Sentences with phrase «labour leadership race»

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

During his cocaine - fuelled romp with sex workers Sewel had slammed the Labour leadership race as «a f ****** mess».

This morning Ms Cooper, who lost out to Mr Corbyn in the Labour leadership race, urged him to also take a more active role.

August 13, 2011 in Alistair Darling, Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Labour failure, Labour frontbench, Labour hypocrisy, Labour leadership race, Labour tactics and strategy, Lurching Left Permalink Comments (24)

No sooner had Miliband lost the Labour leadership race to brother Ed in 2010 that commentators were discussing if he would ever return to the front line.

Diane Abbott's presence in the Labour leadership race has shifted the contest to the left and Miliband's piece must be interpreted as a response to that.

«David Cameron and Nick Clegg must be delighted that no women, ethnic minority candidates or working class men have entered the Labour leadership race.

«Ever since it became clear that a Labour leadership race was in the offing, people have been urging me to run.

«Front runners in the Labour leadership race are under pressure to help lessfancied contenders to clear the first hurdle by lending them some supporters.»

«Supporters of Diane Abbott are urging fellow backbencher MP John McDonnell to stand down from the Labour leadership race to give the left a greater chance of having a candidate on the final ballot.»

September 20, 2011 in David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Labour frontbench, Labour leadership race, Labour tactics and strategy, Lurching Left, Trade unions Permalink

Here is Angela Eagle's full statement to the BBC announcing her withdrawal from the Labour leadership race.

Plenty of Lib Dems are watching the current Labour leadership race, hoping that someone congenial like David Miliband carries the day, so that they can forge a nice, progressive Lib - Lab coalition at the next election.

«The free - thinking Labour leftwinger Jon Cruddas rules himself out of the Labour leadership race, saying he does not have the personal qualities for the job.

The four declared candidates for the Labour leadership race have been taking questions from the public as they try to build support among activists in the wake of the party's election defeat.

Meanwhile, after their man won the Labour leadership race and the Party moved closer to their political agenda, soft left pressure group Compass responded in the only rational way possible: by walking away from the Party.

According to its website it carried out polling during the Labour leadership race and I am told it also did a general election exit poll.

Calls to halt the Labour leadership race have been branded «unhelpful» after reports emerged today of an alleged «hard - left infiltration» of the party.

Ms Cooper, who entered the Labour leadership race following the resignation of Ed Miliband in 2015, accuses Mrs May of pursuing «the short term interests of the Tory party rather than the long term interests of the country», adding that «both sides should get a grip and calm down».

After a last minute scramble for votes, Jeremy Corbyn has secured his place in the Labour leadership race - and Labour types are at odds over what to make of it.

During the Labour leadership race the Tories kept their guns quiet but, as I blogged before, they were watching closely:

September 02, 2010 in David Miliband, Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Labour foreign policy, Labour leadership race, Lurching Left Permalink Comments (6)

Today's Sun carries a new YouGov poll on the Labour leadership race, taking account of the constituent parts of the electoral college taking part in the vote.

In The Telegraph Mary Riddell identifies Ed's Clegg - bashing and David Miliband's reluctance to do the same * as the most interesting faultline in the Labour leadership race:

September 20, 2011 in David Miliband, Ed Miliband, Labour frontbench, Labour leadership race, Labour tactics and strategy, Lurching Left, Trade unions Permalink Comments (10)

THE embattled Labour Leader has surged ahead of Owen Smith in the Labour leadership race with almost double the support from party members

The left - winger helped guide his friend and ally Jeremy Corbyn to victory in the Labour leadership race last year.

David Miliband has this evening launched his new online campaign — davidmiliband.net — to build a «movement for change» and help him win the Labour leadership race.

But the poll was not all bad news for the embattled Labour Leader showing he has surged ahead of Owen Smith in the Labour leadership race, but get trounced by Theresa May in a general election.

In the case of the Labour leadership race, the capability of any polling company to accurately sample members is highly questionable.

The Labour leadership race still has weeks to go so there is time for things to change.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown delivers a speech in London on the Labour leadership race and the future of the party.

September 26, 2010 in Dirty Tricks Labour, Ed Miliband, Labour leadership race, Trade unions Permalink Comments (62)

Chuka Umunna has said he is looking to the future after withdrawing from the Labour leadership race.

As the assembled Ministers discussed a presentation on the Labour leadership race from Downing Street aide Adam Atashzai, they tried desperately to keep their feet on the ground.

Dame Tessa Jowell has predicted veteran left - winger Jeremy Corbyn will win the Labour leadership race.

So why did Diane Abbott only make it onto the ballot paper through the intervention of David Miliband, who himself only backed her in an attempt to create a more diverse Labour leadership race?

Nicola Sturgeon will be «absolutely delighted» by a Jeremy Corbyn victory in the Labour leadership race, according to new TP columnist Euan McColm.

Corbyn was pushed on the issue in the final stages of the Labour leadership race.

At times the Labour leadership race has felt like one of those films where you work out the ending after just five minutes but still feel obliged to watch the rest.

He was the main cheerleader of David Miliband, whose loss in the Labour leadership race threatened to split the party along fraternal lines.

The Labour leadership race has led to a series of claims and counter claims about the two warring factions within the party.

August 23, 2011 in Alistair Darling, Blairites, Douglas Alexander, Ed Miliband, Labour frontbench, Labour leadership race, The Left on the Web, Tom Harris Permalink Comments (7)

Even as a politico, I'm finding it hard to get excited about the Labour leadership race.

Former foreign secretary rules himself out of Labour leadership race as he says voters delivered clear verdict on failure to embrace «aspiration and inclusion»

Jeremy Corbyn could romp to victory in the Labour leadership race with an even bigger vote share than he secured last year, a new poll has suggested.

It's useful to look at the Labour leadership race in the context of research on party leadership contests.

As the creator of what has come to be known as Corbynomics, my ideas on what is now known as People's Quantitative Easing, progressive taxation, tackling the tax gap and other matters caused quite a stir in the Labour leadership race.

Liz Kendall's campaign chief has expressed his disappointment over an intervention in the Labour leadership race by a supporter of Yvette Cooper.

The Labour leadership race was looking all but over this morning as a new poll indicated that Jeremy Corbyn is home and dry.