Translations for „parish-pump“ in the English » German Dictionary

par·ish-pump ˈpoli·tics N + sing/pl vb Brit

parish-pump politics

Kirchturmpolitik f

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English

Radical political reform is a dead duck - there will be no change to an electoral system that is anchored in parish-pump politics and clientelism.

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If there is no big picture, the vacuum will be filled by narrow sectional parish-pump agendas.

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The politics were becoming parish-pump politics and that depressed him.

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I champion the local but abhor the incestuous and prying nature of parish-pump politics.

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Some commentators have dismissed the election of independents as merely the rise of parish-pump politics and populism, with no progressive content.

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