Sentences with phrase «by senior conservative»

We decided not to, I think to some extent because of what I was told at the time by a senior Conservative member of the committee, who I know was in direct contact with NI execs, that if we went for her, called her back, subpoenaed her, they would go for us - which meant effectively that they would delve into our personal lives in order to punish them and I think that's part of the reason we didn't do it.

The appointment of 81 year old Paul Flynn as Shadow Welsh Secretary has been welcomed by senior Conservative backbencher David Davies.

A campaign group backing same - sex marriage has been launched by senior Conservative MPs and peers.

Her words were greeted with derision bordering on fury, not least by senior Conservative MPs who told her she must be more contrite and express sympathy for colleagues who had lost their seats.

Local authorities have been told not to «interfere» in royal wedding street parties by senior Conservative figures.

Change was the key message put out by senior Conservatives today, as they began their first party conference with David Cameron in charge.

One option for the Chancellor, supported by senior Conservatives such as Communities and Local Government Secretary Sajid Javid, would be to expand the role of the state in supplying new housing.

Secret moves are planned by senior Conservatives to overturn the result of next week's referendum on electoral reform if the country votes to scrap the first - past - the - post system... Under the plan, supporters of first - past - the - post would approach the Commons business committee of MPs, which has the power to set aside time for issues concerning backbenchers.

The Chancellor has suggested that he will not reduce the top rate of income tax from 45p to 40p - a controversial move called for by some senior Conservatives, which would have been seen as a tax break for the rich.

Mandelson and Blair's campaign was dismissed by senior Conservatives, who accused them of trying to «frustrate the will of the British people».

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Trump's comments about Lee and Washington echo an email one of his senior legal advisors forwarded to government officials and conservative media claiming that the Black Lives Matter movement has been «infiltrated by terrorist groups.»

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Moderates are strong supporters of women in ministry and reject the 2000 Baptist Faith and Message Statement, adopted by conservatives, which says the Bible prohibits women from being senior pastors and that wives should submit to the servant leadership of their husbands.

The respected Conservative peer Lord Finkelstein recently spoke out on the subject at a private party attended by a host of senior Number 10 figures.

The two recent books about Cameron — Cameron at 10 by Anthony Seldon and Peter Snowdon and Call Me Dave by Michael Ashcroft and Isabel Oakeshott — are threaded with references to Cameron's not always straightforward relations with Merkel, and in particular her disdain for his decision to quit the mainstream and dominant conservative / Christian Democrat European People's Party (EPP) of which she is the senior figure.

Senior officers have also leapt on the riots to launch an attack on government plans to cut police budgets — an attack backed by Conservative London mayor Boris Johnson and Labour.

«I think it's very interesting that one of the comments that was made yesterday by a senior Hungarian Conservative MP, he said that watching the migrants come into Hungary, seeing the cellphones they had and some of the clothes they were wearing and knowing how much money they had paid to the traffickers to get them there, he made the observation that actually they were better off than the people living in rural Hungary and that is an interesting point.»

A senior source from Northampton South Conservative Association told Politics.co.uk last night that Mackintonsh's decision had taken them by complete surprise.

Former Conservative health minister Nicola Blackwood is to become a senior adviser at Global Counsel, the PR and lobbying firm set up by new Labour architect Peter Mandelson.

«Some senior Conservatives were angry at suggestions that the policy was a «quid pro quo» for the marriage tax allowance... The marriage tax allowance, to be announced by David Cameron at the Tory Party's annual conference, is expected to cost about # 550 million.

Mel Stride (Central Devon): Conservative - controlled Devon county council has reduced chief executive pay and slimmed down middle and senior management, and it will reduce back - office expenditure by # 14 million in 2011 - 12.

The war of words among senior Conservatives over Britain's relationship with Europe has intensified, as David Cameron's attempt to make an upbeat case for staying in the European Union — styling himself the leader of «Project Fact» — was dismissed by Boris Johnson as «baloney».

Some Conservatives were angered by the intervention of a senior aide to Clegg, who said the Lib Dems would block parliamentary boundary changes in retaliation for a Tory rebellion.

The amendment - moved by Sir Menzies Campbell - was also signed by a plethora of seniors MPs from different parties, including Conservatives David Davis, Michael Howard and Kenneth Clarke.

As the Feltham and Heston by - election reaches its later stages - it is set to take place next Thursday - senior Conservative MPs have been paying visits to the constituency.

Unfortunately for Ms Smith, who is just 30 years old, most senior Conservative MPs remain too irritated by her appointment to be sympathetic.

But one senior Conservative MP gave me a taste of the anger at Cameron» election performance in which he won 36 % of the vote — around four points more than the 32.3 % won by Michael Howard in 2005.

Prime Minister David Cameron is being backed by senior Tories including Education Secretary Michael Gove and London Mayor Boris Johnson, but many backbenchers including Mr Davies fear the proposal will drive away traditional Conservative voters.

And Ken Clarke, who has held a number of senior government posts, compared the decision to John Major's attempts to keep the Conservatives together by bringing in critics to the Government.

Senior Conservative staff had been awestruck by Barack Obama's comfortable victories in the 2008 and 2012 presidential elections, crediting their relentless focus on data to Messina.

Writing in a Guardian article, Bob Kerslake made one of the strongest attacks on a government by a retired senior civil servant, saying the bill marked a «partisan and disproportionate» attempt to improve the position of the Conservatives at the expense of Labour.

Senior Conservative ministers including Sajid Javid, Andrea Leadsom, Penny Mordaunt and David Gauke have used taxpayers» cash to fund the hard - Brexit European Research Group (ERG), which is now led by Rees - Mogg MP, who has been accused in recent days of trying to undermine Prime Minister Theresa May and oust her Chancellor, Philip Hammond.

Have I utlilised the standing of Iain Duncan Smith enough - the one senior Conservative who's treated with respect on poverty by a suspicious media - by going with him to, say, a alcohol and substance abuse facility that gets results?

The Conservative election campaign has been described as «shambolic and embarrassing» by senior Tory lobbyist.

Senior Conservatives have argued that the O'Donnell guidelines were drawn up without consulting Cameron so he doesn't feel bound by them.

Long said she jumped into the race at the encouragement of senior members of the Conservative Party, said she was heartened by «how there are such great, good conservative and Republican New Yorkers... who still love their country and love their constitution the way Conservative Party, said she was heartened by «how there are such great, good conservative and Republican New Yorkers... who still love their country and love their constitution the way conservative and Republican New Yorkers... who still love their country and love their constitution the way I do.»

They have been joined by several senior Conservatives on the libertarian wing of the party who are lobbying behind - the - scenes for the 55 per cent threshold to be removed before the legislation is introduced in the Commons.

Mr Kaminski, a senior right - winger close to Poland's President, is now leader of the Conservative and Reform Group, formed by the Tories after Mr Cameron took his MEPs out of the mainstream, pro-EU, European People's Party (EPP).

In a sign of the depth of preparation by the party leadership, senior Conservatives said Cameron believes that he must spell out the depth of crisis in Britain's public finances by November and the scale of the spending cuts that will have to be introduced next year.

David Cameron today signalled that senior Tories would have to lead by example in making financial sacrifices in the wake of reports that he is to order ministers to accept a hefty pay cut if the Conservatives win power at the next general election.

David Cameron believes a Conservative government would have no more than six months to lay down the drastic measures needed to tackle Britain's # 163bn fiscal deficit amid fears that any goodwill from the electorate would start to fade by the end of the year, senior Tory sources have told the Guardian.

A senior aide to the Conservative mayor Boris Johnson warned that the policy would be «no easy task» and could damage growth by restricting the government from stimulating the economy in hard times.

Democrats were aided by senior congressional Republicans who dropped their endorsements of Moore after the allegations of misconduct surfaced, including hard - line conservatives such as Sen. Mike Lee (Utah) and Sen. Ted Cruz (Tex.).

[101] Brown was accused by senior opposition politicians, including Conservative leader David Cameron, and Nick Clegg of the Liberal Democrats of failing to provide proper support for soldiers and their families.

Conservative MEP Sajjad H Karim has said that comments made by the Government's senior law officer Dominic Grieve are «deeply offensive,» after he told The Daily Telegraph that Britain has a problem of minority communities where «corruption is endemic».

A senior Conservative minister has become the first member of the government to back proposals to field coalition candidates at the next general election.His comments to The Sunday Telegraph came as both parties began a battle to bolster the coalition in the wake of a week of damaging revelations made by Vince Cable and other Lib Dem ministers to undercover reporters.

David Cameron has told every Conservative member of the Cabinet to campaign in the Oldham East and Saddleworth by - election, a very senior Tory source told me tonight.

The effect of the Triborough Amendment is significant: Edmund J. McMahon, senior fellow at the Empire Center for New York State Policy, a conservative research group, has estimated that longevity - based pay increases for teachers, guaranteed by the amendment even after contracts expire, add $ 300 million to school budgets annually.

By that evening exploratory talks between teams of senior representatives from the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives had begun.

During the referendum campaign, May infuriated senior Conservative colleagues on the remain side by largely staying out of the day - to - day arguments in favour of staying in the EU.