Sentences with phrase «after shadow foreign secretary»

The attack came after shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry (pictured on Marr today) admitted she had been approached in the street by anti-Semites claiming to be Labour supporters.

Ms Lipman's attack came after shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry admitted she had been approached in the street by anti-Semites claiming to be Labour supporters.

But Osborne also made something of a faux pas after the shadow foreign secretary had asked a serious question about terror.

«Buy shares in Emily Thornberry,» was the verdict of one former Tory special adviser after the shadow foreign secretary impressed onlookers with searching questions and pithy one - liners.

Not exact matches

The Commons exchanges also saw Labour backbencher John Woodcock say shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry was «not fit to stand at that despatch box» after she warned many foreign parties were now acting like the Assad regime.

She had served as work and pensions secretary during the final years of the New Labour government; after that she has been shadow minister for women and equalities, shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary.

The shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, has conceded that the Conservative party faces a new test after disappointing by - election results last week.

After Corbyn's spokesman suggested airstrikes made terror attacks in Britain more likely, a spokesman for shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn said: «Daesh have already killed British citizens in Tunisia, blown up Lebanese citizens and anti-war campaigners in Turkey, and murdered journalists.

Bercow intervened after Johnson referred to the shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry as Lady Nugee.

She will apparently be joined by former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn as she launches her bid, who was sacked from his post recently after saying he had no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

Former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has spoken to ITV News after his sacking by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Hague is his friend, he now says after accusing the shadow foreign secretary of a «bizarre autism» in their discussions.

Hilary Benn, who was sacked from his role as shadow foreign secretary after he told Mr Corbyn he no longer had confidence in him, weighed in, tweeting:

Eric Pickles, the man tipped to replace her as party chairman, is the fourth most popular senior figure after Mr Johnson, Mr Cameron and William Hague, the shadow Foreign Secretary, and comes ahead of George Osborne, the shadow Chancellor.

His brother, David, the shadow foreign secretary who is also vying for the Labour crown, said that the higher tax rate should come to an end after five years.

The youngest MP in the house, just 20 in 2015 when she defeated the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, to take Paisley Renfrewshire South for the SNP, Black confirmed on Twitter that she would defend her seat — a month after declaring that she hated Westminster and found it depressing.

The advisory group had been due to hold its first meeting with her, McDonnell and the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, but that never took place because she stepped down on Sunday after Corbyn sacked Hilary Benn as shadow foreign secretary.

On Sunday, Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, said it seemed inevitable the UK would have to stay in some sort of customs union after Brexit.

It comes after The Observer newspaper claimed that the shadow foreign secretary was organising a coup against Mr Corbyn

Jeremy Corbyn has sacked Hilary Benn after reports the shadow foreign secretary was planning to spearhead a coup against the leader.

However, Corbyn decided to retain his shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, after coming to an agreement on their future working.

Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, found himself dragged into the row after he criticised McBride for publishing his memoirs.

Their relationship appears to have grown closer — and Ashcroft's support more generous — after David Cameron appointed Hague shadow foreign secretary in December 2005.

They demanding the sacking of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn and other «warmongers» after he rallied support for air strikes in a barnstorming Commons speech.

The shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, has accused a Sky News presenter of sexism after she failed to name the French foreign minister and the South Korean president following repeated questions.

The Labour leader, who was left reeling after his decision to sack the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, was followed by the resignations of 11 senior shadow cabinet members, said he would not «betray the trust» of the people who voted for him by stepping down.

But shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn, who had also been lined up for the sack over his support for bombing in Syria, survived after Mr Corbyn was warned that dumping him would spark mass frontbench resignations.

Speaking after Mr Cameron had addressed a meeting of Tory MPs, shadow foreign secretary William Hague said: «We will offer to the Liberal Democrats in a coalition government the holding of a referendum on the alternative vote system, so that the people of this country can decide what the best electoral system is for the future.»