stick one's neck out, stick to one's guns, axed quangos , non-departmental public body (NDPB)

Business Time Warner's Non-Mogul Mogul Who Foretold Its Worth By EMILY STEEL Jeffrey L. Bewkes, the telecom giant's chief executive, stuck to his guns over the years, confident that his company would get the deal it deserved.

 The Communist Party destroyed people’s relations with many institutions, including, sometimes, their own families. Speaking or acting in public for the sake of others at a time of political persecution might have deadly consequences. This has added to what Charles Stafford, an anthropologist at the London School of Economics, calls an abiding “anxiety” about sticking your neck out for other people.


Hollande Is Sticking to His Guns

French President François Hollande inspects a guard of honor formed by the Coldstream Guards during his first visit to the U.K. since taking office in May. 

Axed quango numbers exceed 100More than 100 quangos have been abolished and a further 80 merged into other bodies since the coalition came to power, ministers say. 

quango[quan・go]

• 発音記号[kwǽŋgou]

[名]（複 〜s）((英))独立公共機関［機構］.

［quasi-autonomous national governmental organization］

In the United Kingdom, a non-departmental public body (NDPB)—often referred to and also known as a quasi-autonomous non-governmental organisation or a quango—is a classification applied by the Cabinet Office, Treasury, Scottish Government and Northern Ireland Executive to certain types of public bodies. They are not an integral part of any government department and carry out their work at arm's length from ministers, although ministers are ultimately responsible to Parliament for the activities of bodies sponsored by their department.

The term includes the four types of NDPB (executive, advisory, tribunal and independent monitoring boards) but excludes public corporations, National Health Service (NHS) bodies and public broadcasters (BBC,Channel 4 and S4C).^[1][2]

stick to ［stand by］ one's guns[stick to ［stand by］ one's guns]
"to stick to your guns" to remain steadfast in your opinion or method of doing something even when others criticize or oppose youropinion or method.
 反対・反撃に屈せず）自分の立場を守る, 自分の意見を曲げない；一歩も譲らない.

衛兵任務中のコールドストリームガーズ連隊兵士。

 Her Majesty's Coldstream Regiment of Foot Guards, also known officially as the Coldstream Guards (COLDM GDS), is a regiment of the British Army, part of the Guards Division or Household Division.
It is the oldest regiment in the Regular Army in continuous active service, originating in Coldstream, Scotland in 1650 when General George Monck founded the regiment. It is one of two regiments of the Household Division that can trace its lineage to the New Model Army, the other being the Blues and Royals (Royal Horse Guards and 1st Dragoons).

stick one's neck out

informal risk incurring criticism or anger by acting or speaking boldly.