Sentences with phrase «as shadow minister»

De Piero, a former broadcast journalist, has previously served as shadow minister for women and equalities, and shadow minister for young people and voter registration.

Scott Thomas plays Janet, whose progressive ideals have powered her through a successful political career and an upcoming appointment as shadow minister for health.

And it is a rich and layered 71 minutes that Potter spends, in black and white, with a group of highly educated and highly dysfunctional people gathering for an intimate dinner party at Janet (Kristen Scott Thomas) and Bill's (Timothy Spall) London house to celebrate Janet's appointment as the shadow minister for health.

Following a period as shadow minister for transport, following the 1997 general election, she was appointed as parliamentary under secretary of state (a junior minister) in the government of Prime Minister Tony Blair, [27] with responsibility for London Transport, a post from which she resigned in 1999 before an unsuccessful attempt to be nominated as the Labour Party candidate for the election of the first Mayor of London in 2000.

Sayeeda Warsi Having fought Dewsbury in 2005, she was appointed to the shadow cabinet in July 2007 as shadow minister for community cohesion and given a peerage, making her the youngest member of the House of Lords.

As a shadow minister, he was forced to apologise to the city of Liverpool for the Spectator saying it was wallowing in the grief of murdered engineer Ken Bigley and Hillsborough.

A fascinating battle has broken out between Stephen Doughty, who quit as a shadow minister, as a Corbyn - backing backbencher.

Pat McFadden made an outstanding contribution as shadow minister in arguing the case for Britain's place in EU.

I paid for this material using my parliamentary staff allowance to help fulfil my role as a shadow minister.

Jonathan Sayeed achieved his first front - bench post in 2001, when he was appointed as shadow minister for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Completing the reshuffle, Catherine McKinnell joins the Treasury team replacing Owen Smith, and in another welcome development, Lisa Nandy replaces her as shadow minister for children & young people.

The Labour leader also appointed Dawn Butler as the shadow minister for black and minority ethnic communities, which means that there are five MPs in the shadow cabinet from the BAME community — the highest ever number.

Angela Eagle becomes shadow business secretary and shadow first secretary of state, Lisa Nandy as shadow energy secretary, Lucy Powell takes the education portfolio and Diane Abbott as shadow minister for international development.

MP for Hampstead and Kilburn, where 75 % voted to remain in the EU, quits as shadow minister over Corbyn three - line whip

Until her appointment as a shadow minister in October 2010, Abbott appeared alongside former Conservative politician and media personality Michael Portillo on the BBC's weekly politics digest This Week.

There is some speculation that he may serve as a shadow minister for a short period until a suitable position comes up outside Westminster, possibly in Europe or the US.

So when Ed Balls used his conference speech to signal Labour's departure from an unquestioning commitment to HS2, all eyes turned to Adonis, who as a shadow minister for infrastructure is also a shadow cabinet colleague of Mr Balls.

The appointment by the Conservative Party of Sayeeda Warsi as shadow minister for Community Cohesion sends the wrong signal at a time when Britain is fighting a global war against Islamic terrorism and extremism, both domestically and internationally.

[17] In a March 2016 speech, Corbyn advocated the decriminalisation of the sex industry «without any discussion or consultation with his shadow cabinet, with me as his shadow minister for women and equalities, with women in the PLP or, to the best of my knowledge, with anyone in the wider Labour Party».

And Jon Trickett moves into Ed's own office as shadow minister without portfolio and deputy party chair.

On 14 January 2016, Jeremy announced that he had appointed me as a shadow minister for arts and culture without my knowledge or consent while I was in the middle of cancer treatment.

In opposition she has been shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary, as well as shadow minister for work and pensions and for women and equalities.

Khan, who as shadow minister for London, will have a role in setting the process to select the next mayor, has refused to announce his own intentions until after the general election.

Smith is MP for Lancaster and Fleetwood and was recently moved to shadow minister for voter engagement and youth affairs in Corbyn's prolonged reshuffle, following a stint as shadow minister for women.

If Corbyn wins, he'll struggle to find enough MPs to serve as his shadow ministers, which isn't the position of a party on the verge of government.

One organiser said: «The plan is to make Corbyn's job as leader extremely difficult in the hope of pushing him to resign, with most MPs refusing to serve as shadow ministers, show up on the frontbench in the House of Commons, support him at PMQs or formulate policy under his leadership.»

As shadow ministers paid tribute to the «talented working - class MP», he sarcastically said Labour would soon be reaching «day three of what would be the longest reshuffle in history».

Not exact matches

He shadowed Captain Yates as he would minister to the troops and go to his services.

If we are going to make known to the public any biblical issue as ministers of God, we MUST know beyond a shadow of a doubt what we are talking about.

But, when a Christian who is in a position of authority as a minister, priest, bishop, or what have you, abuses that authority, it does cast a shadow over anyone with the label, when the issue is not the faith itself, but the position of authority and it's abuse.

I, too, left the institution after 25 years in ministry and 52 years in its shadow (as a Baptist minister's son and highly - committed Christian).

I said we would pray according to Psalm 23, as ministers often do with those about to go into the valley of the shadow of death.

The Labour party appointed Seema Malhotra as the first - ever shadow minister to tackle violence against women and girls, and the Archbishop of Canterbury vocalised his backing for Christian charity Restored, which is equipping the Church to tackle gender - based violence.

Labour shadow minister Gloria de Piero said: «No one should use deeply offensive language like this,» while Helen Grant, the government's sports and equalities minister, described the remarks as «completely unacceptable and very disappointing.»

She had served as work and pensions secretary during the final years of the New Labour government; after that she has been shadow minister for women and equalities, shadow foreign secretary and shadow home secretary.

As shadow equalities minister, you'd have thought Sarah Champion would have known that.

As quick to fire off a barbed tweet as he is with a parliamentary put down, in recent years Bryant has fallen out with both the singer James Blunt — who labelled the then shadow arts minister a «classist gimp» after Bryant suggested his music career had benefited from a wealthy background - and the boxer Tyson FurAs quick to fire off a barbed tweet as he is with a parliamentary put down, in recent years Bryant has fallen out with both the singer James Blunt — who labelled the then shadow arts minister a «classist gimp» after Bryant suggested his music career had benefited from a wealthy background - and the boxer Tyson Furas he is with a parliamentary put down, in recent years Bryant has fallen out with both the singer James Blunt — who labelled the then shadow arts minister a «classist gimp» after Bryant suggested his music career had benefited from a wealthy background - and the boxer Tyson Fury.

«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.

What is racist however is to say that «we have a problem with Pakistani men raping white girls», as Labour's Sarah Champion did before resigning as shadow equalities minister.

It's now clear what happens when a shadow Cabinet minister publicly expresses their difference of opinion with the Labour leader: They either get sacked or they get told to shut up, as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has been.

Despite only getting elected last year Sheppard has become one of the most recognisable SNP faces in SW1, his role as shadow cabinet minister giving him license to roam across the broadcast studios.

The shadow justice minister made the audacious claim: «Labour did campaign, as everyone knows, passionately, for a remain and reform agenda.»

In a September 2016 TV interview, whilst serving as shadow foreign minister, Thornberry was asked to name the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development (Jean - Marc Aminister, Thornberry was asked to name the French Minister of Foreign Affairs and International Development (Jean - Marc AMinister of Foreign Affairs and International Development (Jean - Marc Ayrault).

Following Ed Miliband's election as leader, she returned to her role as Deputy Leader, shadowing Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister and with the title of Deputy Leader of the Opposition.

One Labour shadow minister described him as «damaged goods».

Sadiq Khan, who managed Miliband's successful leadership campaign, was appointed Shadow Justice Secretary and Shadow Lord Chancellor, and continuing Deputy Leader Harriet Harman continued to shadow Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, as well as being made Shadow International Development Secretary.

As a senior shadow cabinet minister put it to me, we have show that Britain is still capable of (and needs!)

He appointed me as a shadow culture minister without my knowledge or consent while I was in the middle of cancer treatment, only to sack me shortly afterwards.

As shadow Environment minister, Gardiner criticised the lack of prosecutions of leading players ten months after David Cameron promised that everything possible would be done to deal with crime relating to the horse meat scandal.

In September 2015, the newly elected Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn appointed Turley as shadow civil society minister in his first shadow cabinet.