Sentences with phrase «about members of the shadow cabinet»

The shadow defence secretary reacted angrily after the prime minister made a series of claims about members of the shadow cabinet.

However, in order to be taken as a serious government - in - waiting, politics has to come first and I was somewhat concerned recently to hear the following story about a member of the shadow cabinet: he had apparently already told David Cameron that he didn't want a higher profile post than that which he currently holds in advance of the general election, because he didn't want to give up other interests on account of time commitments or potential conflicts of interest involved in a different post.

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«Not that many members of the shadow cabinet represent a diverse London constituency and views about race and immigration are different once you step outside London if you think about it.

Dominic Grieve had argued that the Tories wanting a British bill of rights would have to be quite careful about this at a dinner conversation full of shadow Cabinet members about this.

Whether it's Gordon Brown weeping over the tragic loss of his daughter, or members of the shadow cabinet briefing journalists about their worries for the Conservatives» fortunes, there are wobbly lips and squeaky bums aplenty among our representatives.

That was what «a senior member of Mr Cameron's shadow cabinet» told last Monday's Daily Telegraph about the Tory leader's visit to a Norwegian glacier (for which Mr Cameron left London this afternoon).

On Saturday night, in a sign of the growing concern at the top of the party about the affair, one shadow cabinet member told the Observer: «The issue is already echoing back at us on the doorsteps.»

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn say he they are nervous about him using his platform to launch a future leadership bid, and he is being accompanied by other members of the shadow cabinet on visits to keep an eye on him.

There are many members of the shadow cabinet who have reservations about Jeremy Corbyn's politics, but no one expressed them as openly as Michael Dugher did before he was sacked this morning.