Sentences with phrase «as opposition chief»

In September 2010 he was replaced as Opposition Chief Whip by Ed Miliband, who asked him not to stand for re-election because he wanted a «break from the past.»

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As an opposition leader and especially as Prime Minister, Harper has shown a remarkable ability to shed and replace chiefs of staff, communications directors, and other key advisorAs an opposition leader and especially as Prime Minister, Harper has shown a remarkable ability to shed and replace chiefs of staff, communications directors, and other key advisoras Prime Minister, Harper has shown a remarkable ability to shed and replace chiefs of staff, communications directors, and other key advisors.

Grand Chief Stewart Phillip, president of the UBIC, stated in a press release, «The UBCIC is opposed to the Enbridge Pipeline Project and stands with the many First Nations who are standing as a unified block in their opposition to this proposed Tar Sands pipeline.»

This opposition by the Amalekites, at that time, is given as a reason, that the men, women, infants and sucklings, sheep and oxen, camels and asses, that were born four hundred years afterward, should be put to death; and to complete the horror, Samuel hewed Agag, the chief of the Amalekites, in pieces, as you would hew a stick of wood.

He seems fixated on the Jansenists as the chief force behind opposition to the French monarchy, at times exaggerating their importance while at other times deploring their only partial resemblance to Calvinists.

Zimbabwean intelligence reports seen by Reuters suggest that former security chief Emmerson Mnangagwa, who was ousted as vice-president this month, has been mapping out a post-Mugabe vision with the military and opposition for more than a year.

Ineffectual opposition — incompetence or pretense — is as much part of the problem as the perperators in chief.

«My intervention on behalf of Chief Metuh, is not to shield him from his trial, if found wanting, but rather that as the voice of the opposition in Nigeria, he should not be cowed or silenced, without following due process.

A member, Board of Trustees, Peoples Democratic Party, Chief Ebenezer Babatope, has accused President Muhammadu Buhari of being behind the emergence of business mogul, Jimoh Ibrahim, as the candidate of the opposition party in the forthcoming Ondo State governorship election.

In the 233 - page book, Adebanjo detailed the political relationship between Obasanjo and a former Governor of the old Oyo State, the late Chief Bola Ige, which allegedly led to the «illegal» emergence of Ahmed Abdulkadir as the national chairman of the opposition Alliance for Democracy.

There will then be a meeting at which Eric Pickles, Patrick McLoughlin, the Opposition Chief Whip, and Jeremy Middleton, representing the voluntary party as chairman of the National Conservative Convention, will draw up the final shortlist for the association - no - one else will be involved in the process.

The Chief Executive Officer (CEO) of the Kufuor Foundation, a Non Governmental Organization (NGO) set up by the ex-President, John Agyeman Kufuor, has disputed claims by the New Patriotic Party (NPP) that, President John Dramani Mahama, attacked the personality of their flagbearer, when he described him as a dictator and a divisive person.Contrary to a strong case being made by the main opposition party that their flagbearer, Nana Akufo - Addo, has been insulted, Prof. Baffour Agyeman - Duah, said he did not see the comments by President Mahama, as something the NPP needed to worry about, because it is accepted in political campaigns.

The Liberal Democrat leader will be extremely reluctant to do any such deal, and may instead focus on trying to replace Labour as the chief party of opposition at the next election.

Ministers already face united opposition from the Conservative and Liberal Democrat frontbench in the Lords, as well as eminent crossbench peers including Lady Manningham - Buller, former head of MI5, and the former lord chief justice, Lord Woolf.

[7] This was the second time David Cameron had attacked her during Prime minister's questions; on his debut as Leader of the Opposition on 7 December 2005 she was singled out by Cameron when he said «That's the problem with these exchanges — the chief whip on the Labour side shouting like a child.

When Heath won the leadership, the chief whip, Whitelaw, decided that Prior should be appointed as PPS to the leader of the opposition, believing that his approachable manner would help counter Heath's air of aloof reserve, or «brusqueness amounting to rudeness», as Prior called it.

Mr. Teye Nyaunu comments followed an article authored by former Deputy Chief of Staff, Dr. Valarie Sawyerr who slammed Jerry Rawlings» criticisms of the NDC, even opposition, as needy and controlling.

The All Progressives Congress, APC has made a sudden u-turn as the party's National Chairman Chief John E. K. Odigie - Oyegun, on Tuesday congratulated, Prince Uche Secondus, the newly elected National Chairman of opposition, Peoples Democratic Party, PDP.

As Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party William Hague appointed Letwin as a member of his Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in September 200As Leader of the Opposition and Leader of the Conservative Party William Hague appointed Letwin as a member of his Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in September 200as a member of his Shadow Cabinet as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in September 200as Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury in September 2000.

Chief policy adviser to David Cameron Oliver Letwin - once referred to as the Gandalf of the leader's circle - is known to believe that opposition parties can not change public opinion other than in one or two areas if they push very hard and in a very single - minded way.

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Indeed, compared with a previous unionization effort in 2006, which encountered opposition and ended with the withdrawal of the union's petition, «Everything has gone fairly smoothly,» says Matthew O'Connor, a bioengineering postdoc and chief union organizer at the University of California (UC), Berkeley, who also serves as president of Berkeley's postdoctoral scholars association.

Why Edward Heath, when he became prime minister, kept him on as his Chief Scientific Adviser beggars belief, especially as earlier, when he was Leader of the Opposition, Heath had referred to Zuckerman as a «professor of tadpoles».

Hence, the international community watched the most recent contest on March 4th with great concern, as Odinga was again running as the chief opposition candidate, although this time he was facing off against Kibaki's former deputy prime minister, Uhuru Kenyatta, scion to one of Kenya's largest political dynasties.

It should come as no surprise that Tim Godfray, Chief Executive of the UK Booksellers Association, argued in opposition.

You'll get to experience the sheer power of Master Chief as he smacks Covenant in the face, but also boards Banshees to reign fire down on his opposition.

So Canada will once again drop off the radars, Stephen Harper will be polite and much more careful about what he says in public, a certain chief of staff named Guy will be looking for a new job, and we will probably continue with a minority government under Prime Minister Harper for another two years while Iggy sharpens his knives as Leader of the Opposition.

Earlier in November, the Lord Chief Justice, Lord Thomas of Cwmgiedd, expressed opposition by judges to «the succession of significant fee increases» which have left the judiciary «very concerned about the implications for access to justice», as reported by The Guardian.

Ms Soapbox was trolling through Hansard searching for signs of intelligent life under the Dome when she discovered (sandwiched between the Wildrose Opposition's accusation that the Premier appointed a Soviet - era communist to serve as her deputy chief of staff and the NDP MLA for Edmonton - Ellerslie admires «the worst leftist dictators») a few glimmers of wit....

Cordray appointed Leandra English, CFPB chief of staff, to the director post, but was met with opposition from President Trump, who named Mulvaney — also director of the Office of Management and Budget — as successor.