Sentences with phrase «anonymous briefings»

You only have to look at anonymous briefings from «senior sources in the party» over the weekend to see that there is more than an iota of discontent towards the Chancellor's performance to date.

A public debate about the Labour party's future direction, and how to forge an effective response to the Conservatives, could prove both more important, and rather healthier, than the fevered anonymous briefings about possible plots.

Given this level of deception and Whittingdale's stated views towards the BBC, we might look with some suspicion at the daily drip - feed of anonymous briefings against it from government officials.

He recommends that lobby briefings should be televised and journalists should not accept anonymous briefings.

Mr Watson, who resigned as minister for digital engagement at the reshuffle, backs a call by the Foreign Secretary, David Miliband, for a ban on anonymous briefings to lobby journalists, and calls for internet bloggers to be given the same access to Westminster as the lobby.

Hence the return this week to one - sided, anonymous briefing from the Commission rejecting out of hand her proposals for a Northern Ireland border with the EU.

The anonymous briefer did not say that flouncing out of the cabinet over the NHS is the route that the foreign secretary has mapped out.

Provide the bureau with an anonymous brief on your event and we arrange with suppliers to tender for your event.