blair toiler – or "labour crony" in Mail speak – at No 10 ruling the corporation they love to hate.
(12) New Labour had created a kind of "crony capitalism", he said.
(13) Nick Clegg has used his first intervention of the new year to map out a crackdown on "crony capitalism", vowing to take action against company tax avoidance, excessive executive pay and irresponsible capitalism.
(14) Unlike many crony capitalists who troll the halls of Congress looking for favors, the Kochs have consistently lobbied against special-interest politics.” Touching on a key plank of his attempted appeal to liberal voters , Paul continues: “[The Kochs] have always stood for freedom, equality and opportunity.
(15) Further revelations are expected as more US court documents are unsealed and the arrest and extradition process continues The Tory MP Damian Collins, a prime mover in the New Fifa Now campaign, said on Sunday: “We know Blatter will do all he can to try to retain influence over Fifa to protect himself and his cronies.
(16) Bell has always been described as "close to New Labour", though nobody would ever be rude enough to call him a crony.
(17) Zardari and his cronies in the presidency are immersed in all aspects of the government, as the regular press releases issued from his office make clear, with updates on him dealing with everything from flood control measures to foreign affairs.
(18) The two groups are also working to lift the ban on oil exports and to end funding for the US government’s Export-Import Bank, which they deem an example of “crony capitalism”.
(19) Borders campaigner Graeme Steel said: "Anyone else would be called a criminal for defying a judge but Alex Salmond and his Big Wind cronies think they can keep get away with it.
(20) It’s for crony capitalists to be able suck off of them.” If you think that sounds obscene, wait until you get to the part about slurping off the gravy train.
Henchman
Definition:
(n.) An attendant; a servant; a follower. Now chiefly used as a political cant term.
Example Sentences:
(1) Someone, somewhere, must stand up to the bullying, hectoring hypocrisy of Cameron's "localism" act and his henchman, Pickles, in full "screw democracy" mode.
(2) In another corner, Tory hopeful Andrew Boff was explaining that his uncle wasn't after all, a henchman for the Krays; he was merely a wrestling dwarf who once played a Dalek.
(3) The henchman AI isn't very good in Skyfall , so they've simply added extra respawn points in the hope you won't notice.
(4) Jon Lansman (then a Tony Benn henchman, now a member of Corbyn’s inner circle) has already called for “mandatory reselection”.
(5) Jong-un’s latest purge, ironically, targeted his chief henchman.
(6) Smugger still is the accompanying (and relatively new) Instagram account – an endless stream of conspicuous consumption as Palermo enjoys yet more infinity pools (attentive readers might notice a theme emerging), luxury goods shopping ("I can't think of a better way to start the day in Paris than the ultimate girl's playground #DIOR") and interchangeable small dogs, usually flanked by at least one permatanned, ripped himbo henchman in shorty shorts.
(7) Key lashed back at Greenwald, calling him "Dotcom's little henchman" and a "loser", but later conceded that Snowden "may well be right" in his claim that the NSA monitors New Zealand communications through the XKeyScore tool.
(8) In fact, the most gold is found at the thin end of the villain spectrum – past the range where people want to blow everyone up and kill policemen, past the grunting henchman range and deep into the bit where you find the high-frequency douchebags.
(9) The most hateful character of all is Saridza's chief henchman, Captain Mailler.
(10) Baron Haussmann, Napoleon III's city-planning henchman, razed an estimated 60% of the medieval capital to create the grand boulevards.
(11) Clifford and a henchman even knew what room the identity parade had taken place in.
(12) Here he plays super-smooth microfilm smuggler Vandamm, egging on henchman Martin Landau to dispose of pesky Cary Grant and Eva Marie Saint.
(13) Reader, 77, a former henchman of crime boss Kenneth Noye, is also being tested for suspected cancer and may only have months left to live.
(14) Was it the result of a bizarre and careless mistake of a lowly henchman?
(15) Key denied the claim, dismissing Greenwald a conspiracy theorist, a “henchman” for Dotcom, and even a “loser”.
(16) One last job: the inside story of the Hatton Garden heist Read more Reader, a former henchman of crime boss Kenneth Noye and a key ringleader behind the heist at the Hatton Garden Safe Deposit company, travelled to Hatton Garden by bus using his Freedom Pass, and abandoned the burglary on its second night.
(17) Little has a "beastly asthma suffering henchman" called Flick Ferdinando.
(18) While Bush was the invasion’s prime architect, and Blair his all-too eager henchman – lapdog, as half the British people saw him at the time – their relative fortunes since stepping down from office would suggest the opposite relationship.
(19) Other songs played publicly by the band, which is closely linked to Russia's opposition movement, have included "Putin Pissed Himself", "Death to Prison, Freedom to Protest", and "Fuck the Sexist, Fuck Putin's Henchman."
(20) The GMB, which backed Owen Smith for the party leadership , criticised the move, saying it would force the UK to rely on foreign dictators – “henchman, hangmen and headchoppers” – for gas, as well as needlessly stop the creation of high-skilled jobs.