French Republican forces in the Mediterranean , under pressure from Austrian and Spanish armies , Royalist uprisings and British blockade had suffered Bodily_harm the loss of their principal naval base and the fleet stationed there when British forces under Lord Hood seized Toulon at the invitation of the city 's Royalist faction .

the `` question time '' british national party controversy occurred Coming_to_be in the autumn of 2009 , due to an invitation Social_event by the british broadcasting corporation ( bbc ) to nick griffin , leader of the far-right british national party ( bnp ) , to be a panelist on `` question time '' , one of its flagship television programmes on current affairs .

Mark Thompson , Director-General of the BBC , defended Justifying the BBC 's decision to invite Griffin , stating Statement , `` the BNP has demonstrated Protest a level of support that would normally lead Causation to an occasional invitation to join Becoming_a_member the panel on `` Question Time '' .

It is for that reason – not for some misguided desire to be controversial , but for that reason alone – that the invitation has been extended Cause_change_of_strength . ''

Described as `` an invitation to change Change everything , '' the march was called in Process_start May 2014 by 350.org , Avaaz , the environmental organization founded Creating by writer/activist Bill McKibben , and it was endorsed Agree_or_refuse_to_act by `` over 1,500 organizations , including many international and national unions , churches , schools and community and environmental justice organizations . ''

Two invitation events Social_event , the Professional Team Match and the Exhibition Competition Competition , create Creating much interest .

those elected Choosing for the remaining irish seats , from the irish parliamentary party and the irish unionist party , for the most part ignored the invitation to attend the first UNK .

thomas harbison , elected Choosing for the irish parliamentary party for north east tyrone , did acknowledge Reveal_secret the invitation , but `` stated Statement he should decline for obvious reasons '' .

Only two eligible teams accepted Receiving the invitation to play Competition .