Sentences with phrase «as shadow defence secretary»

That was just two days after he was appointed to Jeremy Corbyn's top team as shadow defence secretary.

Pro-Trident Maria Eagle has been sacked from her job as shadow defence secretary by Jeremy Corbyn.

A place in a future leadership election would have been secured for a candidate on the left, such as the shadow defence secretary, Clive Lewis.

He moved Maria Eagle, who supports Trident, from her role as shadow defence secretary to shadow culture secretary in his January reshuffle, installing Thornberry instead.

Some more detail is coming out in in terms of the rationale for Emily Thornberry going in as shadow defence secretary.

Despite Powell's sacking as shadow defence secretary within a day of making the infamous speech, the public mood was rather different.

Jim Murphy has been demoted to the shadow international affairs breif and replaced as shadow defence secretary by Vernon Coaker

A left wing MP who only entered Parliament last May is being tipped to succeed Maria Eagle as shadow defence secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's «revenge reshuffle», which is expected in the next few days.

Huffington Post revealed last week that McBride is to make a dramatic return to politics as shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry's media adviser.

Eagle is also believed to be highly vulnerable as shadow defence secretary, with her pro-Trident stance leading to calls for her to be removed.

But it was then put to him that his view was not the same as his shadow defence secretary, Nia Griffith's.

Jim Murphy has been demoted to the shadow international affairs brief and replaced as shadow defence secretary by Vernon Coaker

Not exact matches

«Just as many RAF personnel will be thinking about returning home having performed heroics in Libya, ministers are drawing up their P45s,» shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said.

Emily Thornberry says «bollocks» after David Cameron describes her as «a shadow Defence Secretary who doesn't believe in defence&Defence Secretary who doesn't believe in defence&defence».

Mr Cameron opted to keep leadership rival David Davis in his current post as shadow home secretary, with another former candidate, Liam Fox, moved to defence, and Mr Hague made shadow foreign secretary.

Corbyn has repeatedly and correctly condemned Russia's involvement in Syria and its actions in Aleppo, as have shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith.

Former Labour defence spokesperson and shadow development secretary Jim Murphy described their claims as «desperate».

Labour's shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy told MPs he was deeply concerned that service personnel returning from Afghanistan would find themselves welcomed as heroes by the public - but sacked by the government.

Liam Fox, shadow secretary of state for defence, reaffirmed his commitment to mental health as a welfare priority and announced a post-traumatic stress treatment programme and a mental health screening for all service leavers.

The shadow defence secretary antagonised a number of MPs and peers with the suggestion that Trident could one day become as obsolete as the World War II Spitfire.

Clive Lewis, 45, who was shadow defence minister, took on a new role as shadow business secretary following tensions with Corbyn's office over Trident.

I mention Clive Lewis, the new shadow defence secretary, who has been tipped as a Corbyn replacement.

Former Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Clive Lewis has taken on a new role within the shadow cabinet as Shadow Business Secretary.

The shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle, led the charge as she described Corbyn's comments as unhelpful — prompting a rebuke in turn from Diane Abbott, the shadow international development secretary.

As widely tipped, the shadow defence secretary job at Labour has been offered to Emily Thornberry, according to the Telegraph's Christopher Hope.

Emily Thornberry becomes the new shadow defence secretary, as widely tipped, taking over the post from Maria Eagle.

Unsourced briefings to several newspapers over Christmas, attributed to people in Corbyn's camp, claimed that members of the shadow cabinet — including Dugher, as well as the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, and the shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle — could be removed as revenge for siding with the government over the question of whether to extend airstrikes against Isis to Syria.

Mr Murphy was shadow secretary of sate for defence, previously serving as secretary of state for Scotland.

Jim Murphy, the shadow defence secretary - described as «thoughtful» by Benedict Brogan in the Telegraph this week - is not just that.

Of the junior posts, those promoted include Nicholas Soames as defence secretary, John Bercow as shadow international development secretary and Alan Duncan as shadow constitutional affairs secretary.