Sentences with phrase «as acting leader»

Former Scottish Labour Leader Iain Gray took over as acting leader, as deputy leader Kezia Dugdale handed in her resignation as deputy leader in order to stand in the race to replace Murphy.

The party's deputy leader Harriet Harman, who has said she will not stand again, is to serve as acting leader until contests for the two top spots take place later this summer.

Harriet Harman has been named as acting leader of the Labour Party within minutes of Gordon Brown standing down as prime minister.

The number of MPs voting for him last year have risen from six to 10 (16 if you add non-voting members, peers and Harrriet Harman who abstained as acting Leader), those who voted for his brother are down from eleven to ten (plus non-voting Kendall).

Mr Farage recommended the party place Ukip deputy chairman Suzanne Evans as acting leader, who he claimed had been an «absolute tower of strength» for the party during the election campaign.

However there would have been a problem if she had appointed as acting leader and then decided to run as deputy to one of the candidates leaving in due course the position.

[21] Rep. Roy Blunt of Missouri took over as acting leader.

Any one of the aspiring leaders, or indeed Harriet Harman as acting leader, could have pressed for the referendum to include a further, better, option, perhaps that of STV; but none of them was prepared to do so, not least because going to the Parliamentary Labour party offering a system that would really end safe seats would reduce MP support in the leadership election itself.

Commissioned by Harriet Harman in her second stint as acting leader, with Margaret Beckett - the only MP to have served in every Labour government since Wilson's in the 1970s — leading the drafting team, this report is steeped in the mores and perspectives of Labour's old guard.

[44] Her deputy, Alex Rowley, took over as acting leader until 15 November, when he was suspended from Scottish Labour's parliamentary party while a probe into his conduct took place.

[45] Jackie Baillie took over as acting leader until the conclusion of the leadership election.

Yesterday I wrote to Harriet Harman to urge her to use her position as Acting Leader in association with the party's national officers to secure a reduction of the qualifying threshold for candidates to be allowed onto the ballot paper.

In 1976, when Thorpe was forced to resign because of a scandal, Grimond stepped in as acting leader until the election of a replacement, David Steel.

By the very nature of the political leaders considered all are men, with the exception of Thatcher, and briefly for Labour, Harriet Harman, as acting leader.

Deputy Leader Harriet Harman took over as Acting Leader and became Leader of the Opposition.

She has served in various Cabinet and Shadow Cabinet positions and, in her role as Deputy Leader of the Labour Party, she has served as the Acting Leader of the Labour Party twice and Leader of the Opposition: from May to September 2010 and from May to September 2015; and remains the only politician to have held this position on two separate occasions.

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You wish a leader would give the change meaning and purpose, to make you feel that you weren't acting alone but as part of a community.

Too many CEOs and leaders hold tight to their early days as task - oriented solo acts, without realizing that they are now the conductor for an orchestra.

While Republican leaders argued it would, every major independent analysis of the bill, known as the Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, showed that it would grow the federal debt over the next 10 years even when accounting for that increased growth.

Act and speak like a leader if you want others to perceive you as one.

Republican leaders have set Friday as the goal for working out changes to Senate legislation that would repeal extensive parts of the 2010 Affordable Care Act, the law dubbed Obamacare that expanded health insurance coverage to 20 million people.

It is her responsibility, not as a daughter, but as a business leader, to always act in the interest of all the constituencies that make a company great.

As for the acting nominees, Avello tells the newspaper that Larson and DiCaprio are the runaway leaders, along with Stallone and Vikander, though there could be «possible upsets» in the supporting acting fields from Bridge of Spies «Mark Rylance and Steve Jobs «Kate Winslet.

«These fighters will have a positive impact on Taiwan's self - defense and would act as a necessary deterrent to China's aggressive military posture across the Asia - Pacific region,» Senators John Cornyn, the assistant majority leader, and James Inhofe, a senior member of the Armed Services Committee, said in a letter to President Donald Trump.

Finally, modern leaders often act detached as a crisis unfolds.

Speaking at Saturday's OZY Fest, an annual festival coordinated by OZY Media featuring entrepreneurs, thought leaders, and politicians, Gladwell pushed reframing the problem as the first thing politicians — and businesses — must do before acting.

Under pressure to resign as leader of a country ravaged by earthquake, tsunami and nuclear meltdown, Naoto Kan's last act in August 2011 was to transform Japan's energy policy.

Where is it written that leaders should act as if they were injected with enough steroids to turbocharge a racehorse?

While Schnatter has discussed his uniquely homespun hiring process before as well as his employee management strategy, this latest act should serve as a heartrending example of how great leaders, with a little empathy, can transform their companies into communities.

The indictment says Manafort and Gates received the money by acting as unregistered agents of the pro-Russia government of Ukraine and its political parties and leaders.

While Cook is publicly quieter and calmer and reports have said that he acts similarly in - house, never before has an Apple executive been as candid about their leaders» differences than Cue.

The ratings on ACT reflect Standard & Poor's view of the company's position as a leader in the fragmented and competitive convenience store (c - store) industry in North America, as well as in the more concentrated Scandinavian market; its solid profitability and cash flow; and its intermediate financial risk profile.

Typically, when a firm wins an engagement, it spends several months defining the candidate criteria, quietly reaching out to leaders worldwide, compiling a short list, interviewing and investigating candidates, then acting as a hush - hush go - between for the client and the top prospects.

«Many smaller businesses might be on the cusp of being defined as a large employer — namely those having 50 full - time equivalents — and thus being under this law,» says Christine Pollack, vice president of government affairs for the Retail Industry Leaders Association in Arlington, Va., and a spokesperson for an industry coalition called Employers for Flexibility in Health Care (E-FLEX), which was formed two years ago to fight for changes to the Affordable Care Act.

As the leader, part of your role is to act as a meeting moderatoAs the leader, part of your role is to act as a meeting moderatoas a meeting moderator.

Senate Republican leaders on Thursday unveiled a reworked version of their health care bill, following party infighting that threatened to torpedo their effort to replace the Affordable Care Act, also known as Obamacare.

Despite opposition from some Republicans, Senate Majority Leader Mitch McConnell said this week there will be a vote to repeal Obamacare, also known as the Affordable Care Act, on Tuesday.

He'll also have a tricky balancing act to pull off as a federalist leader with a lot of former Bloc supporters.

As the overall sentiment of the cryptocurrency ecosystem is centered on inclusion and decentralization, the humanitarian efforts of those who act as leaders and participants reflect a desire within the ecosystem to make the world a better placAs the overall sentiment of the cryptocurrency ecosystem is centered on inclusion and decentralization, the humanitarian efforts of those who act as leaders and participants reflect a desire within the ecosystem to make the world a better placas leaders and participants reflect a desire within the ecosystem to make the world a better place.

Ms. Powell Jobs has become a leader in pushing for decade - old legislation known as the Dream Act, a measure that would provide legal status for immigrants who arrived in the country as young children.

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We will also continue to serve as thought leaders in the space in order to ensure, to the best of our ability, that the JOBS Act is implemented in the best matter for both entrepreneurs and investors.

On Tuesday, moments after finding out about the layoffs and leadership upheaval at the Downtown Project in Las Vegas, I asked Tony Hsieh by phone why he stepped down as leader of the utopian startup city he had founded, and why he had continued act as head of the ambitious experiment in the desert despite having already handed over the reins to his lawyer and a team of executives.

Located in the heart of the MaRS Centre, the suite acts as a bridge between corporate leaders and entrepreneurs.

In fact, the traditional business model of a team, where the leader was the «rain - maker» and the other members acted as buyer agents, will no longer be possible in this new regime.

One of Mr. Jean's first acts as leader was to dismiss Calgary - South East candidate Bill Jarvis, whose comments about «brown people» embarrassed the party on the night of its leadership announcement.

The Edmonton Journal's Sheila Pratt has wrote about a recent chat with the Alberta Party's Acting - Leader Sue Huff, as did Angela Brunschot in SEE Magazine.

Wildrose Party leader Brian Jean announced that if his party forms government on May 5, he would introduce an Accountability Act as the new government's first bill in the Legislative Assembly.

If your salespeople can act as thought leaders in the industry, prospects will be able to trust their advice.