Sentences with phrase «acting leader»

However there would have been a problem if she had appointed as acting leader and then decided to run as deputy to one of the candidates leaving in due course the position.

But the party's deputy leader, treasury spokesman and now acting leader has proved unexpectedly adept at the job.

Be prepared to take part or have a go at any exercise, but don't try to act the leader if it doesn't come naturally.

He says his 50 days as acting leader were «quite enough».

Brown was succeeded as Prime Minister by David Cameron, [166] while Harriet Harman became acting leader of the Labour Party.

The two declarations come as acting leader Harriet Harman has confirmed that the new leader and deputy leader will be declared at a special conference on September 12.

Following the 2015 general election and Ed Miliband's resignation, Harman again became acting leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition after announcing that she would stand down from this role once a Labour leadership election had taken place.

In 1976, when Thorpe was forced to resign because of a scandal, Grimond stepped in as acting leader until the election of a replacement, David Steel.

The Labour leadership candidates will meet with acting leader Harriet Harman after accusations the vote was infiltrated by opponents.

Yesterday I wrote to Harriet Harman to urge her to use her position as Acting Leader in association with the party's national officers to secure a reduction of the qualifying threshold for candidates to be allowed onto the ballot paper.

Details of the process are due to be set out by acting leader Ms Harman in a speech at Labour's HQ in central London.

Labour's leadership candidates have hit back at comments from acting leader Harriet Harman suggesting the party should not contest the Tory government's latest round of welfare cuts.

My former boss Harriet Harman re-instated it when she was acting Leader for the first time in 2010 in the face of some hostility and it has gone from strength to strength.

A tearful Beckett, a former acting leader and former foreign secretary, said that «never in my wildest dreams» had she envisaged voting for a motion of no confidence in a Labour leader until Tuesday.

Sir Menzies, the Lib Dem acting leader and foreign affairs spokesman, said he would have «no problem» with still being leader at the age of 72.

Earlier acting leader Vince Cable, transport spokeswoman Susan Kramer and elections co-ordinator Ed Davey had all said they would be not running.

Acting leader between the resignation of Charles Kennedy on 7 January 2006 and his own election as leader on 2 March 2006.

Margaret Beckett was acting leader after John Smith's 1994 death.

Enable Others to Act Leaders foster collaboration and build spirited teams.

[105][106][107] Following David Cameron's success in forming a majority government, Miliband resigned as Leader of the Labour Party on 8 May, with Harriet Harman becoming acting leader while a leadership election was initiated.

Jane Dodds, Montgomeryshire Candidate and child protection social worker, takes over the role from Acting Leader Kirsty Williams immediately.

Labour MP Diane Abbott says acting leader Harriet Harman «miscalculated» opposition outside Westminster to the government's Welfare Bill.

Labour's acting leader slammed the Tory policies on families, welfare and extending right - to - buy.

The Labour acting leader began by asking if Cameron was prepared to give 16 and 17 - year - olds the vote in the EU referendum.

In a short speech, he confirmed he was standing down and said he would recommend Suzanne Evans to be acting leader ahead of a leadership election in the autumn.

At prime minister's questions, acting leader Sir Menzies suggested the hundreds of thousands of deaths in the conflict in Darfur was a sign of failure.

A former leading figure in the National Council for Civil Liberties is currently acting leader of the Labour Party.

Some Labour figures could vote against the measures in parliament tonight - directly undermining acting leader Harriet Harman's call for the party to abstain.

He was elected MP for Newcastle East in 1983, and was given his first front bench job by acting leader Margaret Beckett, who made him Shadow Leader of the Commons for a few months in 1994.

But could she have been the impartial and effective acting leader if she had been Ed's running mate but not his brother's, or t» other Ed's or Andy's?

Though acting leader he has resisted moving into Mr Kennedy's «bunker» above the Commons chamber.

[51] Campbell resigned on 15 October 2007, and Vince Cable became acting leader until a leadership election could be held.

The four Labour leadership candidates will meet with acting leader Harriet Harman today after accusations the vote was infiltrated by supporters of other parties seeking to sabotage the process.

Dugdale's deputy, Alex Rowley - formerly close to ex-Prime Minister Gordon Brown - is now acting leader of the party and a front - runner to succeed her.

«All executive members are now acting leaders with the exception of the General Secretary and the Leader / Founder of the party.

In his speech to the hacks, Burnham put Labour's acting leader in the same bracket as George Osborne on welfare.

They also include two out of four leadership candidates (Yvette Cooper and Liz Kendall) and all 5 deputy leadership candidates from this year's contest, as well as two former acting leaders (Harriet Harman and Margaret Beckett).

Sir Menzies, the Lib Dem acting leader and foreign affairs spokesman, will appear on The World at One on Thursday, followed by party president Mr Hughes on Friday.

Acting leader Vince Cable said it was «essential» to establish the facts and for anyone that has broken the law to face the consequences of their actions.

Acting leader between the resignation of Menzies Campbell on 15 October 2007 and the election of a new leader on 18 December 2007.

Frist came the defeat in South Thanet, the resignation that never quite was, and the unresignation that meant Evans was not going to be acting leader after all.

The party's deputy leader Harriet Harman, who has said she will not stand again, is to serve as acting leader until contests for the two top spots take place later this summer.

Labour MP John Mann has called for acting leader Harriet Harman to suspend the contest so that proper checks can be carried out on the new members.

When we need to act we leaders are often our best resources, despite the vaunted reputation of others.

Ukip's acting leader has revealed he wouldn't want to personally see any new mosques built in the UK as «Islam doesn't allow a Christian church or a Sikh temple to be built in its heartland, because it's in the Koran».

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We have the non-playing Per Mertesacker as our current captain, and the much less vocal Laurent Koscielny as the acting leader on the pitch, and this week even the mild - mannered Theo Walcott was given the armband against West Ham.

There was uproar in the party and confusion between the candidates over George Osborne's benefit cuts, refracted equally confusedly through Harriet Harman, the acting leader.