Sentences with phrase «among backbench»

Within the Labour party, among backbench MPs and constituency activists alike, one of the most common complaints is that new policies seem to come out of the blue - or from the Downing Street wonks - without being discussed in the party's policy - making process.

This legislative mouthful is causing serious concern among backbench Conservative MPs.

The comments confirm Hutchings could well become a problem for Cameron even if she wins the by - election, with a likely place among the backbench Tory awkward squad lined up for her.

The bill itself may also prove to be a true test of how in control the prime minister is of his own party given the level of opposition among backbench MPs and his weakened position in the latest ICM poll, published yesterday, in which 63 per cent of voters said Labour would be better off with a new leader.

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Holding his backbenchers in check on Europe has been ever more difficult to achieve, however, given the disproportionate number of hard - line Eurosceptics among the 2010 intake of Conservative MPs and the increasing discontent on the Conservative backbenches with the constraints of being in a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

The comments, which came as an aside during a case won by the government, triggered outrage among eurosceptics on the Tory backbenches, who said the UK had been tricked into believing it had an opt - out from the convention when Labour signed up during the Lisbon negotiations.

Mr Blair is facing a backbench revolt over the plans, which critics claim will bring in selection by the back door, and Mr Cameron capitalised on this by listing among the proposals that the Tories agree with, a new power for schools to bring back selection.

We might have got very excited in the last week or so about the extent of opposition to Lords reform from among the Conservative backbenches, but — despite the programme motion setback — the coalition has at least succeeded in buying itself a lot of time to make progress.

Heseltine remained on the backbenches until, in 1990, with Thatcher apparently losing popularity among the public and her own party, he launched a leadership bid.

Speaking after the debate, Ms McIntosh said: «The negative behaviour of government backbench MPs today shows that the Labour party simply do [es] not care about the rising fear of crime among the general public.

But he implied that much of the hostility directed at him in the media - which has been reflected among the Labour backbenches - was an attempt to get at the prime minister.

Efford said backbench MPs who once questioned whether Corbyn, the MP for Islington North, could gain support among traditional voters had been won over by his performance.

Efford said backbench MPs who once questioned whether Corbyn could gain support among traditional voters had been won over by his performance.

A genuine and sustained debate among MPs about the details of the policy regime, much of it centred around the proposals in a paper from moderate backbench critics Alan Whitehead and Peter Bradley, has led to significant government concessions and a new focus on questions of increasing access to university from a broader social intake.

For that matter, although Marn Ferguson is a hereditary princeling of the Socialist Left, his actual views would not be out of place among the more troglodyte members of the Liberal backbench.