Sentences with phrase «about deselection»

Other issues included the importance of diversity within black, Asian and minority ethnic minority representation so that all communities felt they had a voice, and concerns about the deselection of councillors.

«I keep saying to Jeremy that our job is to help smooth that path, which is why all this stuff about deselection is just rubbish.

Appearing on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show on Sunday, he was asked about deselection, which is being openly advocated by some of his backers, with the Unite general secretary, Len McCluskey, saying disloyal MPs were «asking for it».

Corbyn aroused fear among some on Sunday when he said the «vast majority» did not have to worry about deselection.

«I'm certainly not worried about deselection — my party are completely behind me.

Asked whether MPs who have criticised his leadership should be worried about deselection, Corbyn — who won 61.8 % of the vote to see - off challenger Owen Smith — failed to totally rule out this possibility when he spoke to BBC political editor Laura Kuenssberg.

She was speaking about deselections - including Tory MP Tim Yeo - with ConservativeHome website editor and former MP Paul Goodman, Daily Politics presenter Jo Coburn, and crossbencher Baroness Neuberger.

Not exact matches

But those involved are talking about serious numbers — As many as 150 Labour moderates effectively quitting in the face of a single deselection.

(It is for, example, no use getting in a lather about activists demanding deselections when you have been an integral part of a machine that specialised in the parachuting - in of chosen insiders to safe Labour seats.)

At a launch, to which the media were invited, on 30 June 2016 for the publication of the Chakrabarti Inquiry report into allegations of antisemitism and racism in the Labour Party, Daily Telegraph journalist Kate McCann questioned Jeremy Corbyn about a «Momentum member» handing out a «leaflet» calling for the deselection of anti-Corbyn MPs.

Although Creasy has kept her own counsel about the direction of the party under Corbyn, she is believed to be more vulnerable to deselection than some of the leader's vocal critics, as her personal style has led to her being isolated in her constituency party.

The only effective way to do so is by the wholesale discarding the PLP coup supporters, either through deselection or, if the boundary changes come about, by rejecting them for the new constituencies.