Sentences with phrase «'s a leadership election in»

The protests in Hong Kong were sparked when Beijing rejected a proposal for open nominations of candidates for Hong Kong's first - ever leadership election in 2017, meaning all candidates will continue to be picked by a panel that is mostly aligned with Beijing.

«We've had two leadership elections in the space of 18 months, we just can't make that our focus right now,» she says.

Heath became the Conservative Party's first elected leader in 1965, a reign brought to an end by Margaret Thatcher in a tumultuous party leadership election in February 1975.

We think this the largest field operation that any political campaign has had in a leadership election in the history of British politics.»

The next event was the Labour leadership election in which Jeremy Corbyn sought a fresh mandate from his beleaguered party.

In last year's leadership election in Britain's opposition Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn was the rank outsider who defied the odds.

After two bruising leadership elections in less than two years, the second of which strengthened Corbyn's position, there's not much chance of anyone being willing to trigger a third attempt to remove Labour's increasingly embattled leader.

Canadian Prime Minister Stephen Harper has taken measures to establish a leadership election in October.

I actually voted for Balls in the previous leadership election in 2010, largely on the basis of his original stance on Labour's fiscal and economic record in Government.

Since winning the leadership election in a landslide vote, Corbyn has, however, accepted an invitation to become a member of the Queen's privy council.

Under first past the post William Hague would have also lost the Conservative Party leadership election in 1997.

In his speech of resignation on election night, 8 February 2005, he called for a leadership election in order to determine who should lead the party into the next election.

Yet in a leadership election in which, though Corbyn can be expected to win comfortably, the result is not yet known, what are the stakes?

Two nights before the Conservative Party leadership election in November 1990, he visited then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street.

«The condition they laid was that Gordon [Brown] had to go and we all knew that anyway... I thought, well, if there's a leadership election in these circumstances I'll stand.»

This would be the most important leadership election in the party's history.

We need to have a leadership election in order for the Party to develop a new direction.

Talking to politics.co.uk, the Labour leadership candidate insisted he was running «the largest field operation that any political campaign has had in a leadership election in the history of British politics».

Benn was only narrowly defeated by Healey in a bitterly fought deputy leadership election in 1981 after the introduction of an electoral college intended to widen the voting franchise to elect the leader and their deputy.

In mid-1995 Major challenged his critics to «put up or shut up» by resubmitting himself to a leadership election in which he was unsuccessfully opposed by John Redwood the Secretary of State for Wales.

It is unclear whether Mr Corbyn would win a second leadership election in a one - on - one race, since his grip on the members appears to be waning.

Today, however, such a system is not commonly practiced and most parliamentary system parties» rules provide for a leadership election in which the general membership of the party is permitted to vote at some point in the process (either directly for the new leader or for delegates who then elect the new leader in a convention), though in many cases the party's legislators are allowed to exercise a disproportionate influence in the final vote.

After winning majorities last fall, Republicans managed to lose leadership elections in New Hampshire and Washington state.

In a short speech, he confirmed he was standing down and said he would recommend Suzanne Evans to be acting leader ahead of a leadership election in the autumn.

Cameron then offered Corbyn some unsolicited advice, pointing out that he had won the Tory leadership election in 2005 as the outsider candidate promising change.

Which may just hold if, before the election, she both delivers some form of Brexit and stands aside to enable a leadership election in which the post-Brexit Tory future will be personified.

«This poll will be alarming for a Labour party in the middle of their second leadership election in 12 months.

Corbyn supporters might find themselves wondering, having secured a historic second leadership election in just over a year, why it is they who are being asked to «concede» and «compromise» with their defeated opponents?

Former Cabinet minister Nicky Morgan said that May could not lead the Conservative Party into the next general election and called for a leadership election in the summer or in 2018 before the Brexit deal is finalised.

He brushed aside questions about his leadership, pointing out that he won a second leadership election in September of last year.

Clarke refused to temper his pro-Europeanism, and Major's «back me or sack me» self - inflicted leadership election in 1995 was a desperate and successful device to scotch the plots.

Perhaps Osborne should take some time out from his campaign for the Conservative leadership election in 2015 and focus on his day job?

Simon Hughes had been the previous standard bearer in the leadership elections in 1999 and 2006.

However, Mr Farage hinted he was considering standing for party leader for a third time, following a summer hiatus, when Ukip holds its leadership elections in September this year.

After Hoon and Hewitt called for a leadership election in January 2010, several senior ministers, like David Miliband, waited several hours before issuing statements rejecting the idea.

Watson has proposed abolishing the registered supporters system, under which those who are not party members can have a say in leadership elections in return for a payment.

Cameron is credited with coining the phrase «There is such a thing as society, it's just not the same thing as the state» (seen as a rejoinder to Margaret Thatcher's famous comment that there is «no such thing» as society), [27] which has been said several times by David Cameron, including in his victory speech following his victory in the Conservative party leadership election in 2005.

Former shadow home secretary Mr Davis came second to Mr Cameron in the Tory leadership election in 2005.

Most party members recognised in the last parliament that, whatever the alleged shortcomings of Gordon Brown, triggering a leadership election in the run up to a general election would only serve to increase divisions in the party.

We don't need a crystal ball when we can read the book: Harriet Harman did not come top in any round in Labour's deputy leadership election in 2007 but pipped Alan Johnson in the run - off.

So what sparked off Labour's lemming - like rush to pull itself apart in one of the most acrimonious leadership elections in the party's history?

Mr McEleny also stood in the last deputy leadership election in 2016, when he went up against Angus Robertson, Tommy Sheppard and Alyn Smyth.

[45][46][47][48] Lamont declared her candidacy for the leadership election in September 2011 [49] and launched her campaign on 7 November at Stirling University.

Incidentally the Odds now show that the Parties will face leadership elections in the following order: UKIP, LibDem, SNP, Labour, Tory so the consensus now seems to be May will go after Brexit with a new Leader in place by the 2019 Tory Conference.

It was the third Scottish Labour leadership election in four years, the first being caused by the resignation of Jack McConnell following the party's defeat in the 2007 Scottish Parliament election, [2] and the second by Wendy Alexander's resignation.

It was the second Scottish Labour leadership election in as many years, the first being caused by the resignation of Jack McConnell, [2] following the Scottish National Party's victory over Labour in the Scottish Parliament election, 2007, however in this election, Alexander was unopposed, meaning that no ballot actually took place.

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But she said the project is on hold and future plans are unclear as a result of the change in USPTO leadership after the presidential election.

In my view, this will require the election of an Afghan president with some real leadership abilities, unlike Hamid Karzai.

With a dozen years under her belt in Germany's highest political office and a national election approaching in September, this was supposed to be the year that Merkel's leadership came under threat.

He used to be former prime minister Gordon Brown's fixer in Fife, and backed Corbyn in his leadership election last year, breaking from Dugdale's opposition to the Labour leader.