Sentences with phrase «scottish labour minister»

Andrew Bradley wrote: «Our (English) taxes would go down, the subsidy of Scotland by English taxpayers would cease and every time we put on the radio we would not have to hear a Scottish Labour Minister».

Our (English) taxes would go down, the subsidy of Scotland by English taxpayers would cease and every time we put on the radio we would not have to hear a Scottish Labour Minister.

Earlier in the day, former Scottish Labour minister Andy Kerr had said his party needed to apologise for an «atrocious campaign».

Not exact matches

She spoke after Labour, Tory and Green MSPs on Holyrood's Social Security Committee united in June to vote through a series of amendments to the Scottish Government's Child Poverty Bill - including one by Green MSP Alison Johnstone requiring ministers to set out whether they will use new welfare powers to increase child benefit.

Will the Tories follow Scottish Labour and bring up at least one Cabinet minister per week to help the campaign?

He is married to Scottish Minister for Public Health, Shona Robison MSP with a young daughter, Morag Louise, and lives in the constituency where he was elected as MP for Dundee East on 5 May 2005, taking the seat from Labour.

Patricia Ferguson, Scottish Labour's external affairs spokesperson, said: «For Scotland's First Minister to admit his admiration for someone with such a controversial record on human rights and democracy does not reflect well on our country.

He attempts to get a US congressman to table a «favourable» motion (about independence) to «snooker» the Foreign Office, tries but fails to persuade the former (Labour) first minister Henry McLeish to back independence (he «is clearly torn between loyalty to party and country»), and tries but fails to win the Scottish Sun's backing (on September 7th Murdoch is still prevaricating; by September 16th he has opted for «benign neutrality»).

In the 2016 Scottish Parliamentary elections, Labour fell to third place behind the Scottish Tories, whose Ruth Davidson is now leader of the opposition and the SNP's Nicola Sturgeon main challenger to be First Minister after the 2021 election.

Dugdale's proposal aims to save the union from what she sees as a UK Tory government and Scottish SNP government both intent on pulling it apart — albeit even some notable Labour figures such as former first minister Henry McLeish have said they would back a Yes vote in a second Scottish independence referendum.

It seems unlikely that Labour would enter into any kind of formal agreement that allowed SNP MPs to become ministers or play a direct role in the management of government departments — indeed, Miliband has ruled out a coalition with the Scottish nationalists.

Gordon Brown will retire from the Commons viewed on the one hand as a giant of Scottish Labour who spent 13 years at the pinnacle of frontline UK politics as chancellor and prime minister: the son of the clergy who stayed true to his roots; champion of the egalitarian tradition.

When the former Labour first minister Donald Dewar signed up for a Scottish constitutional convention in 1989, he said it had become necessary for Scots to live a little dangerously.

It sounds close to Labour's idea, but isn't really at all: in a scenario where a Labour government with a small majority relies on Scottish MPs to get its business through the Commons, the Tory proposal would be crippling for a Labour prime minister.

Since Ed Miliband would probably have to step down as Prime Minister at the moment of independence (in my scenario of no Labour majority in rump UK), the Scottish government would find itself negotiating with someone whose job depended on the negotiations» failing for as long as possible.

This was a Labour - held seat, held by the former Scottish Executive minister and Labour leadership candidate Cathy Jamieson for Labour between 1999 - 2011.

Mr Blair met Labour campaigners with Scottish first minister Jack McConnell in Glasgow and defended the benefits of the union with England in a speech in the city.

The Scottish Labour leader has written to Cabinet Office Minister David Lidington and Scottish Brexit minister Michael Minister David Lidington and Scottish Brexit minister Michael minister Michael Russell.

Labour peer Lord McConnell, a former Scottish first minister, said the party's problems were «much deeper than one individual and one affiliate».

[citation needed] When Jim Murphy was elected Scottish Labour Party leader in December 2014, Griffin was appointed as Shadow Minister for Learning, Science and Scotland's Languages, covering school education, qualifications, science, HM Inspectorate of Education, the Scottish Qualifications Authority and languages.

The delegation included former Conservative International Development Minister, Sir Alan Duncan MP, former Conservative Secretary of State for Wales, Rt Hon David Jones MP, Labour MPs Sarah Champion and Paula Sherriff, Scottish National Party (SNP) MP John Nicolson and Liberal Democrat Peer, Lord Purvis of Tweed.

Following the election, the Labour Party and the Liberal Democrats formed the Scottish Executive, with Labour Member of the Scottish Parliament (MSP) Donald Dewar becoming First Minister.

Promising to deliver a «truly fair settlement for the whole of the UK», the Prime Minister urged the Labour leader to help address the «fundamentally unjust» situation which means Scottish MPs can vote on laws which do not apply to their constituents.

The Prime Minister has called on the Labour leader to make clear whether he would support measures to stop Scottish MPs voting on matters that only affect people in England.

Former prime minister Gordon Brown, Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie also made their way inside the church.

The former Labour prime minister, Gordon Brown, departing Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and SNP deputy leader John Swinney also attended, sitting far back in the church to allow space for family and close friends in pews closer to the altar.

On becoming leader of Labour in the Scottish Parliament in September 2008, Iain Gray appointed McNulty Shadow Minister for Transport, Infrastructure and Climate Change.

David Cairns, the Scottish office minister running Labour's campaign, says: «It is going to be tight.

In an outspoken intervention that increases the pressure on Scottish Labour and the Scottish Liberal Democrats, both of which backed Ms Sturgeon, the Prime Minister argued that politicians should support the legislation if they believe in the UK's «integrity», value and future.

The prime minister Tony Blair and chancellor Gordon Brown travelled to Scotland today to defend Labour ahead of next month's Scottish election.

There had been speculation Sturgeon would get a tougher ride, Labour having learnt its lessons from two lively Scottish leaders» debates in which the first minister was treated more like an incumbent than an insurgent.

However, the SNP - who are the main opposition to the ruling Labour - Liberal Democrat coalition in the Scottish parliament - dismissed the chancellor's comments as a «sad and desperate attempt» to justify his bid to become prime minister.

«After 60 per cent votes for sure fire election losers, IRA - supporting Shadow Chancellors and Scottish Labour unnecessarily splitting the party on issues over which it has no responsibility, we have a Shadow Minister telling «Stop the War» — a madcap coalition of trots, Islamists and anti-west fury chimps — that Labour will consult them on how it will vote on Syria.

Otherwise, if Corbyn fails to become prime minister in 2022, or at an earlier snap election, Labour's silence on the Scottish question will allow Nationalists to say they were right all along - Labour can't «save» Scotland from perpetual Tory government and independence is therefore the only answer.

Despite this, in the last year she has twice been granted entry visas to the UK, held meetings inside the Scottish parliament, and issued credentials to the Labour Party Conference where she has met and put her case to senior government ministers.

Following the coalition agreement between the Scottish Liberal Democrats and Labour in the Scottish Parliament, he became Deputy Minister for Enterprise and Lifelong Learning.

In addition, Scottish Labour ran its own pro-UK campaign United with Labour alongside, with the support of former Prime Minister Gordon Brown.

Delegates will also hear from the Scottish Labour leader, Kezia Dugdale, and the SNP leader and first minister, Nicola Sturgeon.

Mr Corbyn has been resisting the idea, as neither Scottish Labour leader Kezia Dugdale nor Welsh First Minister Carwyn Jones are supportive of his leadership.

Answering an audience question on the economy, the Scottish First Minister urged voters to to support parties which could «hold [Labour] to account and make them bolder».

It is beyond appalling that this meeting was being facilitated by a Labour party shadow minister for equality, and in contradiction of stated Scottish Labour party policy.»

The Scottish National Party (SNP) signalled its willingness to join Labour and the Liberal Democrats in government as part of a rainbow coalition, but it quickly became clear that Gordon Brown's continued presence as Prime Minister was seen as a major obstacle to formulating a Labour — Liberal Democrat deal.

Mixed messages from Scotland Forty - one per cent of Scots believe Alex Salmond would make a better First Minister than his main rival Iain Gray, the Scottish Labour leader.

Henry McLeish, another former Labour first minister, also said this week that Scottish Labour supporters no longer know «what the party stands for» and that it had given «enormous ground to the SNP unnecessarily».

The Scottish first minister, Alex Salmond, has hinted he could be open to a coalition between Labour and the Scottish National party (SNP), raising the possibility that he could return to Westminster and take a senior role in the government next May.

The Prime Minister tweeted a video, apparently filmed at an SNP event on April 13, in which Salmond tells the crowd he had heard a Labour spokesman say that Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy would not be writing the party's budget.

Scotland's first minister last month predicted that his party would win 20 seats at the coming general election but the SNP has now lost two of the last three Scottish byelections to Labour.

Scottish first minister Nicola Sturgeon addresses the Scottish parliament on Thursday, dismissing the idea of a Labour victory in the upcoming general election as fantasy.

The margin of Labour's victory, 8,111 votes, was higher than many expected, and allowed the party to claim it had proved its appeal to its core voters by substantially defeating the Scottish National party, which last year embarrassed the prime minister by winning the Glasgow East byelection.

He took his campaign north of the border, where he met MSPs and party activists.Miliband also watched Scottish Labour leader Iain Gray take on Alex Salmond at First Minister's Questions.»