Sentences with phrase «miliband leadership challenge»

Speculation about a Miliband leadership challenge simmered throughout the late summer months and on into the conference season.

To be fair, some of the discordant voices come from those who grudgingly accept that there's now no short - term prospect of a Miliband leadership challenge.

Not exact matches

A failed leadership challenge by Yvette Cooper would have officially marked the end of the old Brownite grip on the party, and the organisational acumen that delivered Gordon Brown and Ed Miliband the leadership.

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.

There is no doubt that the leadership - challenge - that - never - was has seriously undermined the authority of Ed Miliband but it also has raised questions about the credibility of the party as a whole.

It's not the first time Miliband, who is never the most exciting of politicians, even when challenging for the leadership, has taken the safe route.

De Piero, who was shadow minister for women and equalities in Ed Miliband's shadow cabinet but quit as a shadow junior minister before the leadership challenge to Corbyn last summer, has a new role as shadow justice minister.

A number of prominent MPs who served on the shadow frontbench under Miliband and Corbyn before the leadership challenge, including Angela Eagle and Dan Jarvis, had indicated they would be willing to return to the frontbench.

There no obvious candidate to take over from Miliband, and no evidence of a serious leadership challenge on the horizon.

Can Labour win the leadership challenge by framing it as one between Nasty David Cameron versus Nice Mr Miliband?

Meanwhile, concern about the impact a Brown premiership could have on Labour has prompted John Reid to urge environment secretary David Miliband to challenge the chancellor for the leadership of the party once Mr Blair stands down, the Sunday Telegraph reports, citing friends of the home secretary.

The environment secretary David Miliband has said he will not challenge Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership, insisting «I am not a candidate».

Labour party members are increasingly calling on Mr Miliband to challenge the chancellor Gordon Brown for the Labour leadership when Tony Blair leaves Downing Street, most likely after the May elections.

And then, increasing support for smaller parties, from our first Green MP in Brighton to Respect's revival in Bradford, create a myriad of further challenges to the national leadership sought by David Cameron and Ed Miliband.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has challenged the Conservatives to a debate about leadership and character, and said to them: «Be my guest».

«Labour leadership contender David Miliband is challenging his rivals to a TV debate.

«THOMPSON Park replaced the House of Commons as Labour leadership hopeful Ed Miliband challenged Burnley Lib - Dem MP Gordon Birtwistle to vote against the coalition Government's budget during an impromptu debate.