Sentences with phrase «as party leader made»

John, I like your explanation of Jim Prentice's departure but I think Jerrymacgp is right, resigning as party leader made perfect sense.

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Perversely, this perceived insincerity has hurt the anti-Brexit camp more than it has Boris Johnson, the Tory ex-Mayor of London, who has shamelessly changed his tune on the E.U. to make Brexit the instrument by which he can oust Cameron as party leader and take over as Prime Minister.

Karnataka Assembly Elections 2018: PM Modi will address a rally in Santhemarahalli town of Chamarajanagar district, where the party has never been very strong, as local leaders believe the BJP has the opportunity to make gains in the region.

Canada's recent election of Liberal Party leader Justin Trudeau as prime minister has also made U.S. rejection of the permit more palatable.

At the same time the Liberal Party, and Liberal leader Stéphane Dion, have made environmentalism a major component of their election platform through a policy initiative known as the Green Shift — an initiative that was the source of considerable discussion and debate in the lead - up to the election.

As founder and once - leader of the populist, right - wing UK Independence Party (UKIP), Nigel Farage has already made a lasting impact on the United Kingdom.

If forced to make prognostications, the two of us would predict a Party Congress that does not break any major taboos (e.g. scrapping tacit age or term limits for Politburo Standing Committee members), but one that also portrays Xi as powerful and thoroughly in command of the Party (e.g. following previous leaders in having his wisdom included in the Party's constitution).

Nevertheless, as a potential voter, I would prefer to think that the leaders of whichever party I favor have done everything they can to nominate a quality candidate before I have to make a choice.

It's a real shame because even if he was not to make it as party leader, his presence would really shake up the debate and make the others think, if not answer things they may otherwise not be so comfortable in adderessing.

Writing for Politics.co.uk Labour MP Sharon Hodgson said the next leader of the party should be a woman and Cooper's experience as a mother made her the right choice.

Hon Nii Lante Vanderpuye who is known as a grassroot man and the longest serving Assembly Member in the Accra Metropolitan Assembly used the occasion to engage opinion leaders from the various ethnic groups in the Old Fadama and Kokomba Yam Market community and members of the National Democratic Congress in his constituency to share ideas on how to mobilize people and make the Party more appealing to the constituents.

The former defence secretary, now viewed as a standard - bearer for right - wing Tories within the parliamentary party, will use a speech to business leaders in Birmingham to make the case for a change of tack, the Guardian reports.

Is determined to push Republican Majority Leader Dean Skelos right of center, in order to make the Republican Party as irrelevant as the Conservative Party; or at the very least unable to support Cuomo's Progressive legislation agenda.

But as is becoming normal the party leader Vince Cable failed to make much of an impact, while businesswoman and transparency campaigner Gina Miller committed news.

Mr. Cuomo is the Democrat many party leaders prefer as their gubernatorial candidate next year, believing he would stand a better chance of winning should Rudolph W. Giuliani, the former New York City mayor, decide to make a run for the office.

Following former leader Johann Lamont's complaint that Scottish Labour was treated as a «branch office» by the UK party, Murphy vowed to make Scottish Labour «more Scottish», argued with the UK party over policy, and went as far to say he «isn't a unionist» two weeks ago.

In building up his own Momentum organisation and trying to amend the constitutional rules of the Labour party to favour the Left, Corbyn has sought to «make the weather» as leader rather than accepting the structural context he inherited.

ALP leader Bill Shorten says a Senate byelection campaign is so unusual that all parties are «making it up as you go along».

Chuka Umunna is among the big name Labour MPs who have left Brighton before Jeremy Corbyn makes his first conference speech as party leader.

The National Policy Forum (NPF) of the British Labour Party is part of the policy - making system of the Party, set up by Leader Tony Blair as part of the Partnership in Power process.

Left to his own devices, as he makes clear in his diary entry for 12 October 1980, he would have stood for the leadership in October that year when Callaghan resigned in a deliberate attempt to pre-empt the decision of Labour's party conference to have the wider franchise for electing the Leader that all major parties now take for granted.

But the speculation has been Cuomo formed the Women's Equality Party in part to challenge the supremacy of the WFP as the left - leaning third party ballot line in the state, or at the very least to make party leaders nervous heading in to ElectionParty in part to challenge the supremacy of the WFP as the left - leaning third party ballot line in the state, or at the very least to make party leaders nervous heading in to Electionparty ballot line in the state, or at the very least to make party leaders nervous heading in to Electionparty leaders nervous heading in to Election Day.

Founder and Leader of the newly - formed All People's Congress (APC), Hassan Ayariga, wants the public to regard his party as a formidable one that has entered into the Ghanaian political landscape to make a difference.

As Capital NY reported this morning, Cuomo has made progress re-establishing his ties with the leaders of several of the unions that are key members of the Working Families Party, but it looks like many of the rank - and - file, with whom the endorsement decision ultimately rests, are less pragmatic and harder to convince.

And if the commitment isn't made, then we're stuck at the end of your second paragraph: Brown resigns as Prime Minister, and probably as leader of the Labour Party, too, and there's no Prime Minister or PM - designate at all — which is the outcome all of this constitutional stuff is supposed to avoid.

As DiNapoli seeks his first full term this fall — the former Democratic assemblyman was picked for the post in 2007 — his party's leaders have made divestment a political issue.

Yet the president does not completely understand his role as a principal, Republicans say, and his political operation does not have enough sway with him to make him fully grasp that he is the leader of the Republican Party.

To be Conservative leader you must make it through a particular bottleneck, as two potential leaders must emerge from the votes of the Conservative MPs for a run - off with the rest of the party.

«That's when I lost faith in her as a woman and a leader, and I need a lot more evidence that she is going to support the people in the party who do want to make a change,» she said.

The former Liberal Democrat leader Sir Menzies Campbell, the MP for North East Fife, who made a similar recommendation for a new Scottish conference in 2012, said it would be «a remarkable opportunity for Scotland as a whole — not just the political parties — to create a relationship with the rest of the UK which to all intents and purposes would be federal».

Launching their manifesto this morning, UKIP leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch has announced that not only is his party making a conscious decision not to stand in a handful of seats held by what he defined as «committed eurosceptics» in the last Parliament, but that UKIP will «actively campaign» for them.

«There is no constitutional provision for this kind of sideshow,» said Lloyd, pointing to the fact that the leader of the party is elected by an electoral college made up of rank - and - file members as well as MPs and unions.

It will act as a jolt and a wake - up call for the party and will tell the country we are back in business with a new leader who can make it happen.

Cruddas's criticisms certainly made more headlines than any pro-Miliband messages at the weekend, while Peter Mandelson's recent description of Miliband as «the leader we have, therefore the leader I support, and somebody who I believe is capable of leading the party to victory» was equivocal, tempting us to read between the lines on the «leader we have» part.

Kolb said he's helped raise $ 18 million for the Republican Assembly Campaign Committee during his eight years as minority leader, and would make his case directly to party committee members around the state.

The undeclared race to succeed Paddy Ashdown as Liberal Democrat leader erupted into open warfare yesterday when the man in charge of party discipline was accused of breaking the rules and making a fool of himself.

However, they have advocated a «maximalist» outcome, as consistent with the Vow made by party leaders in advance of the referendum.

Pushing the line that the PM's referendum plans are for the benefit of the Tory party rather than in the national interest, which Labour strategists clearly see as their strongest retort (read: EUreka), the Labour leader insisted that, four hours after the big speech that was six months in the making, Cameron still «can't answer the most basic question of all.»

It urges Corbynites: «Make your voice heard against the Blairites and keep Jeremy as rightful leader of the Labour party... People don't want him to resign despite how they voted in the referendum.»

«You will continue to have my personal support as leader of the Conservative party as you continue to ensure that our party evolves to meet the challenges we face in Britain today and ensure that the party is relevant and responsive to all communities that make up today's Britain.»

As Lamb acknowledges, Britain's third party insists its conference is «sovereign» in making party policy - raising the prospect of Nick Clegg defending a policy in his role as deputy prime minister but condemning it as the leader of his partAs Lamb acknowledges, Britain's third party insists its conference is «sovereign» in making party policy - raising the prospect of Nick Clegg defending a policy in his role as deputy prime minister but condemning it as the leader of his partas deputy prime minister but condemning it as the leader of his partas the leader of his party.

He suggested that the NDC leadership should prioritise the establishment and operationalisation of a training school and programme for elected party officers at all levels to ensure that the next generation of party executives and leaders are people of integrity and are able and willing to defend these ideals of social democracy so as to make the NDC more competitive in future elections.

The Greens should be included in TV debates to make it 5,» he tweeted last night, adding «Dear @BBCScotland & @WeAreSTV it's great you're organising Scottish party leaders election debates but why not invite Scottish Greens as well,» this morning.

When Corbyn became leader he had no choice but to make the best of the lack of support in the parliamentary party by portraying the internal opposition to him as a grown up way of conducting politics.

This is as the leaders suggested that the presidential ticket of the party for 2019 general election should be made open to all party members.

The leader of the opposition, who is enduring a torrid January, must make as much of this misery as he can to keep the grumblers in the media and his party off his back.

The very exciting day ended with a party which saw Senator Babafemi Ojudu and his entourage made up of political leaders, former political office holders, businessmen and women as well as colleagues and staff from the Presidency taking to the dance floor.

Her comments come as Corbyn has said that policy will be made by Labour members and not the leader, shadow cabinet, or parliamentary party.

As Tory activists gathered in Bournemouth for what Iain Duncan Smith regards as his make - or - break conference as leader, his newly appointed chairwoman, Theresa May, set the tone with a remarkable de nunciation of the party's past sins - still «unrepentant, just plain unattractive»As Tory activists gathered in Bournemouth for what Iain Duncan Smith regards as his make - or - break conference as leader, his newly appointed chairwoman, Theresa May, set the tone with a remarkable de nunciation of the party's past sins - still «unrepentant, just plain unattractive»as his make - or - break conference as leader, his newly appointed chairwoman, Theresa May, set the tone with a remarkable de nunciation of the party's past sins - still «unrepentant, just plain unattractive»as leader, his newly appointed chairwoman, Theresa May, set the tone with a remarkable de nunciation of the party's past sins - still «unrepentant, just plain unattractive».

In his letter to the former labour leader, Tinubu said the way Oshiomhole, who clocked 65 on Tuesday, segued from trade unionism to party politics was indeed a unique one, which he said was made more notable by his emergence as a governor.