Sentences with phrase «by the labour leadership»

Prompted by the discovery of an old tweet sent by Labour leadership hopeful Jeremy Corbyn, we ask if belief in homeopathy says a lot more about a politician than simply suggesting they may be a tad eccentric.

See here for more on this - http://everydaysocialdemocracy.blogspot.com/2007/06/desirs-davenir.html A few of us worked together to try and open up the manifesto process last year, having been rebuffed by the Labour leadership.

Such efforts have to be met by the Labour leadership showing a preparedness to respond to trade union concerns.

«Such efforts [promotion of the LP through the CWU] have to be met by the Labour leadership showing a preparedness to respond to trade union concerns.»

The decision by the Labour leadership to run an electoral college for the mayoral nomination rather than the one member, one vote (OMOV) system originally planned, meant that Ken was ultimately narrowly beaten to the Labour nomination by Frank Dobson.

The decision by the Labour leadership, which has gone from supporting the amendment on civil partnerships to rejecting it within the space of 24 hours, means that the marriage (same - sex couples) bill will now experience a safer journey through parliament.

The Electoral Commission's latest publication of donations to politicians is dominated by the Labour leadership candidates.

She also made a calculated attempt to seize and redefine a term that's being argued about by Labour leadership contenders, although amongst them «aspiration» is often code for a return to the kind of politics seen under Tony Blair.

On the face of it, participation in UK politics has obviously been enhanced by the Labour leadership campaign — albeit perhaps in a shallow form given it was possible to sign up for the price of a latte.

2017 is the year the British left, led by the Labour leadership, needs to get its act together.

The session could not come quickly enough for Mr Clegg who was recently mocked by Labour leadership hopeful David Miliband for being a «dumb waiter».

The word «swarm» has also been seized upon by Labour leadership contender Andy Burnham, who called it «nothing short of disgraceful» in a robustly - worded tweet.

The donations far exceed the funds generated by the Labour leadership hopefuls, who are fighting a six - way race.

The attack by the Labour leadership candidate Andy Burnham is the fiercest assault yet on Mandelson's decision to publish his memoirs, as well as on the leadership style of both Tony Blair and Gordon Brown.

«Bosses earning huge amounts while their employees struggle were branded «immoral» by Labour leadership contender David Miliband last night.»

Not exact matches

This has been driven by local labour shortages and provincial leadership on the issue.

And that's not the worst of it - Labour's manifesto has precisely nothing to say about the welfare cap, which has hit households with 200,000 children, and which Corbyn was propelled to the leadership by voting against in 2015.

Theresa May makes a jibe at Corbyn's «incredible» leadership following Labour's by - election loss in Copeland https://t.co/X3tDZmRvpJ

This follows reports that hundreds of Labour MPs would refuse to serve under Corbyn and warnings by senior party figures that the party would become divided under his leadership.

The sacking of Winterton has been seen by some Labour MPs the most hostile act of Corbyn's leadership.

The Blairite former health secretary caused a sensation this January when she and Geoff Hoon attempted to bring down Gordon Brown by urging Labour MPs to vote in a secret leadership ballot.

Labour's leadership believes that it has succeeded by playing «safe» and giving assurances that it will replace the Trident fleet and maintain continuous patrolling.

He did so by differentiating himself from the previous leadership, declaring that New Labour was over and running a quite leftist campaign.

His call come in the wake of threats by the leadership of Labour in the Ashanti Region to call a strike Thursday, even before the Government - TUC crucial meeting.

Never mind that under Corbyn, Labour has increased its vote share on its 2015 general election showing, and grown its percentage majorities in all four by - elections fought under his leadership.

Not only that, but this issue should be one of the major policy questions that need to be put to all the candidates in the upcoming Labour leadership debate (as I have already pointed out on this site) as requested by Sunder (see What are the difficult questions the leadership candidates need to answer?).

As a reminder of Unite's importance though; Unite are still the biggest funder of the party (in the first week of the election campaign they gave # 2.4 m of the total # 2.7 m received by Labour), they have upwards of one million members they can encourage to register as supporters in a leadership election (and indeed activate in Parliamentary candidate selections), Unite has three seats on the NEC and of course Len's chief of staff, Andrew Murray, was seconded to Jeremy's team for the general election campaign.

A decision not to challenge Labour's position over Trident is being seen as a concession by the leadership towards the GMB union, which is strongly opposed to any shift in policy.

But in the film, presented by Labour MP Gloria De Piero, Johnson makes a point of praising Corbyn's leadership on the issue:

Ironically, some enforced soul searching caused by the Budget could do the leadership contest, and the Labour Party, a huge favour.

That hardly needs restating after weeks of a leadership campaign during which he has signalled his intention to return to the pre-Tony Blair era, when Labour was pure and unsullied by tawdry compromise.

Former leadership hopeful Owen Smith is one of three Labour MPs preparing to risk the wrath of their constituents by voting against article 50.

In the face of a string of Tory reversals, all down to his opposition, Labour MPs from across the party — from Blairites to the soft left — have been won over by his leadership skills, despite the minority of plotters and the «mainstream media» who rudely reprinted all the things he's said over the years about the IRA, Hamas, Kosovo, Iran, Israel, etc..

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn are hoping to see off the Labour leadership challenge from Angela Eagle - by looking back to 2003.

Labour MPs such as Clive Lewis could do fresh damage to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership by voting against triggering Article 50.

Labour's ruling National Executive Committee is due to decide this week whether the party leader must be re-nominated by MPs in order to run in the event of a challenge to his leadership.

The last - minute inclusion of Jeremy Corbyn as a contender to the leadership of the Labour Party was received with derision by mainstream media and party figures.

Camp followers of the Milibrothers whisper that Ed and David share a common plan to punish Ed Balls, whichever sibling wins the Labour leadership, by appointing Yvette Cooper as shadow chancellor.

Liz Kendall's campaign chief has expressed his disappointment over an intervention in the Labour leadership race by a supporter of Yvette Cooper.

A forthcoming by - election in the Cumbrian constituency of Copeland is shaping up to become a key test for the Labour Party's electoral prospects under the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.

As anticipated, the Conservatives began the «short» campaign with attacks on Miliband's leadership and Labour borrowing, but Miliband's team were buoyed by the Tories» failure to gain traction.

The tragedy of Labour's leadership contest is that not one of the candidates - judging by their positions on political reform - is a true pluralist.

One interesting issue in this scenario is whether Labour would seek to hasten a departure by Nick Clegg (as the Liberal Democrats did for Gordon Brown in 2010) and whether the context of being in government with Labour would affect the outcome of any Lib Dem leadership contest (for which Tim Farron is currently hotly tipped).

They would have to wait a year to challenge Corbyn for the leadership, which would require a candidate to be nominated by 20 % of Labour MPs.

Many members were dismayed by the party leadership's decision to abstain on the recent welfare bill, and asked what Labour is for, if not to try to protect vulnerable groups.

If the Labour leadership campaign has proved anything it is that there is need for a change in economic thinking if those policies to be offered in 2020 by all parties — but most especially those on the left — are to resonate with people anxious for change.

Labour's constitution stipulates that any challenger who wishes to contest the party leadership against an incumbent leader (as opposed to contesting a vacant post) must be nominated by 20 % of Labour MPs and MEPs, which would currently be 51 MPs / MEPs.

One legacy has been a membership sharply polarised by when they joined the party: in a recent YouGov poll of Labour members, Corbyn's net approval rating was -46 among those who joined before he became a leadership candidate in 2015 but +36 among those who joined after he declared — and this latter group constitutes 60 % of the total membership.

[56] Inside the Labour Party, Harman has said she does «not agree with all - male leaderships» because men «can not be left to run things on their own»; and that, consequently, one of Labour's top two posts should always be held by a woman.

Already at this time there were signs that Labour might win the next election, much aided by the ERM crisis but not yet by Blair's leadership.