Sentences with phrase «becoming labour leader»

Tony Blair, on becoming Labour leader in 1994, flew to Australia for an audience with Rupert Murdoch.

At his first Westminster press conference since becoming Labour leader, he called on Lib Dems to submit ideas to Labour's policy review.

The Miliband brothers, the only contenders with a chance of becoming Labour leader, both think the party should start choosing Parliamentary candidates this autumn for the next election rather than wait for the new boundary changes, which won't be decided until 2013, more than three years from now.

David Cameron is at his highest approval rating since the end of 2010, while Ed Miliband is at his lowest since becoming Labour leader.

Longer than they were of Jeremy Corbyn becoming Labour leader, I suspect.

Corbyn is understood to have been a frequent visitor to the Dalston restaurant in recent years, although it is not known if he has yet found the time to visit since becoming Labour leader...

Ed Miliband in California Before becoming Labour leader, Ed Miliband took a 2008 holiday in the US with his future wife Justine.

Yet there is one area in which he has been reluctant to give any straight answers since becoming Labour leader.

In his acceptance speach on becoming Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn called for an end to personal abuse and for a kinder form of politics.

Two years since Corbyn became Labour leader, the top lobbying consultancies remain dominated by Tories and characters closely associated with the New Labour years.

What is more, before he became Labour leader, Corbyn was famed for being, among other things, a «good local MP,» well known to the people of Islington.

The day after Labour's non-dom announcement, Fallon launched a deliberately excessive attack on Miliband, suggesting he would betray the country by surrendering the Trident nuclear deterrent in order to reach a deal with the Scottish National party: «Miliband stabbed his own brother in the back to become Labour leader.

If, as I expect, after the election Alan Johnson becomes Labour leader the Labour party will do so too.

Even before Tony Blair became Labour leader, the party famously invested a lot of donor's money holding reassuring shrimp cocktail receptions for City personnel to attract their support for a prospective Labour government.

He has gone because he didn't become Labour leader - and because he didn't expect to be its leader in the future.

Owen Smith has decided to run to become Labour leader - and could launch his campaign as early as tomorrow, PoliticsHome can reveal.

A leaked version of the speech David Miliband planned to make if he had become Labour leader shows the former foreign secretary would also have pushed for a new clause I.

Formed in 1993, the year before Tony Blair became Labour leader, in its early years it appeared that a «revolving door» operated between it and number 10, with one of the co-founders Geoff Mulgan becoming Blair's head of strategy.

Jeremy Corbyn has taken another major step forward in his campaign to become Labour leader after the Communication Workers Union announced that it is to endorse him to act as the antidote to the Blairite «virus» in the party.

Another point in Ed Miliband's favour at Unite was his offer to boost union rights if he became Labour leader, according to union sources.

«Sadly, Michael became Labour leader too late in life.

Andy Burnham was on robust form at his London rally last night, telling the audience that he would «run the government ragged» and even emulate Brian Clough if he becomes Labour leader.

Owen Smith has accused Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell of being «weak» at taking on the Tories since the veteran left - winger became Labour leader last year.

Owen Smith will today pledge to create a new Shadow Cabinet post tasked with making Britain «the envy of the world» on workers» rights if he becomes Labour leader.

Roy Jenkins told me when I was considering joining Labour after Tony Blair became Labour leader: «The only real difference is that Labour is now the larger party of social democrats, the Lib Dems are the smaller; and in our political system, it is generally wise to support the larger party if they are on the same page.»

In essence, the No campaign has become a carbon copy of David Miliband's bid to become Labour leader.

George Osborne and David Cameron are said to be bracing themselves for «serious consequences» if Jeremy Corbyn becomes Labour leader.

And since he became Labour leader, Miliband has worked hard to put movement politics at the heart of the party's culture.

A top union boss who twice backed Jeremy Corbyn to become Labour leader today warned he must come up with a plan to improve the party's fortunes following last night's by - election results.

Three future Leaders of the Labour Party (Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Jeremy Corbyn) were first elected as Members of Parliament at this election — two of them would later hold the office of Prime Minister, whilst Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015.

As he promised when he became Labour leader, Corbyn is visiting Scotland — where the party faces a dominant SNP in May's Holyrood elections — on a monthly basis.

Blair is due to give a speech on 21 July to mark 20 years since he became Labour leader.

In contrast, when Tony Blair first became Labour leader Gallup found comparable figures to Brown on whether he was decisive and effective... but found that 70 % of people thought he was caring and likeable.

The leadership candidates now have one last televised hustings on Question Time this Thursday to put their case to become Labour leader to members.

For example, only 38 per cent now agree that «the Government should redistribute income from the better off to the less well off», far below the 58 per cent who favoured that proposition in 1993, just before Tony Blair became Labour leader.

A ComRes survey for the Independent suggests Alan Johnson would cut Mr Cameron's advantage if the new home secretary were to become Labour leader.

Guardian investigation reveals, two years after Jeremy Corbyn became Labour leader, that «party within a party» has become a major force

Well before Tony Blair became Labour leader in 1994, the Maastricht rebels had shattered the Tory party's reputation for loyalty.

What he is saying is that he doesn't want the breakup of the UK, however if England was to be a nation in itself perhaps with Dependencies and other overseas Territories I imagine he would try to become Prime Minister of England, although Labour and the Liberal Democrats would change leader as I can't see Menzies Campbell or Gordon Brown wanting to stand for an English seat and try for PM of England - more likely they would retire, although they might try to become PM of Scotland - I imagine that someone such as Stephen Byers would become Labour leader and probably Vincent Cable would become Liberal Democrat leader.

Not exact matches

Sarwar was MP for Glasgow Central from 2010 to 2015 and became an MSP for the Glasgow region in 2016, and was deputy leader of Scottish Labour under Johann Lamont's leadership.

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

The MP has become Welsh Labour's first deputy leader after the result was announced at the Welsh Labour conference in Llandudno.

Portland is run by Tony Blair's former deputy press chief Tim Allan, who gave up on Labour soon after Corbyn became leader, according to well - placed sources.

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

Labour would be unlikely to hold an in / out referendum on membership of the European Union, if Ed Miliband becomes prime minister, the Labour leader admits.

Michael Foot, Labour leader from 1980 to 1983, chose to live in Hampstead proper and became renowned for his walks around the Heath with his cane, and Dizzy, the dog he named after the Tory prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.

This was the news that Simon Danczuk said Labour MPs would immediately begin to plot against Corbyn if he becomes the next leader.

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.

Len McCluskey, the leader of the Unite union which has donated over # 8 million to Labour since Ed Miliband became leader, has voiced a careful warning to Labour, calling the move a «gamble».

That tactic has played well so far, but it will become much less effective once the Labour leader is seen fighting a reforming battle over his own party's funding.