Sentences with phrase «as backbenchers»

Close and contentious Commons votes mean drama: lobbying, protests, MPs torn between the demands of constituents and Whips, Governments struggling with rebels - with much of this acted out beneath the blazing glare of the media searchlight, as backbenchers give interviews, Ministers are doorstepped and their Parliamentary aides resign.

His own job looks a bit shaky,» he yelled triumphantly as his backbenchers erupted into cheers.

Speaker John Bercow repeatedly intervened to keep order and remind Ms Harman that she must stick to government responsibilities as backbenchers clashed noisily over the issue ahead of the general election.

Virgin blocks rail franchise award going to FirstGroup as backbenchers rebel over Heathrow third runway

There may be a number of Lib Dem ministers who feel they will have a better chance of keeping their seats as backbenchers

There will be a tough parliamentary party meeting this week as backbenchers vent their worries.

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.

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».

, which is not entirely fair, as most anyone who follows federal politics will know Mr. Wilks as the backbencher who was very briefly concerned about one of last year's budget bills.)

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

His career has almost entirely been spent as a backbencher.

He would remain as MSP for Orkney until the 2007 election, but would serve his time out as a backbencher.

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.

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

The Bill had its Second Reading in the Commons yesterday, during which new Oldham East and Saddleworth MP Debbie Abrahams gave her maiden speech and David Miliband gave his first full speech as a backbencher since losing the Labour leadership.

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.

The Stalybridge MP announced his departure on Facebook, saying he felt it was best if he serves the Labour party as a backbencher.

Ludmer says in terms of lessons learned, «it was just too difficult for something this significant to proceed as a backbencher's proposed bill.»

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.

But as opposed to Brown, who as a federal backbencher brought a relatively blank slate to his Ontario bid, Kenney needs no introduction to the national scene.

Edmonton - East MP Peter Golding is what I would refer to as a wall - paper backbencher.

Ms. Cusanelli served as Minister of Tourism, Parks and Recreation for less than a year before an Olympic travel spending scandal led to her demotion to the backbencher.

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 account.

Although Grant, as a Red Tory, tended to support the Conservative Party, he would scarcely be enthusiastic about what that party has become today under Prime Minister Stephen Harper, who moved two years ago to shut down a backbencher's effort to reopen the issue of when human life begins.

He told The Australian Financial Review he has at least two and as many as five backbenchers willing to cross the floor.

Nationals backbencher David Littleproud and deputy leader Bridget McKenzie are among five new faces being promoted to the Federal Cabinet as part of the Prime Minister's reshuffle.

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.

One Tory backbencher described Cameron's idea as «the nanny state gone mad» but our PM is expected to urge parents to take classes to learn how to discipline their children as well as teach them good behaviour and improve their communication.

That is probably an important part of Miliband's positioning: he faced intense pressure from his backbenchers to make life as uncomfortable as possible for the coalition.

Gordon Brown's authority faces another test as Labour backbenchers square up over an amendment barring tax exiles from being party donors.

Labour backbencher Jess Phillips will take to the West End stage later this month, as Hamlet is put on trial for stabbing Polonius through the arras.

As he will be 67 at the time of the election, the backbencher said it was time for him to step down.

It may be tempting to secure senior parliamentary support for an issue, but from a campaigning perspective it is often better to build strong cross-party links among backbenchers as they are better able to table questions and put on pressure.

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.

Eurosceptic backbenchers such as Iain Duncan Smith buzzed and hissed behind him.

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.

Conversations over issues where the parties have a shared interest, like Lords reform, are suspected by Tory backbenchers of being used as a cover for discussions about longer - term prospects.

Ann Clwyd (Lab, backbencher) starts nearly crying as she speaks of nurses who fail to show care and compassion to patients.

A sprinkling of high profile MPs have joined the group, including former defence secretary Dr Liam Fox, who is increasingly seen as a figurehead for right - wing backbenchers.

She was an outstanding backbencher and a champion for humanity who should be recognised as a feminist icon.

Labour backbencher Jess Phillips will take to the West End stage later this month, as Hamlet is put...

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.

John Hayes says his appointment as parliamentary adviser to David Cameron move shows the Prime Minister «cares» about the views of his backbenchers - Huffington Post

There will be few Tory backbenchers happy at being depicted as a bunch of angry old men.

But to dismiss Miliband himself as a failure as leader, as centre - right commentators and Blairite backbenchers tend to do, is bizarre when the only metrics we have (by - elections, opinion polls, increasing numbers of party members) suggest that Labour is on the road to recovery.

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.

The Conservative leader was detonated by Labour backbenchers who, for shame, shouted «Tory» as Cameron raised former defence chiefs» «disingenuous» accusations about Gordon Brown's Iraq inquiry evidence.

Many Conservative backbenchers feel emboldened by their mass defiance against the prime minister, whose authority is thought to have been significantly weakened as a result of the rebellion.

As the shouts and jeers of Labour backbenchers seeped through the cracks, several hacks shuffled closer to the doors, only to be warned off by guards standing a short distance away.