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to head-off( the tories attack)

Russian translation: отбить (отразить) нападки тори (т.е. консерваторов)

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English term or phrase:	to head-off( the tories attack)
Russian translation:	отбить (отразить) нападки тори (т.е. консерваторов)
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14:07 Oct 13, 2011

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Social Sciences - Government / Politics / Anti-Social Behaviour

English term or phrase: to head-off( the tories attack)

As the Brown camp’s stock wanes, ASBOs are to the fore once more. Alan Johnson, the newish home secretary, has said that he wants to stop the government’s “coasting” on anti-social behaviour and would like to see more ASBOs given out. (It is not up to him, but local councils are so dependent on the central government that such pronouncements count.) Anti-social behaviour also featured prominently in Mr Brown’s speech to the Labour Party conference in Brighton, which included promises of “tough love” for problem families. These policies are intended partly to head off the Tories’ attacks on “broken Britain”, a phrase they solemnly wheel out at Pilkington moments. Votes rest on it: until the economic crisis, crime was the hottest issue in opinion polls, and it may well rise again as the economy heals.

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