Sentences with phrase «as backbenchers lined»

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Now, not only does this give fuel to the theory that Cameron did not enforce a hard - line on last week's vote (one person described it as a «nudge, wink» approach), but it is also likely to annoy many of the backbenchers who did remain loyal.

The review group appears to have rejected a proposal to establish a backbenchers representation committee along the lines of the Tory 1922 committee that was promoted so that backbenchers have «their own voice and discussions» by Graham Allen MP who has been described by Labour Uncut as «the self - appointed representative....

As a prominent Tory backbencher dismissed Clegg's plan that the rich should face a time - limited tax to avoid a breakdown in social cohesion as a pre-party conference «easy clap line», Osborne said the wealthy already paid more tax and the country should be wary of driving away wealth creatorAs a prominent Tory backbencher dismissed Clegg's plan that the rich should face a time - limited tax to avoid a breakdown in social cohesion as a pre-party conference «easy clap line», Osborne said the wealthy already paid more tax and the country should be wary of driving away wealth creatoras a pre-party conference «easy clap line», Osborne said the wealthy already paid more tax and the country should be wary of driving away wealth creators.

Having spent more time with his family, Fowler then returned twice to front line politics, first as Chairman of the Conservative Party (as a backbencher in Parliament) from 1992 - 4, during which time he oversaw the Boundary Changes in the early 1990s; then on the Conservative front bench as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997 - 8 and finally, as Shadow Home Secretary, 1998 - 9.

Some Labour backbenchers regard Momentum as a party within a party, organising its members to put pressure on MPs from other wings of the party to fall in behind Corbyn's line on certain issues, such as rejecting military action in Syria.

David Cameron's faltering leadership of the Conservatives is dogged by whispers that party donors and backbenchers are lining up London's mayor as his replacement.