Sentences with phrase «liberal democrat leadership»

Liberal Democrat leadership front runner Sir Menzies Campbell is battling against a whispering campaign from MPs and activists who are convinced that he lacks the political skills to turn the party's opinion poll plunge around.

There are also indications that the Liberal Democrat leadership is willing to make compromises to preserve its coalition with Labour in the Scottish parliament.

The Liberal Democrat leadership candidate fears plans for new waiting time targets for people with conditions such as anxiety and depression to access treatment will be scrapped unless ministers plough # 3.5 bn into mental health over the next five years.

Conservative immigration spokesman Damian Green plays Gordon Brown in the Tory rehearsal and Nick Clegg's former rival for the Liberal Democrat leadership, Chris Huhne, is playing Gordon Brown.

Nick Clegg's political journey has seen him win a bitter Liberal Democrat leadership battle, rise to become deputy prime minister, and face furious criticism over his U-turn on tuition fees.

The Liberal Democrat leadership believed in «savage cuts» long before they entered government.

Former cabinet minister Ed Davey will not run for the Liberal Democrat leadership, clearing the way for party veteran Vince Cable to take the job.

Earlier, Clegg indicated that the Liberal Democrat leadership might be prepared to accept a qualified apology from Rennard in which he admitted he had caused inadvertent offence to women.

Somewhat audaciously Huhne stood for the Liberal Democrat leadership following Charles Kennedy «s resignation, despite having been an MP for only a few months, and came surprisingly close to victory.

Also declaring family lobbying links are Tory MP Sir Alan Haselhurst, whose daughter is a director at the consultancy Blue Rubicon; and the unsuccessful Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Norman Lamb, whose son works as a researcher at the lobbying firm GK Strategy.

Liberal Democrat leadership candidate Nick Clegg laid out the values informing his campaign today with an attack on the «Sat - Nav politics» of Labour and the Conservatives.

While we take comfort from the confirmation by the Liberal Democrat leadership that none of this has been agreed, the forthcoming negotiations mean that they haven't been ruled out either.

The dramas of the Labour and, for those who noticed, Liberal Democrat leadership campaigns are over; so are the party conferences.

A quick succession of high - profile roles (home affairs spokesman, Europe spokesman) paved Clegg's route to the Liberal Democrat leadership.

David Hall - Matthews, chairman of the SLF, said that the Liberal Democrat leadership was in danger of looking weak following the budget.

The frontrunner in the Liberal Democrat leadership race has vowed to make the party a viable electoral force within the next two or three elections.

But Liberal Democrat leadership candidate and environment spokesperson Chris Huhne said the talks had produced a «score draw» rather than a victory.

Liberal Democrat leadership contender Norman Lamb has attacked current UK drug laws as «pathetic» and called for a more liberal approach.

The DUP's Sammy Wilson meanwhile called the Liberal Democrat leadership's actions «not a compromise but an abject surrender».

The Liberal Democrat leadership contest has been scathingly labelled «The battle of the Seven Dwarfs».

Supporters of Charles Kennedy's bid for the Liberal Democrat leadership are increasingly concerned that the frontrunner to succeed Paddy Ashdown has not done enough to clinch victory in the first count - and may face a dangerous run - off against the rising challenge of Simon Hughes.

In between the vote and the result, it is time to salute Paddy Ashdown, who has chosen this moment to stand down from the Liberal Democrat leadership.

Charles Kennedy's Liberal Democrat leadership campaign gathered more momentum yesterday after Don Foster, the only other candidate in favour of the party's continued cooperation with Labour, stood down from the contest.

The Liberal Democrat leadership campaign last night moved into overdrive as frontrunners in the scramble to succeed Paddy Ashdown discreetly accused each other of fabricating claims to be edging into the lead in the final lap.

First of all, the Liberal Democrat leadership has the «triple lock» to contend with.

Amid the clamour surrounding several of the likely candidates to run for the Liberal Democrat leadership, one name keeps being whispered in the background: Charles Kennedy.

The Liberal Democrat leadership, who took a gamble that the economy would survive the Conservatives» fiscal medicine, is going to find itself under increasing pressure.

This rather shameful and funny Sun headline really came to symbolise the shambolic Liberal Democrat leadership contest, in which Mark Oaten's career was obliterated and Simon Hughes outed as bisexual.

Negative press coverage as a result of a story gained through phone - hacking cost Simon Hughes the Liberal Democrat leadership, he has claimed.

We are now calling on the Liberal Democrat leadership to withdraw support for the Bill, while preserving those liberal elements that do not require legislation.

[68] Shortly after the 2015 General Election, Liberal Democrat leadership contender Norman Lamb conceded that Clegg's broken pledge on university tuition had cost the party dear.

Liberal Democrat leadership hopeful Norman Lamb has said that more than half of current government ministers «almost certainly» tried illegal drugs in their younger years.

The Liberal Democrat leadership withdrew their support for boundary reforms in a tit - for - tat move following the collapse of their cherished plans to introduce an elected Lords this week.

This allowed the Liberal Democrat leadership to argue that the party was getting the best deal it could from the coalition agreement.

Since 2010, when the Liberal Democrat leadership decided to enter into coalition with the Conservatives, the party has been in a state of internal turmoil.

The Liberal Democrat leadership should listen to the words of those who spoke during the passionate debate on the bedroom tax during the party conference.

Chris Huhne has suffered a setback - but could this merely be the latest step in an improbable path to the Liberal Democrat leadership?

At the age of 74, Vince Cable is on the verge of securing the Liberal Democrat leadership.

Tim Farron announced his departure as Liberal Democrat leader shortly after the June 2017 election, staying on in a caretaker basis pending the Liberal Democrats leadership election.

Not exact matches

VICTORIA — A report from B.C.'s Representative for Children and Youth shows the Liberal government has failed to show leadership or bring the focus needed to fulfill one of the most important responsibilities of government — providing services for Aboriginal children and youth, say B.C.'s New Democrats.

The vacuum in the Liberal leadership is good news for the PC Party, Rachel Notley «s New Democrats and the Alberta Party, who will try to offer Liberal voters a new home to park their votes.

I'll leave it to others to debate his definitions of liberalism and other political philosophies, and there's a whole other debate to be had about whether his leadership of the Liberal Democrat party was doomed by his Christian faith, as he claims, or his failure to return a higher number of MPs at this year's General Election.

We will vote on Tuesday to make this happen — and, while the Conservative leadership has now set its face against action, I call on every Liberal Democrat who supports a low carbon future to join us and vote with us to make this change happen.

Both Mr Brown and Mr Cameron have attempted to court Mr Clegg in the early weeks of his leadership, with the Liberal Democrats set to hold the balance of power in the event of a hung parliament.

Liberal Democrat activists have defeated their leadership over coalition plans for free schools and academies.

The Liberal Democrats under your leadership are playing an essential role in ensuring that the coalition government reflects liberal values at home and Liberal Democrats under your leadership are playing an essential role in ensuring that the coalition government reflects liberal values at home and liberal values at home and abroad.

The Liberal Democrats are moving further away from economic egalitarianism under the leadership of their Orange Book - tendency» Have you actually, y» kno, w read the Orange Book?

Only the Liberal Democrats and Plaid Cymru are not currently embroiled in a leadership race — although, perhaps not wishing to be left out, the Lib Dems are electing a new leader of their group in the House of Lords in September.

The partisan divide between the core cities Cabinet's leadership and the Conservative - Liberal Democrat government is now being put aside in pursuit of the common goal of economic growth, experts claim.

Chris Huhne, the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, expresses his astonishment after comedian Ruby Wax provided senior civil servants at the Home Office with lessons in leadership and communication.