Sentences with phrase «as labour leader»

Former Lord Chancellor and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Lord Charles Falconer QC is to remain in his position as shadow Lord Chancellor following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.

The statement came at the same time as Labour leader Ed Miliband was delivering his speech on Labour's education plans in which he pledged to reduce class sizes in primary education.

Labour's problem is not that it lacks talent — Chuka Umunna as Labour leader would scare the living daylights out of any Tory front bench.

«A total of 68 per cent of respondents agreed with the statement: «Gordon Brown was given his chance as Labour leader and Prime Minister, but he has blown it.»

The polling came as the Labour leader prepared to address a Scottish fundraising dinner in Glasgow, where he warned the party faces one of the hardest battles it had ever faced in the six months to May's general election.

But nearly three years later, one of the key architects of new Labour has announced his intention to step aside as Labour leader in the wake of the party's general election defeat which was dominated by bigotgate and the Leaders» debates.

I sincerely believe that if he did this he would soon learn what ordinary voters think of him as a Labour leader and future Prime Minister.

After taking office as Labour leader in December 2011, Lamont urged First Minister Salmond to set a date for the referendum, arguing in her leadership acceptance speech that uncertainty over the referendum's timeline was having a negative impact on Scotland.

[60] Attending her first session of First Minister's Questions as Labour leader on 22 December 2011, she addressed the issue of child neglect following the conviction of a Glasgow woman for the murder of her son and asking what lessons could be learned from the case.

I actually do think including the whole of Queens Park (including the Brent part of Queens Park) and losing Bayswater will make the successor to Westminster North a safe Labour seat that could be held even with Jeremy Corbyn as Labour Leader.

The proposals are being opposed by each of the four MPs bidding to replace Ed Miliband as Labour leader.

If, say, Alan Johnson had assumed the Labour leadership at a similar juncture in the last parliament as Howard took on the Tory leadership in the 2001 parliament, and Johnson had led Labour to a more respectable performance in the general election than, unfortunately, came to pass, then Johnson would have been able to stay on as Labour leader through an extended contest.

Lamont's resignation as Labour leader was reported by media outlets on the evening of 24 October 2014, following the publication of an interview with the Daily Record in which she announced her intention to step down with immediate effect.

Gordon Brown announces his intention to step down as Labour leader by the autumn as the prime minister also reveals his party could start formal coalition talks with the Liberal Democrats.

John McDonnell has defended «considerate and caring» Jeremy Corbyn, as the Labour leader's frontbench reshuffle threatens a break - down in the party.

In the first prime minister's questions in the House of Commons since last week's EU referendum, David Cameron says that although might be in the Conservative party's interest for Jeremy Corbyn to stay on as Labour leader, it is not in the national interest

But although the party has avoided the psychodramas and splits some had predicted after his election, Mr Miliband has had a far from easy ride as Labour leader.

Angela Eagle has formally launched her bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader, describing herself as «a strong Labour woman» who could heal divisions in the party and lead it to election victory.

Mr Corbyn insisted he would continue as Labour leader: «I'm carrying on.

Former governor of Edo State and ex-President of the Nigeria Labour Congress, NLC, Comrade Adams Oshiomhole, has revealed that his greatest challenge as a Labour leader was trying to curtail the excesses of former President Olusegun Obasanjo.

Ms Eagle was a supporter of the renewal of the Trident nuclear weapons system and her moving from frothe Defence was widely interpreted as the Labour leader removing someone who does not share his views on nuclear disarmament.

In a letter to Jeremy Corbyn, he said: «I have always seen your election as Labour Leader as a catalyst for the Labour Party to have a wide debate about its future and policy positions.

He has a major to role to play, either as Labour leader or his brother's lieutenant - in - chief.

Angela Eagle has announced that she will launch her bid to oust Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader on Monday.

As for Ed, whom the New Statesman endorsed as Labour leader last week, he can feel justly frustrated that senior figures in the party have failed to engage with his sophisticated and well - meant critique of New Labour.

The extraordinary developments come as the Labour leader's spokesman denied claims made to this newspaper that an emotional Corbyn, 67, had had a «Wednesday wobble» over his position after prime minister's questions last week, and that a senior aide had drawn up a five - point extraction plan for the beleaguered leader.

On the day before his second anniversary as Labour leader, Kinnock delivered his celebrated assault on Labour's Militant Tendency (`... the grotesque spectacle of a Labour council — a LABOUR council — hiring taxis to scuttle round a city handing out redundancy notices to its own workers...»).

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Polls like this can only either be hypothetical, so we'll never know what will really happen until Blair is replaced, but what would give us the best idea is a normal voting intention question prompting with party leader names, and then another voting intention question but with Gordon Brown as the Labour leader (and then possibly, just to put the cat among the pigeons, some with Alan Johnson, John Reid, Hilary Benn, etc, etc...)

She argued that Mandelson «knew perfectly well how useless Brown was», so, by sustaining him as Labour leader, he had fatally undermined the party's general election chances.

JEREMY Corbyn's future as Labour leader hangs in the balance today as the Party's ruling body met to decide whether he will be allowed to fight on.

September 24 - Jeremy Corbyn is re-elected as Labour leader, securing 313,209 votes (61.8 %)- more than 60,000 higher than the 251,417 (59.5 %) he secured in 2015.

«For those people, families and communities who need a Labour government to protect and promote their interests, now is the time for Gordon Brown to stand down as Labour leader and prime minister.»

She ruled herself out of the running to replace Mr Brown when he announced he planned to quit as Labour leader.

The hypothetical figures with Brown as Labour leader are CON 39 % LAB 37 % LDEM 17 %.

With Blair as Labour leader the Conservatives lead 45 % to 36 %, with Brown as Labour leader this narrows to 44 % to 38 %.

The race row comes as Labour leader Mr Corbyn continues to be dogged by claims that he is failing to stamp out anti-Semitism in the party.

More than half of voters expect Jeremy Corbyn to survive as Labour leader, despite dire personal ratings

But when Mr Kinnock's replacement John Smith died suddenly in 1994 it was Mr Blair who replaced him as Labour leader.

The ICM poll for the Guardian also included a voting intention question with Brown as Labour leader, which showed the now normal pattern of the Conservatives doing better against Labour with Brown instead of Blair.

Prime Minister Gordon Brown has announced his intention to stand down as Labour leader, as the party begins formal talks with the Liberal Democrats about the possibility of forming a government.

Predictions that Jeremy Corbyn would be ousted as Labour leader began almost the moment he secured a landslide with 60 per cent of the vote.

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He resigned from the shadow cabinet in September 2015, after the election of Corbyn as Labour leader, because of what he called «substantial policy differences» (one of the great understatements of modern politics).

Only 35 % said Mr Corbyn should continue to lead the party as the Labour leader heads towards an expected leadership challenge.

Yvette Cooper says she would «relish» taking on Cameron in Parliament if elected as Labour Leader

Like the Sunday Telegraph poll, ICM's Guardian poll also asked a theoretical voting intention poll with Gordon Brown as Labour leader.

Labour denied reports of a heated telephone conversation between Brown and Clegg, and support among Brown's Cabinet colleagues remained strong, but one backbencher, John Mann, urged Brown to step aside as Labour leader before the party conference in September, arguing that Brown's continued leadership «rules out the credibility of a Lib / Lab pact».

Armstrong was parliamentary private secretary to John Smith during his time as Labour leader, and played a large part in his successful fight to institute One member, one vote at Labour's party conference.

This is an open letter to my constituents in Northampton to explain why, after 12 years of complete loyalty to my party, I am withdrawing support from Gordon Brown as Labour leader.