Sentences with phrase «labour party events»

And yet what the UK has instead is a disconnected political and media class pontificating about the «palpable disbelief» among even those attending Labour Party events «at the assertion that Miliband will make it to Downing Street».

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Parliamentarians and socialists in the UK and Europe are calling on Jeremy Corbyn, the leader of Britain's Labour Party and a longtime supporter of Venezuela's leadership, to denounce the Venezuelan government in light of recent events.

«It is right that Rebekah Brooks has finally taken responsibility for the terrible events that happened on her watch, like the hacking of Milly Dowler's phone,» said opposition Labour Party leader Ed Miliband, who had been demanding that she quit.

Rarely in the annals of Labour Party history has there been a more insignificant and futile event.

The Labour leader has had precisely nothing to say about foreign affairs during his time at the head of the party so he will have to forgive us now for not taking his late concern about events overseas particularly seriously.

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

At a Labour Party news conference Ed Balls and Peter Mandelson were asked about why the company which licenses children's TV character Peppa Pig pulled her out of a Labour Party election event.

Nigel Farage said his party was «really biting hard» into Labour's traditional vote as the results rolled in, while Hamilton hailed his return to frontline politics as a «surprising turn of events».

On the whole, across party, it tends to be very good as a space for internal party politics (especially party organisation issues like all women shortlists or primaries), for broad political narrative and argument (what should Labour), personalities and reactive left - right politics around major headline news events, and for some other specific political issues (challenging the far right is a good example).

Our now traditional Fabian Dragons» Den was a great success at this year's Labour Party Conference with a parallel session taking place on Radio4 as we conducted our live event in Liverpool Town Hall.

Speaking to PoliticsHome later, the backbencher added: «I think the Labour party needs to hold a mirror up to itself and ask if we really want our events to resemble Trump rallies where journalists are booed and hissed at for doing their job.

As Kuenssberg's treatment was widely ridiculed by fellow journalists on social media, Labour MPs also expressed their disgust — with one even warning that the party's events could soon resemble Donald Trump rallies.

As Corbynites boo top journalist, Labour MP warns that party events could soon resemble Donald Trump rallies

They run from the centre - left to the hard right, from Remainers who feel betrayed by Labour's Brexit support to Brexiters who feel the party is too soft on the issue, from those outraged by the anti-semitism scandal to those aghast at Labour's flirtation with Putin - orchestrated conspiracy theories about events in Salisbury and Syria.

However Miliband is the big draw, even if his previous party role is downplayed in literature for the event: he's described as a «Twitter personality, podcast star, and former leader of the Labour party».

Seb Coe, architect of the London 2012 Olympics, will thank Labour for its role in securing the event in a surprise announcement at the party's conference in Manchester today.

Labour's ruling National Executive Committee is due to decide this week whether the party leader must be re-nominated by MPs in order to run in the event of a challenge to his leadership.

Mr Cable admitted it would be «difficult to work with the Conservatives or Labour» in the event of a hung Parliament, but added that it was the Liberal Democrat's mindset to show «we can work with other parties in the national interest».

Labour has been buffeted by events ever since a hubristic party conference.

This event will explore the potential opportunities for Blue Labour thought in the party, and the need for a re-examination of its values in a changed political landscape.

Two weeks ago, the Campaign for Labour Democracy's AGM passed a motion calling for Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, to be readmitted to the party and for a full investigation into events since the disastrous 2010 selection process that led to this former Labour council leader standing as an independent and winning against an imposed Labour candidate — Helal Abbas.

This was a reference to the events of late July and early August 2008 which followed Labour's defeat to the Scottish National Party in the Glasgow East by - election when, with a demoralised Gordon Brown on holiday in Suffolk, with Labour as many as 25 points behind in the polls, and with MPs insurgent and openly discussing a leadership challenge, Miliband made his move.

After the events of the past week, I wanted to talk directly to Labour Party members.https: / / t.co / mmLLLCIsL5

In 2015 we conducted an event at the 2015 Conservative Party annual conference at which we presented analysis of the Conservative's electoral position and prospects, we were invited to submit independent scholarly evidence to Labour's Learning the Lessons Review, chaired by Margaret Beckett, and we co-hosted a 2015 post-election event in June 2015 with cross-party attendance and participation by a broad political range of commentators, and also leading UK journalists.

At the Labour women's conference, taking place before the formal start of the full national event on Sunday, Mr Corbyn said his proposed review of party democracy would ensure wider support for his policies.

In the event of a Labour Party split there might be a need for reallocation of these positions, and in particular the chair of the Public Accounts Committee (as indicated above) is allocated to a member of the Official Opposition.

In any event, Labour MPs delude themselves if they believe that changing leaders for the second time in two years would automatically transform the party's prospects.

Nonetheless, Michell argues that recent events in the Labour party have only made the play more timely - despite it being set in the 1920s.

And I'd be surprised to find a citation that predates Mandelson's usage or any similar phraseology by anyone on the Left or, for that matter, a usage of «insurgency» about events within the then Labour Party that pops up earlier than New Labour in its more recent phase.

It asks the Leader to make a statement which condemns campaigning outside MPs» offices and surgeries; to make a commitment to «actively change» behaviour which goes against Labour Party values; and to hold Labour figures «accountable» for supporting events where abusive behaviour is encouraged.

To recap, the disastrous selection process for Labour's parliamentary candidate for Falkirk West, where allegations of malpractice triggered the resignation of Tom Watson MP as its election campaign coordinator — and which even now is subject to wildly differing versions of events — has kicked off a wholesale reform programme of everything from party funding to MP candidate selection and conference voting.

Alistair Darling signalled that Labour would work with other parties in the event of an inconclusive election result.

I find it very interesting how the recent events of Brown have galvanised a hatred within our party tpowards Labour.

Outside the hall Labour Party staff are showcasing Your Britain (www.yourbritain.org.uk), the new website where the public can submit ideas, comment on policy proposals and find details of other events.

The 71 - year - old, who was critical of Labour under Tony Blair, said she had hoped that under Mr Brown's stewardship «we might go back to being a really progressive and caring party» but «in the event I could not have been more wrong».

Given the events in British politics over the last year, and particularly in the Labour Party, anything seems possible.

I hope the there will be an urgent effort to address the allegations, institute procedures to ensure natural justice for all Labour Party members in the event of disputes, and restore members» rights to select their candidates for public office.

John Mills, the millionaire party donor who is funding Labour for a referendum campaign, said: «I want to see a Labour government in 2015 and, as the party that trusts the people, I think we should recognise that the growth of the EU's influence over Britain in the past 40 years warrants a referendum regardless of future events.»

The more seats a party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 party or grouping has, the more chance it has of forming a government - with 198 seats out of 646 the Conservative Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 Party could only form a government if significant numbers of other MP's decided to back them, as happened in 1924 when there was a situation that the Conservatives didn't want to form a coalition with either other main party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 party and equally the Liberals didn't want a coalition with Labour and the Liberals and Conservatives saw it as an opportunity to allow Labour into government but in a situation in which legislation was still reliant on Liberal and Conservative votes and they could be brought down at the most suitable time, supposing the notional gains were accurate and in the improbable event of the next election going exactly the same way in terms of votes then 214 out of 650 is 32.93 % of seats compared to at 198 out of 646 seats - 30.65 % of seats and the Conservative Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 Party would then be 14 seats closer towards a total neccessary to form a government allowing for the greater number of seats, on the one hand the Conservatives need Labour to fail but equally they need to succeed themselves given that the Liberal Democrats appear likely to oppose anyone forming a government who does not embark on a serious programme to introduce PR, in addition PC & SNP would expect moves towards Independence for Scotland and Wales, the SDLP will be likely to back Labour and equally UKIP would want a committment to withdraw from Europe and anyway will be likely to be in small numbers if any, pretty much that leaves cutting a deal with the DUP which would only add the backing of an extra 10 - 13 MP's.

Hilary Benn, shadow communities and local government secretary, told the Ipsos MORI event at the Labour party conference last year that the coalition has made it difficult for Labour to be heard as the media focussed on coalition differences rather than what Labour's view is.

Its organisers counter that it is a fringe event meant to complement, not challenge, the official Labour party conference.

Two weeks ago, the Campaign for Labour Democracy's AGM passed a motion calling for Lutfur Rahman, the Mayor of Tower Hamlets, to be readmitted to the party and for a full investigation into events since the disastrous 2010 selection process that led to this former Labour council leader standing as an independent and winning against -LSB-...]

Tory MP Chris Grayling has queried Labour's version of events, saying it «beggars belief» the chief fundraiser would not have been aware of the law after the troubles all political parties have faced over funding.

The biggest event of the new term, however, looks set to be the Labour Party Conference in Brighton.

Mr Johnson told the Labour party conference in Brighton: «Despair led to the terrible events we've been hearing about.

More than 20 MPs will join events staged by Momentum at its «alternative conference» which is running in parallel to the official Labour party conference in Brighton later this month.

It's a bunch of Labour party members who have a magazine, who hold events and who go campaigning.

Early indications are the party will stick to its previous anti-regulation announcements, with the event's billing saying Labour has made it «harder and harder for our entrepreneurs and wealth creators».

«Your first big event is the Labour Party conference, don't make a long dull speech.

The Parliamentary Labour Party are meeting in Westminster tonight - and as always, it's a lively event.