Sentences with phrase «labour leadership fight»

Three: Labour leadership fight reaches new low as Corbyn and Smith say they'd negotiate with Isis

Not exact matches

The leadership campaign was fought out amongst Oxbridge graduates, two of the candidates were sons of a left - wing historian with connections deep into North London Labour intellectual circles.

Never mind that under Corbyn, Labour has increased its vote share on its 2015 general election showing, and grown its percentage majorities in all four by - elections fought under his leadership.

At the heart of this animosity lies Labour's closely - fought leadership election.

David Cameron accused the home secretary and chancellor of using the issue of national security as a «political football» in their fight for the Labour leadership.

That honour will fall instead to Labour's 2010 leadership fight.

The Labour party has always fought for equal treatment, and against prejudice and discrimination, but, in their desperation to steer the party in a certain direction, and get their favoured leadership candidate elected; many party members are now betraying their own ideals and values.

Any public support for Ed Miliband by Charles Kennedy and other leading Liberal Democrats could well tip the balance in Ed Miliband's favour in Labour's tightly fought leadership election race — a leadership race between two brothers.

Left - wing backbencher Michael Meacher has said he still intends to fight chancellor Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership, stressing that the party needs a «change of direction».

The Labour for the Single Market campaign is a good example of championing a cause, but it must be made about the members not allowed to be side - lined into yet another fight about the leadership.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he does not want «charity» as he fights to secure the nominations needed to stand in the Labour leadership contest.

We didn't see this coming until it became clear that (a) the thousands of new «# 3 members» who joined to vote in the Labour leadership election were nearly all Corbynistas, (b) Jeremy was playing to packed houses of adoring crowds everywhere he went to campaign and (c) his rivals were fighting lacklustre campaigns in comparison.

Mr Corbyn fought Mr Watson's bid to get rid of the scheme that lets non-members pay # 25 for a Labour leadership vote.

When Rhodri Morgan won the leadership of Welsh Labour which Blair had fought to prevent, he put clear red water between Welsh Labour and New Labour, and recovered much of the ground Labour had lost to Plaid.

Gordon Brown was fighting to save his premiership today after Hazel Blears emboldened Labour MPs demanding a leadership election with a resignation statement timed to inflict maximum damage on the prime minister.

Instead, despite fighting a leadership election of their own, the Tories have recovered remarkably quickly and in no small part this is because the parliamentary Labour party chose to go to war with its own leader the day after the referendum.

Corbyn wins bid to fight legal action aimed at stopping him getting on Labour leadership ballot

In reality, though, the real insidious comfort zone in this leadership campaign is probably the nineties and noughties — the mythical golden age when New Labour could win big majorities against a directionless and demoralised Tory party in elections fought on centre - right, neo-liberal territory.

Abbott has had masses of TV experience - much of it acquired on This Week - and, partly because of it, has fought an punchy Labour leadership campaign to date.

Ed Miliband has said that his relationship with brother David has not yet fully recovered, more than three years after they fought one another for the Labour leadership.

Union bosses will go toe - to - toe with the Labour leadership today as they fight for delegates at the Labour conference to approve a motion opposing the party's support for a public sector pay freeze.

Union bosses are going toe - to - toe with the Labour leadership today as they fight for delegates at the Labour conference to approve a motion opposing the party's support for a public sector pay freeze.

The donations far exceed the funds generated by the Labour leadership hopefuls, who are fighting a six - way race.

The Blairite leadership candidate Liz Kendall said that Labour must be «unashamedly pro-EU» and that it must fight against a re-emergence of left - wing Euroscepticism within the party.

Simmering tensions within Labour over Mr Corbyn's role in the Remain campaign are threatening to boil over, just as senior Tories are preparing to fight for the party leadership after David Cameron announced his resignation on Friday.

Over in the other chamber, Labour's Chuka Umunna and Tristram Hunt have reportedly formed a group dubbed «the resistance», to fight back against an anticipated victory for Corbyn in the leadership contest.

JEREMY Corbyn has won his bid to personally fight a legal action aimed at overturning the Labour Party's decision to guarantee him a place on the leadership ballot.

«FIVE candidates will fight for the Labour leadership after backers of the favourite, David Miliband, lent their support to less - fancied rivals.

Ed Miliband has a sense of vision that appeals to members in Reading, but local people know that, whoever wins the leadership, Labour will be in there fighting hard on their side.»

He says he will stand again if a Labour leadership contest is held and vows to fight for his job.

The Labour leader has opened his campaign vowing to fight inequality, but the party leadership debate is only partly about policies.

Ed Balls confirmed today that he was «fighting to win» the Labour leadership contest, as his campaign suffered a major blow when he failed to secure the backing of the Unite union.

The Nigeria Union of Local Government Employees has called on the leadership of Nigeria Labour Congress and the Trade Union Congress to fight the injustice of Ogun government on its workers.

«While Labour fights a leadership contest and Lib Dems wonder whether they can change the voting system as a reward for their loyalty, Osborne needs to win the argument that his measures are «unavoidable» — a word that recurred in his speech as often as «progressive».

Labour leadership challenger Angela Eagle has told Peston on Sunday that she is fighting to save her party.

The acceptance of the policy by George Osborne and David Cameron is political in nature, but in failing to fight the argument they are allowing Labour to set the agenda in favour of higher marginal rates of tax in that people will assume that the Conservative leadership must have decided that it will raise money, otherwise they would oppose it

Ms Lucas said she was concerned by the «relative silence from the Labour leadership» about the referendum, and warned the Opposition could not stand aside and watch the Tories fight out the question.

Angela Eagle tonight withdrew from the Labour leadership race - setting up a straight fight between Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn.

As many would expect, Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has also come forward to say that the party would oppose a move, with leadership contender Owen Smith promising to «fight tooth and nail» against any plans to lift them.

Labour's deputy leader Tom Watson has also come forward to say that the party would oppose a move, with leadership contender Owen Smith promising to «fight tooth and nail» against any plans to lift them.