Sentences with phrase «corbyn as party leader»

Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Lord Charles Falconer is set to stay on as Labour's shadow Lord Chancellor following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as party leader

Former Tony Blair spin doctor Alastair Campbell told the BBC he would struggle to vote Labour at a general election with Mr Corbyn as party leader.

Labour frontbenchers will threaten to quit next week in a bid to topple Jeremy Corbyn as party leader, PoliticsHome has learned.

The BMG Research poll for the Evening Standard suggests a wide difference of opinion between the public at large and Labour members, who look set to re-elect Mr Corbyn as party leader next month.

Not exact matches

The Popular Unity Candidacy joins a line of far - left movements seizing the political momentum in Europe, from Greece's ruling Syriza party and Spain's own far - left Podemos movement to the shock emergence last week of hardcore socialist Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Britain's Labour Pparty and Spain's own far - left Podemos movement to the shock emergence last week of hardcore socialist Jeremy Corbyn as leader of Britain's Labour PartyParty.

Jeremy Corbyn, the Labour Party leader, who has expressed ambivalent views about the EU in the past, was not seen as a particularly strong voice for the Remain campaign.

With all the polls suggesting Corbyn is likely to become the next leader of the party it would seem the attacks on him have been as unsuccessful as they were on Livingstone.

But it may only be when Jeremy Corbyn is removed as Labour leader that his party's troubles really begin.

But, in any case, I think that what we should really focus on, is what Corbyn has achieved as leader of the Labour Party.

After Dugdale last week added her voice to the chorus of those calling for Jeremy Corbyn to step down as leader of the Labour Party, her own deputy led calls for him to stay.

One of many tipped as a Corbyn successor, he perhaps lacks the warmth to charm the party members and trade union leaders.

Many have blamed Jeremy Corbyn for Labour's low poll ratings and one Labour peer recently suggested that his party would would win the next election «by a mile» with Balls as leader.

After being called the «most dangerous man in British politics», Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn decided to use his first party conference in Brighton to show he is as normal and British as a cup of milky...

As for the accusation that Corbyn disrespected the Armed Forces by failing to sing the national anthem at this month's Battle of Britain commemoration, Lewis is clear that his party's leader has deep respect for servicemen and women.

Labour's candidate for the Oldham West and Royton seat won the by - election — and party leader Jeremy Corbyn is hailing it as a victory.

Momentum, the pressure group that is strongly supportive of party leader Jeremy Corbyn, emailed its supporters to extol the draft manifesto as «brilliant».

Even though they have been given a free vote by their anti-war leader Jeremy Corbyn, many Labour MPs will feel pressure from their constituency parties and local left - wing activists not to vote in the same lobby as the Tories.

It has been 18 months since Jeremy Corbyn was first elected as leader of the Labour party, promising «a new kind of politics».

The co-ordinated string of resignations from the shadow cabinet that followed the Brexit vote was designed to pressure Corbyn to resign as leader of the party.

Labour's deputy leader, Tom Watson, is seeking urgent talks with Corbyn in an attempt to broker a compromise that would prevent the party plunging into a snap leadership contest, as Angela Eagle prepares to launch a challenge by the end of the day.

As many as 50 Labour MPs are thought to support airstrikes, despite party leader Jeremy Corbyn's warning against an «ill thought - out rush to war»As many as 50 Labour MPs are thought to support airstrikes, despite party leader Jeremy Corbyn's warning against an «ill thought - out rush to war»as 50 Labour MPs are thought to support airstrikes, despite party leader Jeremy Corbyn's warning against an «ill thought - out rush to war».

Despite talk of a surprise win for Cooper it is still looking far more likely that Jeremy Corbyn will emerge as the next leader of the Labour party with all the polls still showing him well ahead.

«The Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Champion MP, who is re-joining the Labour's front bench as Shadow Home Office Minister, focusing on women, equality and domestic violence.»

A bullish Jeremy Corbyn insisted that he can guide Labour to general election victory as he launched his campaign for re-election as party leader.

In just under a week, Jeremy Corbyn will almost certainly be re-elected as Leader of the Labour Party — and, if all the credible indications we have are correct, perhaps by a wider margin than the 60 per cent or so of the votes that he received last year.

As he now faced yet more attacks from the wider parliamentary party, one old hand waiting outside remarked that he had never sat outside so many PLP meetings, in all his time in Westminster, as he had since Corbyn became leadeAs he now faced yet more attacks from the wider parliamentary party, one old hand waiting outside remarked that he had never sat outside so many PLP meetings, in all his time in Westminster, as he had since Corbyn became leadeas he had since Corbyn became leader.

Mr Corbyn also came under fire for polling loyal party members on the Syria question, which some MPs saw as a scare - tactic from the leader to back his anti-war position.

As leader, Corbyn has successfully challenged the Tories» austerity narrative, overseen a dramatic growth in party membership and changed Labour's outlook.

Last September, I wrote apropos of Jeremy Corbyn's election as Labour Party leader: «The drum beat towards civil war within Labour gets louder».

In building up his own Momentum organisation and trying to amend the constitutional rules of the Labour party to favour the Left, Corbyn has sought to «make the weather» as leader rather than accepting the structural context he inherited.

The first was that her personal net satisfaction ratings have nosedived such that she is not only less popular than her controversial UK counterpart, Jeremy Corbyn, but also has displaced the Liberal Democrat leader, Willie Rennie, as the least popular of the main Scottish party leaders.

Labour MPs have now agreed a motion; «That this PLP has no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party», by 172 votes to 40.

Labour's travails can not be attributed solely to Corbyn's leadership performance; but as John Curtice has pointed out: «it can often be difficult to disentangle cause and effect in the relationship between a party's overall standing and the rating of its leader».

After a barrage of bad press over his position on Trident and his flip - flop over the so - called «shoot - to - kill» policy for armed terrorists, you'd expect Jeremy Corbyn's stock to be sinking fast, even among the most starry eyed of the «Jez - we - can» supporters who voted him in as leader of the Labour party in September.

Chuka Umunna is among the big name Labour MPs who have left Brighton before Jeremy Corbyn makes his first conference speech as party leader.

Tristram Hunt quit as MP for Stoke - on - Trent today, triggering what could be a disastrous by - election for his Party - and leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Always known as a Corbyn - sceptic, he releases a statement saying he believes it is «time for the party to unite behind a new leader» and serve as an «effective opposition».

There were two political shocks in Britain in 2015 — the Tories being able to form a majority government and the election of Jeremy Corbyn as leader of the Labour Party.

Key figures who have previously been seen as potential obstacles to reform by the leadership, such as the party's deputy leader, Tom Watson, and Corbyn - sceptic unions, did not block the changes.

After Jeremy Corbyn was elected as leader of the Labour Party, he was named as new Shadow Secretary of State for Work and Pensions.

A Labour breakaway party has been mooted since Jeremy Corbyn became odds - on favourite to become leader, two and a half years ago, and was revived as a nuclear option after a disastrous general election showing.

In 2015, Momentum was created by Jon Lansman as a grass - roots left - wing organisation following Jeremy Corbyn's election as party leader.

The difference in spending may not necessarily work against the party, Labour officials insist, because Jeremy Corbyn is happy to portray himself as the down - to - earth leader against the slick Tory party machine.

Mr Corbyn spoke out after his MPs voted by 172 to 40 in favour of a motion stating they have «no confidence in Jeremy Corbyn as Leader of the parliamentary Labour party».

The criticism of the Labour leader was often fierce, with Chris Bryant warning that, unless he stood down, Mr Corbyn would «go down in history as the man who broke the Labour party».

Seventy - two percent of Labour members think Corbyn is doing well as party leader (compared with 66 % last November) including 43 % of those who voted for Yvette Cooper or Andy Burnham last summer.

[5][6] Press rumours of a split in the Labour Party had occurred since Jeremy Corbyn's election as leader in 2015; this intensified after pro-EU members of his shadow cabinet resigned in protest of his allegedly weak support for the Remain campaign, leading to a leadership challenge by Owen Smith.

Labour grandee Alan Johnson has laid bare his criticism of Jeremy Corbyn's «risible» performance in the EU referendum campaign as he tore into the party leader.

Jeremy Corbyn has taken another major step forward in his campaign to become Labour leader after the Communication Workers Union announced that it is to endorse him to act as the antidote to the Blairite «virus» in the party.

Mr Corbyn has so far stood firm in the face of huge pressure for him to quit, arguing he has a 60 % mandate from the party membership to remain as leader.