Sentences with phrase «as a backbencher in»

Mr Varoufakis said that he will remain as a backbencher in the Greek parliament, where he has «a lot more room to manoeuvre and speak the truth».

Having spent more time with his family, Fowler then returned twice to front line politics, first as Chairman of the Conservative Party (as a backbencher in Parliament) from 1992 - 4, during which time he oversaw the Boundary Changes in the early 1990s; then on the Conservative front bench as Shadow Secretary of State for Environment, Transport and the Regions, 1997 - 8 and finally, as Shadow Home Secretary, 1998 - 9.

Not exact matches

With a mother who worked as a secretary to William Hodgson, a Conservative backbencher in Ontario, Clement had early experience with campaigning.

In a more perfect House of Commons, such a backbencher — and this is not to single Mr. Toet out, only to use him as a convenient example — would be in the House during Question Period to do two things: represent his constituents and hold the government to accounIn a more perfect House of Commons, such a backbencher — and this is not to single Mr. Toet out, only to use him as a convenient example — would be in the House during Question Period to do two things: represent his constituents and hold the government to accounin the House during Question Period to do two things: represent his constituents and hold the government to account.

Chinese tinned peaches served in hospitals and other institutions in Australia could contain up to twice the allowable levels of lead, according to test results released by a Coalition backbencher, Sharman Stone, as she fights to save Australia's last fruit major processor, SPC Ardmona.

After appointing Mullin to junior office again in 2003 the Prime Minister discovered that as a backbencher he had voted against the Iraq War.

A key point in the drama comes when the camera lingers on Cameron's expression as he tells Tory backbenchers that Labour may have just offered the Lib Dems electoral reform without a referendum.

Perhaps the title is somewhat misleading as Morrison was an early starter with his political career, being a minister in 1929 when Clement Attlee was still a backbencher.

Mr. Speaker, in my debut appearance in this august House, my backbencher friends across the aisle traded Bible quotations with me, as I invoked the miracle of Jesus feeding the 5,000 with five loaves of bread and three fish (Mathew 13), they responded with Philipines 4:19 «And my God will meet all your needs according to the riches of His glory in Christ Jesus.»

Boris Johnson could be in a position to return to parliament as early as next year in preparation for a leadership bid, Tory backbencher Nadine Dorries has said.

The government is struggling to craft a motion that satisfies Liberal Democrat MPs — who in many cases owe their seats to anti-Iraq-war defections from Labour in 2005 — as well as little England Tory backbenchers who, nudged by Ukip's anti-intervention stance yesterday, fear that Nigel Farage speaks for their voters better than Cameron does.

As the next general election nears disgruntled backbenchers will do more and more to get their way on specific issues, skewing the terms of engagement more and more in their favour.

The new government's majority is also smaller than the outgoing coalition's and the party's leaders will face a growing challenge from rebellious backbenchers, just as John Major, elected in similar circumstances, did after 1992.

The tax allowance also appeared in last week's «alternative Queen's Speech», a collection of dozens of firmly right - wing bills put forward by a small group of Conservative backbenchers as an attempt to drag the government towards a more classically Tory position.

Speaking on the first day of his party conference in Manchester, the prime minister pledged to «fire up the engine of the economy» as he pushed a new homes policy — but thwarted the desires of his backbenchers for a referendum on whether Britain should stay in the EU.

The Prime Minister is also the only one of the three main party leaders committed to giving the British people an in - out referendum on membership of a reformed EU, a Downing Street spokesman has said, as backbenchers urged David Cameron to adopt new veto powers.

But there are signs that some in the Conservative whips» office are not going to put the heaviest squeeze on as many as 100 Tory backbenchers who currently oppose the plan.

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Instead we had what Tory backbencher Peter Bone pointedly referred to as our «stand - in prime minister».

Many Tory backbenchers have contemplated a third possibility, in which the Lib Dems drop down to a «confidence and supply» arrangement in which they allow the Conservatives to remain in power as a minority government for the 12 months before May 2015.

Mr Cameron voted in favour of the invasion in 2003 as a Conservative backbencher and he said all those who backed the military action should «take our fair share of responsibility».

David Cameron has vowed to «stay in touch» with voters as he and George Osborne were condemned by a Tory backbencher for being «arrogant posh boys» who do not know the price of milk.

How on earth could she tell the prime minister that «I propose that the government does not support this amendment because it would be incompatible with the ECHR and counter-productive» and then, as the home secretary responsible for enforcing law and order in Britain, simply sit there, just scared of her own backbenchers, and fail to vote?

Corbyn himself has sometimes flirted with this approach in the past, and some Labour backbenchers accuse their leader of being lukewarm on Europe, but Miliband insists: «Jeremy is as passionate about this as I am.

If the voting age is to be lowered, it should come about as a result of general acceptance in society, a campaign from backbenchers in Parliament, and / or being prominently placed in the manifesto of a winning party - all of which would follow a period of serious consideration of the issue.

A quarter of all knighthoods in the New Year honours list have gone to politicians, including the Tory kingmaker Graham Brady, who has Theresa May's political future in his hands as chair of the 1922 Committee of backbenchers, and former Liberal Democrat leader Nick Clegg.

But as prime minister, he can no longer afford to make deals with his backbenchers at the expense of making decisions in the national interest.»

A Conservative backbencher suggesting a pact with UKIP said Nigel Farage has got «a lot of talent» when asked if the smaller party leader could serve as a minister in a Tory government.

As yesterday's session highlighted, the main concerns voiced over the issue were the role that churches would be expected to play in facilitating ceremonies, alongside the timing of the proposals; not top of the agenda according to many Tory backbenchers.

We don't start off as Donna and end up as Leo McGarry in this place, and no number of quickies with random backbenchers is going to change this.

However, most Labour MPs see the PM's speech today as a way of pleasing his own backbenchers, as opposed to acting in the country's best interest.

As one of the few major policies of today's Budget that had not been leaked, Labour backbenchers cheered the announcement as the Conservatives were heard to gasp in surprisAs one of the few major policies of today's Budget that had not been leaked, Labour backbenchers cheered the announcement as the Conservatives were heard to gasp in surprisas the Conservatives were heard to gasp in surprise.

Michael Gove's reputation appears to have disappeared down the pan, after a chat with a Labour backbencher meant he got stuck in the toilet on his first day as chief whip.

Before members get too excited I want to get a lot more backbenchers in,» Bercow says, as MPs laugh.

So something that required me to be in London longer than I needed to be as a backbencher, it's not something I would jump at.

The rebel Conservative backbencher Phillip Davies has made a name for himself as a leading member of the Tory awkward squad with a particular interest in crime and justice issues.

In doing so, Cameron will appeal to both the traditional wing of his parliamentary party and the country at large, although some are bound to interpret this approach as a lurch to the right, or more red meat for the PM's unruly backbenchers.

The plans, which are likely to result in detailed proposals to ban drink sales below either 40p or 50p a unit, will likely be criticised by libertarians and Tory backbenchers as symptomatic of the «nanny - statism» Mr Cameron criticised in opposition.

In keeping with the Tory backbencher's own good breeding, his advice was that his party «should be enormously polite about UKIP» and that it should try to understand their virtues as well as their vices.

Many Tory backbenchers are reassured by the presence of a man obsessed with their pet issues, such as immigration and welfare, and are willing to accept his demands for discipline in the parliamentary party.

Claim: The Telegraph says that the Labour backbencher made claims for a bath mat, gardening equipment and more than # 7,000 for property repairs at his home in Birmingham, labelling them as office costs.

Cameron's no choice but to campaign against AV: his backbenchers won't have it any other way and - as his climbdown on the»22 elections demonstrated - he's not in a position to gainsay them on fundamentals.

Some of Corbyn's close allies in the parliamentary party regard the ferocity of the backlash against Livingstone by prominent backbenchers, such as Wes Streeting, and former ministers, including Andy Burnham, as a «witch hunt», aimed at undermining the leader in the run up to the local elections.

As a backbencher, he'd be a pain in the a ***, a voice for the left.

For me, the most fascinating and shameful details are contained in the paper's A-to-Z list of items claimed, including two boxes of Tampax claimed by a male MP, and a quiche flan dish bought on eBay by the wife of a Labour backbencher as part of a 110 - piece dinner set.

Last week's mini-reshuffle showed that Cameron is in constant fear of his backbenchers as they move his party further to the right, but to contrast that Ed needs his own reshuffle to show that he is in command of his ship.

Any cut would most obviously affect those currently in the inner sanctum who can expect top jobs, which may surprise some of the party's backbenchers who felt the Tory leadership protected their own so - called Notting Hill set while being happy to hang out to dry old guard backbenchers such as Anthony Steen, who stood down over the expenses scandal.

The select committees had become, far more than before, the property and agent of the House of Commons as a whole, and in particular its backbenchers.

While the government's front benchers sat together in the House of Commons and the two parties acted as a bloc during PMQ, [11] the Liberal Democrat and Conservative backbenchers sat apart and each had their own whips, [11] and the two parties competed in by - elections.

His comments come after two Labour backbenchers last night openly called for Mr Prescott to resign as deputy prime minister, in an outbreak of hostilities that has been brewing ever since news broke of his affair with his diary secretary.