Sentences with phrase «cabinet position for»

But he wanted a Cabinet position for the new Leader of the Commons, William Hague, whose most recent predecessors (Andrew Lansley and Sir George Young) had had the status of «attending» Cabinet, rather than full membership.

The feeling among political commentators on Twitter is that Marr's grill only really warmed up in the final third, with the PM's warning to Boris Johnson not to «link arms» with Nigel Farage and George Galloway being interpreted as a veiled reference to the chances of a future cabinet position for the London mayor.

He repeated his call for intercept evidence to be allowed in court so more terror suspects could be brought to justice, and stressed that his party still backed a new cabinet position for homeland security and a dedicated border police.

Rousseff has not been implicated in any of the scandals, although she may have made one all on her own when she created a cabinet position for Lula da Silva in an effort to shield him from prosecution.

Chris Huhne and Danny Alexander also received Cabinet positions for the Lib Dems.

Not exact matches

As for Trudeau, a self - declared feminist, the meeting squares nicely with the «gender parity matters» message that has underpinned his rhetoric since he awarded half his cabinet positions to women in 2015.

In 2012, President Obama called for folding the SBA into the Department of Commerce — even after he elevated the SBA administrator to a cabinet level position.

The government of Malcolm Turnbull moved quickly to differentiate itself from that of Tony Abbott with some key cabinet announcements — including the reintroduction of the position of a minster for cities and the built environment.

At first, opposition rivals attacked him for failing to put his substantial holdings in the firm, which manages pensions, into a blind trust after he was named to a cabinet position responsible for regulating the industry.

Nominees for ambassadorships and cabinet positions are grilled during background checks by IRS agents to ensure that they're not disguising personal expenses as tax - deductible business costs.

A high - level Mexican cabinet delegation left for meetings in Washington, and made its position clear when asked whether it would keep negotiating under the threat of withdrawal under Article 2205.

Popular Wood Buffalo mayor Melissa Blake, who is seeking re-election in this year's municipal vote, would be seen as a star candidate for any party and could easily fill a top cabinet position if elected into government.

Frank Oberle: Promoted from Associate Minister of Services for Persons with Disabilities to a full - cabinet position as Minister of Aboriginal Affairs.

Kenney, a conservative heavyweight who held several positions in former prime minister Stephen Harper's cabinet, officially launched his bid for the PC leadership in Calgary Wednesday.

Giuliani had been widely expected to join Trump's administration but was passed over for secretary of state, the position he badly wanted, and eventually was left without a Cabinet post.

Minister for Faith and Communities Baroness Warsi told Premier's News Hour she thinks the women appointed to cabinet have earned their new positions, she said: «Liz Truss, who've I've known for many years Nicky Morgan, Esther McVey; phenomenally talented women who quite rightly should be in cabinet, and it was right that they've built up their experience over the last few years since being elected and now they're going to serve at the top table.»

The Catholic position had become so clear, indeed, that there had been calls from anti-Catholic quarters for Ms. Kelly to resign, on the basis of rumours that she had been trying to weaken or delay the regulations: as Toby Helm, the Telegraph's chief political correspondent had reported the previous October, under the headline «Kelly «must resign over delay to gay rights law»», «A fierce Cabinet battle has broken out over gay rights after Ruth Kelly, the Communities Secretary, delayed plans that would penalise organisations — such as hotels — for denying their services tohomosexuals.

I don't think anyone has forgotten or missed that we have been asking for D / M or C / B's and a striker last season, it is the very reason why so many supporters are asking for his resignation becouse it's now been two seasons we are playing with shortage or players below par and as always those positions let us down, if he had just bolster those areas (which the whole world was shouting about even our enemies were telling us day and day out) we wouldn't be so angry with him and maybe we could of had extra silverwear in our display cabinet.

Interestingly, Radice is more critical of Attlee than some biographers and, while giving him credit for being a wily politician who allowed the cabinet big beasts to flourish, makes clear his view that he also adeptly defended his own position.

Only Boris Johnson is really banging the drum for a very different sort of Britain, but his position is largely based on rhetoric and tone — hamstrung as he is by his position in the Cabinet.

He called for the creation of a new cabinet position with responsibility for counter terrorism, saying it was the only way to «inject energy and drive into dealing with this serious problem».

In 2009, he was promoted to the Cabinet as Secretary of State for Transport, a position he held until 2010.

It is hard to escape the conclusion that had she been a more expendable minister - Mark Garnier, for instance - or if the Prime Minister was in a position of strength, Patel would have faced a Cabinet Office inquiry at best, and her P45 at worst.

He appears incapable of articulating an obvious truth — for every Cabinet position, the number of well - qualified men considerably outnumbers the number of well - qualified women.

Put simply, if the proportion of women in the Cabinet, on major company boards etc is increased, this will entail the appointment of women who are less well - qualified than the best male candidates for such positions.

It wasn't good enough for the leader to read his position from a typed up script at shadow cabinet meetings discussing the prospect of military action against Isis in Syria or the EU referendum.

Sir Hugh had an interest in oil and the Middle East and served a number of positions in the War and Colonial Offices, before entering Cabinet as the Secretary of State for Air in 1962.

The moves mean that one third of the Labour frontbench shadow cabinet positions are now held by one of the 36 MPs who nominated Corbyn for the leadership last year.

«Increasingly James has been thinking about the Labour party and the labour movement and he's moved to a different position where, for instance, he supports a living wage, but that was something that when he was a cabinet minister he said he opposed.

On 5 May 2016 James was re-elected as the Assembly Member for Swansea West by a higher majority than her previous term [3] and was tipped at the time to be a likely candidate for a cabinet position.

He goes on to suggest the Conservatives might postpone spending cuts planned for this financial year, and hints that Vince Cable might be awarded a Cabinet position - possibly chief secretary to the Treasury.

A prominent campaigner for remain, the former education secretary has used her position at the helm of the Treasury select committee since losing her cabinet position to press the government over its plans for leaving the EU — often acting as a voice for business in parliament in her efforts to prevent a no - deal Brexit.

This «democratic revolution» could entail democratic elections for shadow cabinet positions and digital consultations for members on policy.

He shares the same cabinet position Joseph held for the lion's share of his time in office, and holds Margaret Thatcher, Joseph's CPS co-founder, in the same high regard.

In a column for the Telegraph, Hodges explains that this is because May is the moment Boris Johnson will step down as mayor of London, and will have to decide whether or not to accept a cabinet position.

This would have begun back in the autumn, with the shadow cabinet and PLP coalescing around a clear position, spoken of publicly only as one of a number of options under consideration: continued membership of the single market with immediate application of an emergency brake on immigration, and a drive for serious reform to free movement.

«It is hard to escape the conclusion that had she been a more expendable minister - Mark Garnier, for instance - or if the prime minister was in a position of strength, Patel would have faced a Cabinet Office inquiry at best, and her P45 at worst.»

There are also demands for Iain Duncan Smith to be given a prominent Cabinet position and other right - wingers to be given key ministerial briefs, in a bid to level the playing field with the Lib Dems.

I sincerely hope that this is not an NPP Government position - especially since the draft Bill has been with Cabinet for one full year, amidst promises but no movement.

If, however, he had other plans in regard to this and other senior positions in the Shadow Cabinet, it would be my intention to work for the Party from the backbenches.

Burnham, who is not persuaded by the case for air strikes, warned that colleagues who voted against the party's proposed position would be «thrown to the wolves» and said that he would not be a part of a «sham shadow cabinet».

[3] Former Cabinet minister Anna Soubry called for May to «consider her position» after the election result.

Collins has been rumored for being in line for a possible cabinet position such as secretary of commerce.

The intervention is the first major statement from the former shadow home secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalition.

I usually refrain from making negative comments about senior party figures on here but I have to agree that if it is not sufficient for an MP to be in the Shadow Cabinet, they should decline the offer of the position.

The political fallout from last week's Syria vote has continued with a Cabinet minister saying the results would be a matter for Ed Miliband's conscience and the shadow foreign secretary admitting he was not comfortable with the position Labour now finds itself in.

«The parliamentary convention will apply, which is if you're in Cabinet or Shadow Cabinet you will stand down, for other positions that will be for the Chief Whip to report,» he told the Today programme.

On 12 January 2018, Rodda was promoted to a frontbench position in a Shadow Cabinet mini-shuffle, becoming the Shadow Minister for Local Transport.

As for what has become of the outgoing co-chairman, Mehdi says that she has been offered a role as «a junior Foreign Office minister with a seat at the Cabinet table, a position she has not yet accepted.»

He survived them all, as he did in January of this year when two former Cabinet ministers - Patricia Hewitt and Geoff Hoon - called for a leadership contest to resolve his position once and for all.