Sentences with phrase «against his brother david»

He will now contest the leadership against his brother David, who declared his candidacy last Wednesday.

Not exact matches

I thought he said he was David against goliath and he had stones and the truth on his side... sounds like he decided a pay off was the best route... oh brother

He duly held his own again against David Cameron, focusing on one policy theme (housing benefit cuts) and showing sufficient brevity and spontaneity — real or contrived — to persuade sceptical Labour colleagues they picked the right brother after all.

His comments were seen as a warning against the election of Ed Miliband, who has positioned himself to the left of his brother David as the pair have emerged as frontrunners to succeed Gordon Brown.

Former Labour foreign secretary David Miliband has talked about the prospect for running against his brother, Ed, in a Labour leadership contest.

But while the party's top team moved to heal the wounds of a battle that set brother against brother, there were still questions over what role, if any, David Miliband would take in the shadow cabinet.

«I've supported him from before day one...... I said to him if David has got the guts to run against his brother who are you to back down?

Today, as he prepares to deliver yet another keynote speech, desperately crafted to pump life into his flaccid leadership, brother David's shadow looms ever larger and more threatening.Indeed, it is Louise Miliband, even more than her vanquished former Foreign Secretary husband, who harbours a deep grudge against her brother - in - law.

The former energy and climate change secretary is expected to announce his intention to succeed Gordon Brown in a move that will pit him against his older brother David, the former foreign secretary.

Britain needs a return to idealism, David Miliband declares, as he launches his official campaign against his brother Ed to become the next leader of the Labour party.

Ed Miliband's brother, David, in a valedictory TV interview at the weekend, cautioned against the conventional wisdom that a hung parliament was likely after the next election.

In the 1950s and 60s North East Derbyshire used to return huge Labour majorities and Clay Cross was briefly prominent in the 1970s for a rebellion against implementing increases in council rents which ultimately resulted in the councillors (including David Skinner, the brother of Dennis Skinner) being disqualified and surcharged.

Mr Miliband, who is standing against his brother — former Foreign Secretary David Miliband — in the race to be the new Labour leader, was visiting Burnley in a drive to win back seats from the Lib Dems» — The Burnley Express

Between moments of outlandish humour, disturbing violence and Big Brother - style paranoia, The Lobster still finds time for occasional tenderness between David and Shortsighted Woman, as their battle against everyone makes their love enduring.

He was cast against type as David Staebler, an uptight, near autistic radio monologuist, while Bruce Dern was given what would normally have been the Nicholson role, playing David's brother, Jason, a comic, megalomaniacal hustler with a head full of outsize dreams and a dangerous connection to the mob.

David Michod «s The Rover (with stars Robert Pattinson and Guy Pearce in attendance), Kasimir Burgess «Fell and Amiel Courtin - Wilson and Michael Cody's Ruin will vie for the award against a host of high - profile contenders, including opening night selection 20,000 Days on Earth, Berlinale winner Black Coal, Thin Ice, Richard Linklater «s time capsule Boyhood, Tom Hardy vehicle Locke, Two Days, One Night from the Dardennes brothers, and Bong Joon - Ho «s first English - language feature, Snowpiercer.

Unlike many hedge funds that prefer a low - key, almost invisible, approach to their holdings, David Einhorn rose to prominence with short - sale bets against Allied Capital and Lehman Brothers.

David is Monty \'s brother and also his nemesis competing for the Right to Fight title and he will spare no expense in competing against his own blood in order to win.

David portrays the scene from the histories of Livy and Plutarch, when three brothers vow to protect Rome against invaders.

There are the oil billionaire Koch brothers — Charles and David — and their ideological zeal against government regulations that drove them to pour vast amounts into groups spreading doubt on the realities of human - caused global warming.

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