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The 2016 election campaign has poured scorn on such ideas.

Several speakers at the PP Congress poured scorn on Podemos's populism.

Duterte has repeatedly poured scorn on critics, usually larding it with curses.

Less pampered athletes have poured scorn on the pusillanimous pitch-and-putters.

Frits Bolkestein, a former Dutch European Commissioner, poured scorn on Macron's ideas on Thursday.

Duterte has poured scorn on critics of his uncompromising campaign, usually larding it with curses.

Arcade Fire has just poured scorn on Kylie and Kendall following their egregious T-shirt débâcle.

Medical experts have poured scorn on suggestions that Epstein was murdered based on the broken hyoid bone.

IN A speech to London's Constitutional Club in 1931, Winston Churchill poured scorn on the idea of India.

But Sandler also poured scorn on the idea that the kind of exchange represented in the emails is commonplace on political campaigns.

Over the course of roughly 15 minutes, Trump poured scorn on several groups of people — including Democrats, the media, and undocumented immigrants.

Emmanuel Macron has poured scorn on Donald Trump after he announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement.

I wish I could rank it higher, but even he poured scorn on his own effort by inserting that laughter at the end.

At the beginning of this decade he poured scorn on the idea that Netflix could be a competitor, comparing it to the "Albanian army".

Human rights groups poured scorn on the military's investigation, branding it a "whitewash" and calling for U.N. and independent investigators to be allowed into Myanmar.

Barnaby Joyce, the deputy prime minister and leader of the National Party, poured scorn on the Tesla battery plan, saying it wouldn't make much difference.

The former president appeared angry as he poured scorn on his wife's opponent, portraying the Sanders campaign as dishonest and his healthcare proposals as unrealistic.

He starts with a chapter on the New Atheists, who have poured scorn on the more obvious logical difficulties and historical implausibilities of dogmatic religion.

The veteran radio host André "King" Arthur, poured scorn on Azzedine Soufiane, one of the mosque shooting victims, who had heroically lunged at Mr. Bissonnette.

Russia has poured scorn on Ukraine's allegations while some organizations and commentators criticized Kiev for the kind of trickery which Ukraine routinely accuses Russia of using.

For months, Mr Trump had poured scorn on the conclusion of America's intelligence agencies that Russia had launched a hacking operation aimed at subverting the presidential election.

He poured scorn on evidence that the Kremlin was behind the hacking of Democratic bigwigs' e-mails during the election campaign, preferring to denigrate America's intelligence agencies.

Moreover, Castro, who will retain considerable political clout as head of the party, delivered a long parting speech in which he poured scorn on the Trump administration.

DUBAI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader poured scorn on French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday for trying to promote talks between the United States and Iran.

Nazarbayev, who wields sweeping powers in the oil-rich nation, poured scorn on private sector executives who, he suggested, were enjoying lavish lifestyles while keeping funds in foreign accounts.

This week, he poured scorn on the flurry of well-respected economic bodies and economists that have warned in recent weeks about the dangers of a so-called Brexit.

Neither would comment on what they described as "rumor or speculation," but Etihad CEO Tony Douglas poured scorn on the Bloomberg report in a recent interview with Arabian Business magazine.

Energy experts poured scorn on the prospect of Russia and Saudi Arabia collaborating to stabilize the oil market, after the two countries made a joint statement to that effect on Monday.

LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond poured scorn on a UN working group report on Julian Assange, calling it ridiculous, and said the Wikileaks founder was a fugitive from justice.

On Saturday Mugabe poured scorn on rumors on some online news websites - partly fed by his early departure from a regional summit - that he had been rushed for medical treatment in Dubai.

BRIXWORTH, England (Reuters) - Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg poured scorn on suggestions that Mercedes team mate and reigning champion Lewis Hamilton is in 'meltdown' mode after losing ground in the title battle.

Iran's president poured scorn on Wednesday on U.S. and European discussions over Tehran's nuclear agreement, and dismissed Donald Trump as a "tradesman" who lacked the qualifications to deal with a complex international pact.

VIENNA (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Monday he has no problem with output cuts by OPEC, but poured scorn on what he called "unilateralism" among some members of the producer group.

Palestinians poured scorn on the Trump administration's $50 billion investment plan to help achieve Middle East peace, but U.S. Gulf Arab allies said the economic initiative had promise if a political settlement is reached.

Yael Selfin, chief economist at global accounting firm KPMG, poured scorn on an estimate by tourist board Visit Britain that the wedding could boost the U.K. economy by up to £2 billion ($2.7 billion).

BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's president poured scorn on Wednesday on U.S. and European discussions over Tehran's nuclear agreement, and dismissed Donald Trump as a "tradesman" who lacked the qualifications to deal with a complex international pact.

Moscow has poured scorn on the allegations and a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday the most likely source of the agent was Britain itself, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the United States or Sweden.

The offer, made with Putin's trademark sardonic humor, came as the Russian president poured scorn on Comey for his role in a row in Washington over alleged Russian meddling in last year's U.S. presidential election.

BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior Iranian military commander poured scorn on U.S. threats to tighten sanctions on Tuesday, saying the Islamic Republic's people would respond by punching U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the mouth.

VIENNA, July 1 (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Monday he has no problem with output cuts by OPEC, but poured scorn on what he called "unilateralism" among some members of the producer group.

Dismayed European allies sought to salvage the international nuclear pact with Iran on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the landmark accord, while Tehran poured scorn on the U.S. leader.

However, other Silicon Valley sources poured scorn on the idea that Facebook had even been offered the patent, with one source familiar with both companies commenting that Mobli wasn't on the radar of local power players.

He poured scorn on ideas for projects included in the plan, which the authors acknowledged were mainly recycled from previous peace efforts and reports by international organizations like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund.

The Taksim Solidarity group, which includes some of the 16 defendants, poured scorn on the indictment, saying it portrayed the handing out of flowers to police and the provision of sandwiches to protesters as signs of guilt.

He poured scorn on a shocking report that Russian intelligence had dirt on him and had worked with his people during the election (he shouted down a reporter from the news channel that revealed the report's existence).

MANAMA (Reuters) - Palestinians on Wednesday poured scorn on the Trump administration's $50 billion investment plan to help achieve Middle East peace, but U.S. Gulf Arab allies said the economic initiative had promise if a political settlement is reached.

German newspapers have poured scorn on Erdogan for trying to muzzle media and some have also questioned whether Germany and the EU have gone soft on Turkish human rights because they need Ankara's co-operation to stem the influx of migrants.

She poured scorn on speeches that Mr Trump has given in recent days, in which he has reached out to black Americans and accused Mrs Clinton of being a "bigot" whose policies hurt non-white voters and take them for granted.

BEIRUT/BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran poured scorn on threatened U.S. sanctions on Tuesday and told European powers to step up and salvage its international nuclear deal - though Germany signaled there was only so much it could do to fend off Washington's economic clout.

American officials accused Russian hackers of being behind these leaks, as did Mrs Clinton but Mr Trump poured scorn on such claims, calling them an attempt to smear him, and wondering whether the hacker might be somebody "sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds".

DUBAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Executed cleric Nimr al-Nimr was the most vocal critic of Saudi Arabia's ruling Al Saud family in the kingdom's Shi'ite Muslim minority, but he also poured scorn on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and distanced himself from Shi'ite power Iran.

JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's new vice president, Taban Deng Gai, poured scorn on his predecessor Riek Machar and suggested he go into exile, deepening a rift at the heart of the political elite that has raised the risk of more turmoil after months of fighting.

In an earlier debate, he refused to attack Mrs Clinton's curious use of a private e-mail account while she was secretary of state; in South Carolina, he poured scorn on the relevance of a question about Bill Clinton's past sexual antics (though he managed to slip in that he considered those antics "deplorable").

Besides the concession, however, Johnson proposed giving Northern Ireland's institutions the ongoing power to abide by or exit the regulatory zone - a possible step too far for Ireland and the EU. Johnson's Northern Irish allies poured scorn on their Irish neighbours for their negative reaction to Johnson's offer and said their stance paved the way for a no-deal exit.

Lillie and former Aussie skipper Greg Chappell poured scorn on such claims. AFP report dated 24 October 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.

By July 1939, Life magazine was talking about the "umbrella of appeasement".See Neville Chamberlain's Umbrella. Hitler, resentful of those who attended the Munich conference, poured scorn on what he called "umbrella politicians".

Attius Labeo (active 1st century AD) was a Roman writer during the reign of Nero. He is remembered for the derision that greeted his Latin translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, which came to epitomise bad verse. He translated the original Greek into Latin hexameters. The satirist Persius poured scorn on Labeo.

Woods and Baddeley, p. 126 Before the discovery of Macnaghten's memo, books on the Ripper case, such as those written by Leonard Matters and Donald McCormick, poured scorn on stories that the Ripper had drowned in the Thames because they could not find a suicide that matched the description of the culprit.Cullen, p.

By the 1980s, Lasch had poured scorn on the whole spectrum of contemporary mainstream American political thought, angering liberals with attacks on progressivism and feminism. He wrote that Journalist Susan Faludi dubbed him explicitly anti- feminist for his criticism of the abortion rights movement and opposition to divorce.Faludi, Susan. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women, p.

My private life, the loan on my house, my work at the church and my social work not only became public but they poured scorn on me. My opponents used the most powerful tool, the media to downgrade me. Nobody was spared in my family. I was humiliated in political meetings, in the newspapers and in tracks that were distributed all over the place.

Davis allegedly replied: "It's too late - I've already done it", to which Mitchell allegedly responded: "You're nuts!".David Davis: 'I'm not plotting. I no longer want to be leader' - Daily Telegraph 15 June 2008 Opinion outside Westminster is also sharply divided over Davis's actions. Many media commentators have poured scorn on Davis for precipitating an unnecessary by-election, characterising his actions as "quixotic", "egotistical" or even "mad".

With Wilkinson's assistance, the Mental Treatment Act 1930 received the Royal Assent on 30 June 1930.Bartley, p. 49. In the same year she co- sponsored a bill to limit shopworkers' hours to 48 a week, and poured scorn on Conservatives opposing the measure who seemed, she said, to think that all shop work was carried out in the "soothing atmosphere" and "exquisite scents" of Jermyn Street and Bond Street.

Gladstone resigned as prime minister in 1894 and was replaced with Lord Rosebery who poured scorn on the Newcastle Programme as the 'flyblown phylacteries of obsolete policies'.Douglas 2005, p. 106. When the government's efforts to bring in temperance reform and Welsh disestablishment also failed, Rosebery's disunited cabinet were almost anxious for an excuse to resign. The Conservatives won the 1895 general election ushering in ten years of Tory government.

He accused King James of reneging on his promises of toleration for Catholics, and told of his fears of harsher laws against recusancy. He also pleaded on behalf of his family, that they should not pay for his actions, before making a final request to be beheaded. His words fell on mostly deaf ears. The prosecution poured scorn on James's supposed perfidy, and ridiculed Digby for asking for leniency where he would have given none.

During World War II his cartoon Maltese Cross in the Daily Dispatch partly resulted in the island receiving the George Cross in April 1942. After the end of the second world war, Butterworth had to find new subjects. His attentions soon turned to Joseph Stalin, and the then perceived threat of the Soviet Union. During this time he also poured scorn on Prime Minister Clement Attlee and the 1945-1951 Labour Government.

Lord Salisbury, leader of the opposition Conservative Party, gave an address in London on 7 November. Salisbury, who had led the government that passed the legislation creating the London County Council, had become one of its fiercest critics. Salisbury poured scorn on the royal commission, dismissing the members as either "Radicals" or ignorant of the ways and wants of London. He described the commissioners as "about the worst men" to study the problem of metropolitan government.

Tebbit received a tumultuous standing ovation and walked into the centre of the conference hall waving amongst the cheers. Gyles Brandreth, a Conservative whip, wrote in his diary: > The talk of the town is Norman Tebbit's vulgar grand-standing barn-storming > performance on Europe. He savaged Maastricht, poured scorn on monetary > union, patronised the PM...and brought the conference (or a good part of it) > to its feet roaring for more. He stood there, arms aloft, acknowledging the > ovation, Norman the conqueror.

Churchill 1937, p. 223. Haig's death mask, Edinburgh Castle Lloyd George pulled fewer punches in his War Memoirs, published in 1936 when Haig was dead and Lloyd George was no longer a major political player. In Chapter 89, he poured scorn on Haig's recently published diaries (clearly "carefully edited" by Duff Cooper) describing Haig as "intellectually and temperamentally unequal to his task" and "second-rate" (compared to Foch, p. 2014), although "above the average for his profession—perhaps more in industry than intelligence".

Gaitskell described the result (2 April) as "a stalemate … my own position is no doubt weaker". Gaitskell thought the need to move against Bevan "dirty work" (April 1955). The May 1955 General Election was the first since 1931 in which Labour's vote had not increased. In Tribune on 21 June 1955 Gaitskell poured scorn on the idea that more left-wing policies (or, as he put it, policies more similar to those of the Communist Party) would have won Labour more votes.

The insurrection of that year is generally known as "Glencairn's rising", although he later handed his command to Middleton. About this time Glencairn and Lieutenant-General Sir George Munro, 1st of Newmore engaged in a duel with both pistols & swords two miles to the south of Dornoch. Munro had poured scorn on the quality of their forces and Glencairn had defended them, challenging Munro, who lost but was only wounded. Middleton initially placed the Earl under arrest, but the Earl left the army a fortnight later.

In the preface to Sir Patient Fancy she argued that she was being singled out because she was a woman, while male playwrights were free to live the most scandalous lives and write bawdy plays. Under Charles II of England prevailing Puritan ethics was reversed in the fashionable society of London. The King associated with playwrights that poured scorn on marriage and the idea of consistency in love. Among the King's favourite was the Earl of Rochester John Wilmot, who became famous for his cynical libertinism.

It was unthinkable for Dillon, who put the integrity of Ireland foremost: he poured scorn on Edward Carson's Ulster Unionist Party and their Ulster Volunteers' threat of civil war as being a gigantic bluff. Scott courted Dillon's opinion most assiduously at the Bath Club and his Manchester home in favour of "gradual strengthening of the military force in Ulster", without support the police might "cave in altogether".Scott to Hobhouse, 3/4 May 1914; Wilson, pp. 84–5. "Incredibly weak" Dillon was unable to prevent Carson's amendments to Crewe's Home Rule bill.

In October 1974 he poured scorn on a Labour Party pamphlet that recommended the application of "internal democracy" to editorial policy, saying "This means that... there would be some sort of committee consisting at the best of a mixture of van drivers, press operators, electricians and the rest, with no doubt a few journalists, but more probably composed of trade union officials, to deal with editorial policy." In the 1974 New Year Honours Lord Shawcross was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE).

Abu al-Hakam stirred up the Meccans against the Muslims. When he heard that a man had become a Muslim, if he was a man of social importance and had relations to defend him, he reprimanded him and poured scorn on him, saying, 'You have forsaken the religion of your father who was better than you. We will declare you a blockhead and brand you as a fool, and destroy your reputation.' If he was a merchant he said, 'we will boycott your goods and reduce you to beggary.

Grotius argued for the tradition of Erasmus of seeking concord, putting down a marker for eirenicism; he also poured scorn on the idea, a frequent proposal of the time and in the event the solution taken, of a synod to decide on the theological points.Guillaume Henri Marie Posthumus Meyjes, Henk J. M. Nellen, Edwin Rabbie, Hugo Grotius, theologian: essays in honour of G. H. M. Posthumus Meyjes (1994), p. 84; Google Books. These ideas he developed by citing the Church Fathers; if not by name, Grotius uses the consensus patrum as a yardstick.

One was stripped to the waist before being rescued and another was almost thrown off a bridge to be dashed on the rocks of the River Dwyfor below. As trouble was anticipated the national press was present and the Daily Mirror and Illustrated London News devoted a full page of photographs to the incident. The local press not only attacked the suffragettes, but poured scorn on the crowd for tarnishing the image of a peaceful, Nonconformist, chapel- going Wales. The event is seen as the most dramatic event in the history of Women's suffrage in Wales.

Acland was Colonel of the 1st Devon Militia,Vivian, p.5 formed to protect Great Britain from a feared French invasion. In 1774 he was elected Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Callington in Cornwall, and forcefully expressed his Tory views in parliament by virulently opposing the movement by the American colonists to obtain independence following their complaint of "No taxation without representation". He poured scorn on those fellow MP's who sought to appease the colonists and called their proposed concessions "nugatory and humiliating" and certain to result in "a total convulsion of the British Empire".

Embargoes of ten or twenty years apply to certain categories of material; examples include all material relating to the judging process and the Longlist prior to 2002. Between 2005 and 2008, the Booker Prize alternated between writers from Ireland and India. "Outsider" John Banville began this trend in 2005 when his novel The Sea was selected as a surprise winner: Boyd Tonkin, literary editor of The Independent, famously condemned it as "possibly the most perverse decision in the history of the award" and rival novelist Tibor Fischer poured scorn on Banville's victory. Kiran Desai of India won in 2006.

The latter emphasised her misfortune at twice being subjected to such anguish, firstly for prosecuting her assailants and secondly for being punished for doing so. He complimented the jury and poured scorn on Davy's allegations, and seized upon the prosecution's unwillingness to call Virtue Hall to the stand. Morton highlighted how unlikely it was that Canning could so profoundly fool her supporters and countered the prosecution's complaint about Canning's description of the loft. The third attorney, George Nares, concentrated on the societal problems of prosecuting Canning for perjury, implying that other victims of crime would be less likely to pursue their assailants, for fear of being prosecuted themselves.

One reader asked: "Now that you have renamed the team, and changed the badge and colours, do you agree that AFC Wimbledon now carry the true spirit of Wimbledon?"; Winkelman replied that AFC Wimbledon's founders had betrayed their club and "left their team before their team left them". In another answer, he poured scorn on suggestions that he might give Wimbledon F.C.'s trophy replicas to AFC Wimbledon, writing that the fans had "abdicated their right to it when they all walked away." "The fans who have continued to support us from London—they're the ones who've had to put up with this shit for so long," he concluded.

Outside Berlin, BFC fans found themselves scorned by supporters of Dynamo Dresden. In addition to having been formed out of the forcibly relocated Dresden team of 1954, Dresden fans further accused BFC of benefitting from its status as Erich Mielke's 'favourite' club, despite being itself a patron club of the Stasi. Upon the establishment of Football Clubs (FCs) in 1965, another form of rivalry emerged between players and fans of the FCs and BSGs. Those associated with the BSGs frequently took pride in their status as "real" workers teams, and poured scorn on the 'elitist' FCs that benefited from increasing de facto professionalisation of the sport throughout the 1970s.

Steve Regan (born 1958 in Wigan) is a UK-based journalist and television critic who worked for the ORACLE teletext service during the 1980s and early 1990s. Educated at the University of Kent, for many years he wrote a popular column on the service under the pseudonym Sam Brady in which he regularly poured scorn on the "middle class blandies" he believed were running the British television industry. The column was very popular with viewers and when ORACLE closed on 31 December 1992, the column was taken up by its replacement Teletext on 3. It continued for nine years until it was dropped following a change in direction by Teletext.

261 In her later articles, she expressed strongly held views on a wide range of subjects; she abominated the word "crispy", demanding to know what it conveyed that "crisp" did not; she confessed to an inability to refill anybody's wineglass until it was empty; she insisted on the traditional form "Welsh rabbit" rather than the modern invention "Welsh rarebit"; she poured scorn on the Guide Michelin's standards; she deplored "fussy garnish ... distract[ing] from the main flavours"; she inveighed against the ersatz: "anyone depraved enough to invent a dish consisting of a wedge of steam-heated bread spread with tomato paste and a piece of synthetic Cheddar can call it a pizza."David (1986), pp.

The show was parodied in contemporary comedy TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s, notably in Not the Nine O'Clock News in which both families were introduced as being almost identical save for surname, with all being quantity surveyors by profession (including the children). A spoof edition on the Kenny Everett Television Show featured Everett as Robert Robinson and as the (female) heads of the respective Windsor and Thatcher families. An episode of the radio sketch show I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again opened with a parody where "Robin Robertson", played by John Cleese, poured scorn on the families and abandoned them in disgust. One episode of The Burkiss Way likewise parodied it as Ask the Cleverdicks.

Kenny, however, refused to participate in the three-way leaders' debate proposed by TV3, stating his unhappiness that Vincent Browne was to chair the debate. Browne is a well-known critic of Fine Gael and Kenny. In 1982, Browne appeared on The Late Late Show where he poured scorn on Kenny, claiming he was "purporting" to be a TD. In October 2010, Browne was forced to make a public apology to Kenny after jokingly asking whether Fine Gael was requesting that he go into a darkroom with a gun and a bottle of whisky. This was in reference to Fine Gael's position in the polls, where they were in second place to Labour, and a previous leadership challenge to Kenny by Richard Bruton.

When Tshembe appears Abioseh appeals to him as an upright, educated African like himself to wait till "the terror" has passed or is suppressed so that the two of them and others like them can step in afterwards and be peaceful leaders. Tshembe calls Abioseh an Uncle Tom and a Judas, but Abioseh is determined to report Peter to Major Rice, even though Peter was a village elder who helped raise the two brothers. Dr. DeKoven tells Charlie that the charitable medical work done at the unmodernized, unelectrified mission actually enables colonialism because keeping the villages and tribes uneducated and poor promotes subservience, white paternalism, and colonialism. He recounts that Reverend Neilsen had poured scorn on the villagers' proposal and petition for proportionate native representation in the legislature, which they had planned to take to the government in the capital.

Vincent Browne speaks as Richard Boyd Barrett watches on. In 1994, he sought a nomination for the Fine Gael party in that year's European elections or the possible general election of that year (it was thought a general election might follow the collapse of the Albert Reynolds' government). He was rebuffed by the leader of Fine Gael and future Taoiseach, John Bruton. He then became a vocal critic of the party.Our politicians and reality TV make unlikely bedfellows Sunday Independent, 2007-01-14. A staunch critic of Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, in 1982 Browne appeared on The Late Late Show to discuss the effectiveness of TDs where he poured scorn on Kenny, claiming he was "purporting" to be a TD.Fine Gael leader's feud with Browne goes back almost 30 years Irish Independent, 2011-02-07.

Australian singer Helen Reddy credits Roxon for her first awareness of the women's movement and for providing much of the impetus for co-writing her international hit, "I Am Woman". Linda McCartney (then Linda Eastman) was one of Roxon's closest female friends and she did much to further Eastman's career, but the friendship ended abruptly in 1969 when Eastman moved to London, married Paul McCartney and cut all ties with all her former friends, a move which wounded Roxon deeply. Lillian eventually retaliated, four years later, with her famously scathing review of the McCartneys' first American TV special. Published in the New York Sunday News on 22 April 1973, Roxon's review panned the documentary and poured scorn on Linda, slamming her for being "catatonic with horror at having to mingle with ordinary people", "disdainful if not downright bored ... her teeth relentlessly clamped in a Scarsdale lockjaw", and "incredibly cold and arrogant".

An EastEnders source said, "It's nothing short of a miracle to get someone to talk to you on the Tube in London, so Michelle should feel extremely flattered!" However, White said that Tom is a stranger to Michelle and she knows nothing about him, she could be "playing with fire". Duncan Lindsay from the Metro said Tom "has turned out to be a little bit unsettling as he has snapped pictures of [Michelle] and followed her home" and said that "many have poured scorn on the likelihood of two strangers regularly bumping into each other on packed London trains, [but] it seems that this was less accidental than we were led to believe". Sophie Dainty from Digital Spy said that Tom "gets even darker" in his fifth episode, and said Michelle "could be heading for serious danger after her new love interest Tom showed another worrying side", calling him a "weirdo" and his behaviour "nasty", as he seems "more and more dangerous by the day".

The 2016 election campaign has poured scorn on such ideas. from Economist
Several speakers at the PP Congress poured scorn on Podemos's populism. from Economist
Duterte has repeatedly poured scorn on critics, usually larding it with curses. from CNBC
Less pampered athletes have poured scorn on the pusillanimous pitch-and-putters. from Economist
Frits Bolkestein, a former Dutch European Commissioner, poured scorn on Macron's ideas on Thursday. from Reuters
Duterte has poured scorn on critics of his uncompromising campaign, usually larding it with curses. from Reuters
Arcade Fire has just poured scorn on Kylie and Kendall following their egregious T-shirt débâcle. from Mashable
Medical experts have poured scorn on suggestions that Epstein was murdered based on the broken hyoid bone. from Business Insider
IN A speech to London's Constitutional Club in 1931, Winston Churchill poured scorn on the idea of India. from Economist
But Sandler also poured scorn on the idea that the kind of exchange represented in the emails is commonplace on political campaigns. from The Hill
Over the course of roughly 15 minutes, Trump poured scorn on several groups of people — including Democrats, the media, and undocumented immigrants. from Vox
Emmanuel Macron has poured scorn on Donald Trump after he announced his decision to withdraw the United States from the Paris Climate Agreement. from Mashable
I wish I could rank it higher, but even he poured scorn on his own effort by inserting that laughter at the end. from Mashable
At the beginning of this decade he poured scorn on the idea that Netflix could be a competitor, comparing it to the "Albanian army". from Economist
Human rights groups poured scorn on the military's investigation, branding it a "whitewash" and calling for U.N. and independent investigators to be allowed into Myanmar. from Reuters
Barnaby Joyce, the deputy prime minister and leader of the National Party, poured scorn on the Tesla battery plan, saying it wouldn't make much difference. from Reuters
The former president appeared angry as he poured scorn on his wife's opponent, portraying the Sanders campaign as dishonest and his healthcare proposals as unrealistic. from CNBC
He starts with a chapter on the New Atheists, who have poured scorn on the more obvious logical difficulties and historical implausibilities of dogmatic religion. from New Republic
The veteran radio host André "King" Arthur, poured scorn on Azzedine Soufiane, one of the mosque shooting victims, who had heroically lunged at Mr. Bissonnette. from The New York Times
Russia has poured scorn on Ukraine's allegations while some organizations and commentators criticized Kiev for the kind of trickery which Ukraine routinely accuses Russia of using. from Reuters
For months, Mr Trump had poured scorn on the conclusion of America's intelligence agencies that Russia had launched a hacking operation aimed at subverting the presidential election. from Economist
He poured scorn on evidence that the Kremlin was behind the hacking of Democratic bigwigs' e-mails during the election campaign, preferring to denigrate America's intelligence agencies. from Economist
Moreover, Castro, who will retain considerable political clout as head of the party, delivered a long parting speech in which he poured scorn on the Trump administration. from Reuters
DUBAI, Nov 3 (Reuters) - Iran's supreme leader poured scorn on French President Emmanuel Macron on Sunday for trying to promote talks between the United States and Iran. from CNBC
Nazarbayev, who wields sweeping powers in the oil-rich nation, poured scorn on private sector executives who, he suggested, were enjoying lavish lifestyles while keeping funds in foreign accounts. from Reuters
This week, he poured scorn on the flurry of well-respected economic bodies and economists that have warned in recent weeks about the dangers of a so-called Brexit. from CNBC
Neither would comment on what they described as "rumor or speculation," but Etihad CEO Tony Douglas poured scorn on the Bloomberg report in a recent interview with Arabian Business magazine. from CNN
Energy experts poured scorn on the prospect of Russia and Saudi Arabia collaborating to stabilize the oil market, after the two countries made a joint statement to that effect on Monday. from CNBC
LONDON (Reuters) - British Foreign Secretary Philip Hammond poured scorn on a UN working group report on Julian Assange, calling it ridiculous, and said the Wikileaks founder was a fugitive from justice. from Reuters
On Saturday Mugabe poured scorn on rumors on some online news websites - partly fed by his early departure from a regional summit - that he had been rushed for medical treatment in Dubai. from Reuters
BRIXWORTH, England (Reuters) - Formula One championship leader Nico Rosberg poured scorn on suggestions that Mercedes team mate and reigning champion Lewis Hamilton is in 'meltdown' mode after losing ground in the title battle. from Reuters
Iran's president poured scorn on Wednesday on U.S. and European discussions over Tehran's nuclear agreement, and dismissed Donald Trump as a "tradesman" who lacked the qualifications to deal with a complex international pact. from CNBC
VIENNA (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Monday he has no problem with output cuts by OPEC, but poured scorn on what he called "unilateralism" among some members of the producer group. from Reuters
Palestinians poured scorn on the Trump administration's $50 billion investment plan to help achieve Middle East peace, but U.S. Gulf Arab allies said the economic initiative had promise if a political settlement is reached. from Reuters
Yael Selfin, chief economist at global accounting firm KPMG, poured scorn on an estimate by tourist board Visit Britain that the wedding could boost the U.K. economy by up to £2 billion ($2.7 billion). from CNBC
BEIRUT (Reuters) - Iran's president poured scorn on Wednesday on U.S. and European discussions over Tehran's nuclear agreement, and dismissed Donald Trump as a "tradesman" who lacked the qualifications to deal with a complex international pact. from Reuters
Moscow has poured scorn on the allegations and a Russian foreign ministry spokeswoman said on Saturday the most likely source of the agent was Britain itself, the Czech Republic, Slovakia, the United States or Sweden. from Reuters
The offer, made with Putin's trademark sardonic humor, came as the Russian president poured scorn on Comey for his role in a row in Washington over alleged Russian meddling in last year's U.S. presidential election. from Reuters
BEIRUT (Reuters) - A senior Iranian military commander poured scorn on U.S. threats to tighten sanctions on Tuesday, saying the Islamic Republic's people would respond by punching U.S. Secretary of State Mike Pompeo in the mouth. from Reuters
VIENNA, July 1 (Reuters) - Iranian Oil Minister Bijan Zanganeh said on Monday he has no problem with output cuts by OPEC, but poured scorn on what he called "unilateralism" among some members of the producer group. from CNBC
Dismayed European allies sought to salvage the international nuclear pact with Iran on Wednesday after U.S. President Donald Trump pulled the United States out of the landmark accord, while Tehran poured scorn on the U.S. leader. from CNBC
However, other Silicon Valley sources poured scorn on the idea that Facebook had even been offered the patent, with one source familiar with both companies commenting that Mobli wasn't on the radar of local power players. from TechCrunch
He poured scorn on ideas for projects included in the plan, which the authors acknowledged were mainly recycled from previous peace efforts and reports by international organizations like the World Bank and the International Monetary Fund. from The New York Times
The Taksim Solidarity group, which includes some of the 16 defendants, poured scorn on the indictment, saying it portrayed the handing out of flowers to police and the provision of sandwiches to protesters as signs of guilt. from Reuters
He poured scorn on a shocking report that Russian intelligence had dirt on him and had worked with his people during the election (he shouted down a reporter from the news channel that revealed the report's existence). from Economist
MANAMA (Reuters) - Palestinians on Wednesday poured scorn on the Trump administration's $50 billion investment plan to help achieve Middle East peace, but U.S. Gulf Arab allies said the economic initiative had promise if a political settlement is reached. from Reuters
German newspapers have poured scorn on Erdogan for trying to muzzle media and some have also questioned whether Germany and the EU have gone soft on Turkish human rights because they need Ankara's co-operation to stem the influx of migrants. from Reuters
She poured scorn on speeches that Mr Trump has given in recent days, in which he has reached out to black Americans and accused Mrs Clinton of being a "bigot" whose policies hurt non-white voters and take them for granted. from Economist
BEIRUT/BERLIN (Reuters) - Iran poured scorn on threatened U.S. sanctions on Tuesday and told European powers to step up and salvage its international nuclear deal - though Germany signaled there was only so much it could do to fend off Washington's economic clout. from Reuters
American officials accused Russian hackers of being behind these leaks, as did Mrs Clinton but Mr Trump poured scorn on such claims, calling them an attempt to smear him, and wondering whether the hacker might be somebody "sitting on their bed that weighs 400 pounds". from Economist
DUBAI, Jan 6 (Reuters) - Executed cleric Nimr al-Nimr was the most vocal critic of Saudi Arabia's ruling Al Saud family in the kingdom's Shi'ite Muslim minority, but he also poured scorn on Syrian President Bashar al-Assad and distanced himself from Shi'ite power Iran. from Reuters
JUBA (Reuters) - South Sudan's new vice president, Taban Deng Gai, poured scorn on his predecessor Riek Machar and suggested he go into exile, deepening a rift at the heart of the political elite that has raised the risk of more turmoil after months of fighting. from Reuters
In an earlier debate, he refused to attack Mrs Clinton's curious use of a private e-mail account while she was secretary of state; in South Carolina, he poured scorn on the relevance of a question about Bill Clinton's past sexual antics (though he managed to slip in that he considered those antics "deplorable"). from Economist
Besides the concession, however, Johnson proposed giving Northern Ireland's institutions the ongoing power to abide by or exit the regulatory zone - a possible step too far for Ireland and the EU. Johnson's Northern Irish allies poured scorn on their Irish neighbours for their negative reaction to Johnson's offer and said their stance paved the way for a no-deal exit. from Reuters
Lillie and former Aussie skipper Greg Chappell poured scorn on such claims. AFP report dated 24 October 1994, accessed from Cricinfo.
By July 1939, Life magazine was talking about the "umbrella of appeasement".See Neville Chamberlain's Umbrella. Hitler, resentful of those who attended the Munich conference, poured scorn on what he called "umbrella politicians".
Attius Labeo (active 1st century AD) was a Roman writer during the reign of Nero. He is remembered for the derision that greeted his Latin translations of Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, which came to epitomise bad verse. He translated the original Greek into Latin hexameters. The satirist Persius poured scorn on Labeo.
Woods and Baddeley, p. 126 Before the discovery of Macnaghten's memo, books on the Ripper case, such as those written by Leonard Matters and Donald McCormick, poured scorn on stories that the Ripper had drowned in the Thames because they could not find a suicide that matched the description of the culprit.Cullen, p.
By the 1980s, Lasch had poured scorn on the whole spectrum of contemporary mainstream American political thought, angering liberals with attacks on progressivism and feminism. He wrote that Journalist Susan Faludi dubbed him explicitly anti- feminist for his criticism of the abortion rights movement and opposition to divorce.Faludi, Susan. Backlash: The Undeclared War Against Women, p.
My private life, the loan on my house, my work at the church and my social work not only became public but they poured scorn on me. My opponents used the most powerful tool, the media to downgrade me. Nobody was spared in my family. I was humiliated in political meetings, in the newspapers and in tracks that were distributed all over the place.
Davis allegedly replied: "It's too late - I've already done it", to which Mitchell allegedly responded: "You're nuts!".David Davis: 'I'm not plotting. I no longer want to be leader' - Daily Telegraph 15 June 2008 Opinion outside Westminster is also sharply divided over Davis's actions. Many media commentators have poured scorn on Davis for precipitating an unnecessary by-election, characterising his actions as "quixotic", "egotistical" or even "mad".
With Wilkinson's assistance, the Mental Treatment Act 1930 received the Royal Assent on 30 June 1930.Bartley, p. 49. In the same year she co- sponsored a bill to limit shopworkers' hours to 48 a week, and poured scorn on Conservatives opposing the measure who seemed, she said, to think that all shop work was carried out in the "soothing atmosphere" and "exquisite scents" of Jermyn Street and Bond Street.
Gladstone resigned as prime minister in 1894 and was replaced with Lord Rosebery who poured scorn on the Newcastle Programme as the 'flyblown phylacteries of obsolete policies'.Douglas 2005, p. 106. When the government's efforts to bring in temperance reform and Welsh disestablishment also failed, Rosebery's disunited cabinet were almost anxious for an excuse to resign. The Conservatives won the 1895 general election ushering in ten years of Tory government.
He accused King James of reneging on his promises of toleration for Catholics, and told of his fears of harsher laws against recusancy. He also pleaded on behalf of his family, that they should not pay for his actions, before making a final request to be beheaded. His words fell on mostly deaf ears. The prosecution poured scorn on James's supposed perfidy, and ridiculed Digby for asking for leniency where he would have given none.
During World War II his cartoon Maltese Cross in the Daily Dispatch partly resulted in the island receiving the George Cross in April 1942. After the end of the second world war, Butterworth had to find new subjects. His attentions soon turned to Joseph Stalin, and the then perceived threat of the Soviet Union. During this time he also poured scorn on Prime Minister Clement Attlee and the 1945-1951 Labour Government.
Lord Salisbury, leader of the opposition Conservative Party, gave an address in London on 7 November. Salisbury, who had led the government that passed the legislation creating the London County Council, had become one of its fiercest critics. Salisbury poured scorn on the royal commission, dismissing the members as either "Radicals" or ignorant of the ways and wants of London. He described the commissioners as "about the worst men" to study the problem of metropolitan government.
Tebbit received a tumultuous standing ovation and walked into the centre of the conference hall waving amongst the cheers. Gyles Brandreth, a Conservative whip, wrote in his diary: > The talk of the town is Norman Tebbit's vulgar grand-standing barn-storming > performance on Europe. He savaged Maastricht, poured scorn on monetary > union, patronised the PM...and brought the conference (or a good part of it) > to its feet roaring for more. He stood there, arms aloft, acknowledging the > ovation, Norman the conqueror.
Churchill 1937, p. 223. Haig's death mask, Edinburgh Castle Lloyd George pulled fewer punches in his War Memoirs, published in 1936 when Haig was dead and Lloyd George was no longer a major political player. In Chapter 89, he poured scorn on Haig's recently published diaries (clearly "carefully edited" by Duff Cooper) describing Haig as "intellectually and temperamentally unequal to his task" and "second-rate" (compared to Foch, p. 2014), although "above the average for his profession—perhaps more in industry than intelligence".
Gaitskell described the result (2 April) as "a stalemate … my own position is no doubt weaker". Gaitskell thought the need to move against Bevan "dirty work" (April 1955). The May 1955 General Election was the first since 1931 in which Labour's vote had not increased. In Tribune on 21 June 1955 Gaitskell poured scorn on the idea that more left-wing policies (or, as he put it, policies more similar to those of the Communist Party) would have won Labour more votes.
The insurrection of that year is generally known as "Glencairn's rising", although he later handed his command to Middleton. About this time Glencairn and Lieutenant-General Sir George Munro, 1st of Newmore engaged in a duel with both pistols & swords two miles to the south of Dornoch. Munro had poured scorn on the quality of their forces and Glencairn had defended them, challenging Munro, who lost but was only wounded. Middleton initially placed the Earl under arrest, but the Earl left the army a fortnight later.
In the preface to Sir Patient Fancy she argued that she was being singled out because she was a woman, while male playwrights were free to live the most scandalous lives and write bawdy plays. Under Charles II of England prevailing Puritan ethics was reversed in the fashionable society of London. The King associated with playwrights that poured scorn on marriage and the idea of consistency in love. Among the King's favourite was the Earl of Rochester John Wilmot, who became famous for his cynical libertinism.
It was unthinkable for Dillon, who put the integrity of Ireland foremost: he poured scorn on Edward Carson's Ulster Unionist Party and their Ulster Volunteers' threat of civil war as being a gigantic bluff. Scott courted Dillon's opinion most assiduously at the Bath Club and his Manchester home in favour of "gradual strengthening of the military force in Ulster", without support the police might "cave in altogether".Scott to Hobhouse, 3/4 May 1914; Wilson, pp. 84–5. "Incredibly weak" Dillon was unable to prevent Carson's amendments to Crewe's Home Rule bill.
In October 1974 he poured scorn on a Labour Party pamphlet that recommended the application of "internal democracy" to editorial policy, saying "This means that... there would be some sort of committee consisting at the best of a mixture of van drivers, press operators, electricians and the rest, with no doubt a few journalists, but more probably composed of trade union officials, to deal with editorial policy." In the 1974 New Year Honours Lord Shawcross was appointed a Knight Grand Cross of the Order of the British Empire (GBE).
Abu al-Hakam stirred up the Meccans against the Muslims. When he heard that a man had become a Muslim, if he was a man of social importance and had relations to defend him, he reprimanded him and poured scorn on him, saying, 'You have forsaken the religion of your father who was better than you. We will declare you a blockhead and brand you as a fool, and destroy your reputation.' If he was a merchant he said, 'we will boycott your goods and reduce you to beggary.
Grotius argued for the tradition of Erasmus of seeking concord, putting down a marker for eirenicism; he also poured scorn on the idea, a frequent proposal of the time and in the event the solution taken, of a synod to decide on the theological points.Guillaume Henri Marie Posthumus Meyjes, Henk J. M. Nellen, Edwin Rabbie, Hugo Grotius, theologian: essays in honour of G. H. M. Posthumus Meyjes (1994), p. 84; Google Books. These ideas he developed by citing the Church Fathers; if not by name, Grotius uses the consensus patrum as a yardstick.
One was stripped to the waist before being rescued and another was almost thrown off a bridge to be dashed on the rocks of the River Dwyfor below. As trouble was anticipated the national press was present and the Daily Mirror and Illustrated London News devoted a full page of photographs to the incident. The local press not only attacked the suffragettes, but poured scorn on the crowd for tarnishing the image of a peaceful, Nonconformist, chapel- going Wales. The event is seen as the most dramatic event in the history of Women's suffrage in Wales.
Acland was Colonel of the 1st Devon Militia,Vivian, p.5 formed to protect Great Britain from a feared French invasion. In 1774 he was elected Member of Parliament for the rotten borough of Callington in Cornwall, and forcefully expressed his Tory views in parliament by virulently opposing the movement by the American colonists to obtain independence following their complaint of "No taxation without representation". He poured scorn on those fellow MP's who sought to appease the colonists and called their proposed concessions "nugatory and humiliating" and certain to result in "a total convulsion of the British Empire".
Embargoes of ten or twenty years apply to certain categories of material; examples include all material relating to the judging process and the Longlist prior to 2002. Between 2005 and 2008, the Booker Prize alternated between writers from Ireland and India. "Outsider" John Banville began this trend in 2005 when his novel The Sea was selected as a surprise winner: Boyd Tonkin, literary editor of The Independent, famously condemned it as "possibly the most perverse decision in the history of the award" and rival novelist Tibor Fischer poured scorn on Banville's victory. Kiran Desai of India won in 2006.
The latter emphasised her misfortune at twice being subjected to such anguish, firstly for prosecuting her assailants and secondly for being punished for doing so. He complimented the jury and poured scorn on Davy's allegations, and seized upon the prosecution's unwillingness to call Virtue Hall to the stand. Morton highlighted how unlikely it was that Canning could so profoundly fool her supporters and countered the prosecution's complaint about Canning's description of the loft. The third attorney, George Nares, concentrated on the societal problems of prosecuting Canning for perjury, implying that other victims of crime would be less likely to pursue their assailants, for fear of being prosecuted themselves.
One reader asked: "Now that you have renamed the team, and changed the badge and colours, do you agree that AFC Wimbledon now carry the true spirit of Wimbledon?"; Winkelman replied that AFC Wimbledon's founders had betrayed their club and "left their team before their team left them". In another answer, he poured scorn on suggestions that he might give Wimbledon F.C.'s trophy replicas to AFC Wimbledon, writing that the fans had "abdicated their right to it when they all walked away." "The fans who have continued to support us from London—they're the ones who've had to put up with this shit for so long," he concluded.
Outside Berlin, BFC fans found themselves scorned by supporters of Dynamo Dresden. In addition to having been formed out of the forcibly relocated Dresden team of 1954, Dresden fans further accused BFC of benefitting from its status as Erich Mielke's 'favourite' club, despite being itself a patron club of the Stasi. Upon the establishment of Football Clubs (FCs) in 1965, another form of rivalry emerged between players and fans of the FCs and BSGs. Those associated with the BSGs frequently took pride in their status as "real" workers teams, and poured scorn on the 'elitist' FCs that benefited from increasing de facto professionalisation of the sport throughout the 1970s.
Steve Regan (born 1958 in Wigan) is a UK-based journalist and television critic who worked for the ORACLE teletext service during the 1980s and early 1990s. Educated at the University of Kent, for many years he wrote a popular column on the service under the pseudonym Sam Brady in which he regularly poured scorn on the "middle class blandies" he believed were running the British television industry. The column was very popular with viewers and when ORACLE closed on 31 December 1992, the column was taken up by its replacement Teletext on 3. It continued for nine years until it was dropped following a change in direction by Teletext.
261 In her later articles, she expressed strongly held views on a wide range of subjects; she abominated the word "crispy", demanding to know what it conveyed that "crisp" did not; she confessed to an inability to refill anybody's wineglass until it was empty; she insisted on the traditional form "Welsh rabbit" rather than the modern invention "Welsh rarebit"; she poured scorn on the Guide Michelin's standards; she deplored "fussy garnish ... distract[ing] from the main flavours"; she inveighed against the ersatz: "anyone depraved enough to invent a dish consisting of a wedge of steam-heated bread spread with tomato paste and a piece of synthetic Cheddar can call it a pizza."David (1986), pp.
The show was parodied in contemporary comedy TV shows during the 1970s and 1980s, notably in Not the Nine O'Clock News in which both families were introduced as being almost identical save for surname, with all being quantity surveyors by profession (including the children). A spoof edition on the Kenny Everett Television Show featured Everett as Robert Robinson and as the (female) heads of the respective Windsor and Thatcher families. An episode of the radio sketch show I'm Sorry I'll Read That Again opened with a parody where "Robin Robertson", played by John Cleese, poured scorn on the families and abandoned them in disgust. One episode of The Burkiss Way likewise parodied it as Ask the Cleverdicks.
Kenny, however, refused to participate in the three-way leaders' debate proposed by TV3, stating his unhappiness that Vincent Browne was to chair the debate. Browne is a well-known critic of Fine Gael and Kenny. In 1982, Browne appeared on The Late Late Show where he poured scorn on Kenny, claiming he was "purporting" to be a TD. In October 2010, Browne was forced to make a public apology to Kenny after jokingly asking whether Fine Gael was requesting that he go into a darkroom with a gun and a bottle of whisky. This was in reference to Fine Gael's position in the polls, where they were in second place to Labour, and a previous leadership challenge to Kenny by Richard Bruton.
When Tshembe appears Abioseh appeals to him as an upright, educated African like himself to wait till "the terror" has passed or is suppressed so that the two of them and others like them can step in afterwards and be peaceful leaders. Tshembe calls Abioseh an Uncle Tom and a Judas, but Abioseh is determined to report Peter to Major Rice, even though Peter was a village elder who helped raise the two brothers. Dr. DeKoven tells Charlie that the charitable medical work done at the unmodernized, unelectrified mission actually enables colonialism because keeping the villages and tribes uneducated and poor promotes subservience, white paternalism, and colonialism. He recounts that Reverend Neilsen had poured scorn on the villagers' proposal and petition for proportionate native representation in the legislature, which they had planned to take to the government in the capital.
Vincent Browne speaks as Richard Boyd Barrett watches on. In 1994, he sought a nomination for the Fine Gael party in that year's European elections or the possible general election of that year (it was thought a general election might follow the collapse of the Albert Reynolds' government). He was rebuffed by the leader of Fine Gael and future Taoiseach, John Bruton. He then became a vocal critic of the party.Our politicians and reality TV make unlikely bedfellows Sunday Independent, 2007-01-14. A staunch critic of Fine Gael leader Enda Kenny, in 1982 Browne appeared on The Late Late Show to discuss the effectiveness of TDs where he poured scorn on Kenny, claiming he was "purporting" to be a TD.Fine Gael leader's feud with Browne goes back almost 30 years Irish Independent, 2011-02-07.
Australian singer Helen Reddy credits Roxon for her first awareness of the women's movement and for providing much of the impetus for co-writing her international hit, "I Am Woman". Linda McCartney (then Linda Eastman) was one of Roxon's closest female friends and she did much to further Eastman's career, but the friendship ended abruptly in 1969 when Eastman moved to London, married Paul McCartney and cut all ties with all her former friends, a move which wounded Roxon deeply. Lillian eventually retaliated, four years later, with her famously scathing review of the McCartneys' first American TV special. Published in the New York Sunday News on 22 April 1973, Roxon's review panned the documentary and poured scorn on Linda, slamming her for being "catatonic with horror at having to mingle with ordinary people", "disdainful if not downright bored ... her teeth relentlessly clamped in a Scarsdale lockjaw", and "incredibly cold and arrogant".
An EastEnders source said, "It's nothing short of a miracle to get someone to talk to you on the Tube in London, so Michelle should feel extremely flattered!" However, White said that Tom is a stranger to Michelle and she knows nothing about him, she could be "playing with fire". Duncan Lindsay from the Metro said Tom "has turned out to be a little bit unsettling as he has snapped pictures of [Michelle] and followed her home" and said that "many have poured scorn on the likelihood of two strangers regularly bumping into each other on packed London trains, [but] it seems that this was less accidental than we were led to believe". Sophie Dainty from Digital Spy said that Tom "gets even darker" in his fifth episode, and said Michelle "could be heading for serious danger after her new love interest Tom showed another worrying side", calling him a "weirdo" and his behaviour "nasty", as he seems "more and more dangerous by the day".