"Leadership hustings" refers to an event or gathering where potential leaders or candidates showcase their abilities and ideas to a voting audience. It is a platform for them to pitch their leadership qualities and plans to gain support.
Sentences with «leadership hustings»
The comments come after Labour MP Jack Dromey was filmed also criticising Corbyn's leadership — and then warmly greeting the leader when he showed up at the Labour leadership hustings in Birmingham. (totalpolitics.com)
A Labour source outside the Corbyn campaign said that the idea for a change of gear was made by the leftwinger at the Local Government Association's Labour leadership hustings in Harrogate in June. (theguardian.com)
Asked during a Labour leadership hustings last night, whether he would defend a Nato ally invaded by the Russians, he replied instead that he would seek to avoid any such conflict happening in the first place. (politics.co.uk)