Sentences with phrase «become leader of his party»

Figures from the Electoral Commission put him as the largest private donor to Labour - although in fact there has only been one other private donor since Ed Miliband became leader of the party.

The 48 - year - old barrister is the frontrunner to become leader of the party, but not everyone is playing nicely.

Ever since I became leader of this Party in 2005, people have been asking me to tell them, not in general terms but in specific detail what a new Conservative government would do on tax and spending in a Budget in 2010.

Its most well - known member was John Alderdice, who became leader of the party ahead of the 1987 general election, contested the Belfast East parliamentary seat and received 32 % of the vote, the highest percentage ever achieved by Alliance in an individual seat in a Westminster election.

One thing I don't understand - why would anyone want to become leader of a party to be forced to hold a snap election which they would lose all to become the shortest serving PM ever?!

I informed David that, in the event of him becoming Leader of the Party, I would be very happy to concentrate on foreign policy from within the Shadow Cabinet if that would be helpful.

«When the party invites those who are interested in becoming leaders of the party, at that point, in consultation with my supporters and fans and other party leaders, I will decide the role I will play.»

Former defence secretary Mr Fox, who also campaigned for Leave, also spoke to the Sunday Telegraph and said he would increase defence spending if he became leader of the party.

When Ed Miliband became leader of the party, he once again withdrew his funds and donated them to an organisation set up to promote his brother David.

When I voted for David Cameron to become leader of our party, I really believed he was a better, more honorable man, than Tony Blair ever could be.

When Nick Clegg became leader of his party he received a private memo from a surprising source: the former Liberal leader, Jeremy Thorpe, long since banished into exile.

Empey became increasingly prominent in the UUP and was often a member of its negotiating teams throughout the 1990s, the decade when he first became a party officer, and he became a key ally of David Trimble, who became leader of the party in 1995.

Not exact matches

Then this March, he became his party's nominee to become the President of Indonesia (that same month, FORTUNE ranked him No. 37 on its 2014 list of 50 World's Greatest Leaders.)

Rowley is the current deputy leader of the Scottish Labour party, and as such will become the interim leader in Dugdale's absence.

And he became a source of division and turmoil within the Republican Party, as GOP leaders navigated the challenge of supporting their party's nominee while condemning some of his most controversial rhetoric and behaParty, as GOP leaders navigated the challenge of supporting their party's nominee while condemning some of his most controversial rhetoric and behaparty's nominee while condemning some of his most controversial rhetoric and behavior.

Hoping to emulate her father's huge upset in the 2002 presidential elections, in which he progressed to the second round of voting before losing to Jacques Chirac, Le Pen started campaigning for the 2012 presidential elections almost as soon as she became party leader in 2011.

YEREVAN, Armenia — After weeks of raucous protests, the streets of the Armenian capital suddenly calmed Thursday and the ruling party confirmed it would back an opposition leader to become prime minister next week.

Kinder Morgan's 1,000 - kilometre expansion project has become a national rallying cry for environmentalists, sparked protests from Indigenous communities, caused a trade war between two provinces and brought about the arrest of a federal party leader.

Since I became leader of the Liberal Party last spring, we have been talking about solutions to grow our economy and give Canadians a real and fair chance to succeed — infrastructure investment, access to post-secondary education, strengthening our trade relationships and innovation.

He would become the longest - serving leader of a major political party in Canadian history and the only Prime Minister to win four consecutive federal elections by backing up his pledge of real change with real action.

Trudeau became party leader in 2013 and immediately began the Obamanization of the Liberals: reaching out to the young and minorities, and utilizing social media.

He crafted a 25 - page memo to himself about how to retake Alberta, become leader of a dilapidated PC party, forge a merger with Wildrose, secure leadership of that new party and then keep marching onwards, right at Premier Rachel Notley.

And now, with Mr. Prentice as leader of the PC Party, it has become difficult to point out significant policy differences between the two parties.

Greg Clark (Calgary - Elbow) has been the little engine that could ever since he became leader of the rumpish Alberta Party three years ago.

He was first elected to the House of Assembly in 1993 and became leader of the Progressive Conservative Party in 1995.

He was first elected to the provincial legislature in 1998, and became leader of the New Democratic Party in 2002.

In 1998, he became leader of the Quebec Liberal Party and was elected to the Quebec Assemblée Nationale.

Edmonton - Gold Bar Liberal MLA Bettie Hewes became the first woman to lead a major political party when she served as interim leader of the Official Opposition in 1994.

The future of the PC Party could be determined by the candidates who step forward to become its next leader and, for the time being, the next premier of Alberta.

Former Social Credit Party leader Randy Thorsteinson, who led the party to win 6.8 percent of the vote in the 1997 election and later formed the Alberta Alliance Party (now known as the Wildrose Party) recently became the leader of the newly formed Reform Party of AlbParty leader Randy Thorsteinson, who led the party to win 6.8 percent of the vote in the 1997 election and later formed the Alberta Alliance Party (now known as the Wildrose Party) recently became the leader of the newly formed Reform Party of Albparty to win 6.8 percent of the vote in the 1997 election and later formed the Alberta Alliance Party (now known as the Wildrose Party) recently became the leader of the newly formed Reform Party of AlbParty (now known as the Wildrose Party) recently became the leader of the newly formed Reform Party of AlbParty) recently became the leader of the newly formed Reform Party of AlbParty of Alberta.

He became party leader in March 2004 following the resignation of then - leader Ken Nicol.

Narendra Modi, leader of India's divisive Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP), will almost certainly become the country's next prime minister.

The Northern League, once a marginal party that called for the independence of the northern Padania region, became mainstream by appealing to national and religious sentiments under its new leader, Matteo Salvini.

The political manipulation of Christianity was the design behind the declaration of the National Party's first prime minister, D. F. Malan, that the church's «special calling» was to «guard the [Afrikaner] national interest,» and it is the design behind the recent call of South African Communist Party leader Joe Slovo for «every good believer to become a witness for liberation.»

The results of this strategy included the effective destruction of the Church in Hungary, whose leadership became a subsidiary of the Hungarian communist party; the thorough penetration of the Vatican by Warsaw Pact intelligence agencies (to the benefit of communist negotiators); and the undercutting of Catholic leaders in Poland and in what was then Czechoslovakia.

After coming to Turin he became one of the first outstanding leaders of the Italian Communist party.

Chicago Park District Supt. Edmund Kelly, a leader of the regular Democratic organization, has been encouraged by some Republican committeemen to switch parties and become the GOP standard bearer.

Iain Duncan Smith I resigned from the Conservative Party when he became leader because someone rightly characterised by John Major as a bastard didn't strike me as a worthy leader of the pParty when he became leader because someone rightly characterised by John Major as a bastard didn't strike me as a worthy leader of the partyparty.

With all the polls suggesting Corbyn is likely to become the next leader of the party it would seem the attacks on him have been as unsuccessful as they were on Livingstone.

Boris Johnson's performance against Ed Miliband on the Andrew Marr sofa could go down in history as the moment he threw away his best chance of becoming Conservative party leader and prime minister.

Regarding the UK, the issue seems to have become more relevant since Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader of the Labour Party.

However, in order to get a shot of becoming leader, Johnson must first convince Tory MPs that he has what it takes to be both leader of their party and ultimately prime minister.

Theresa May today took aim at Boris Johnson as she set out her stall as the unity candidate to become the next leader of the Conservative party.

Finally, Tristram Hunt can not become leader of the Labour party for the simple reason that he is called Tristram.

«I am a bit concerned that a leader of a political party would seek to make capital out of this, because it is a minor issue, it does need resolving, I'm concerned by Nigel saying that people are becoming overly sensitive to Muslim communities, I think that makes it a far more divisive issue than it needs to be.»

Republican Party leaders have decided that Bo Dietl, the bombastic former NYPD detective and Fox News contributor, should not be allowed to run on their party line in his bid to become mayor of New York Party leaders have decided that Bo Dietl, the bombastic former NYPD detective and Fox News contributor, should not be allowed to run on their party line in his bid to become mayor of New York party line in his bid to become mayor of New York City.

State Democratic Party Chairman Jay Jacobs confirmed the NYT report that he has tendered his resignation to Gov. Andrew Cuomo, clearing the way for the governor to select his own leader of an organization of which he became the de facto head when he was elected back in 2010.

After his rise as party leader and then Italy's youngest ever Prime Minister, Renzi has become a favourite of the international press.

The future of leaders and their parties was at stake in by - elections then and they may well become so again.

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.