Sentences with phrase «climbdown on»

Cameron's no choice but to campaign against AV: his backbenchers won't have it any other way and - as his climbdown on the»22 elections demonstrated - he's not in a position to gainsay them on fundamentals.

Downing Street has agreed to a partial climbdown on reforms of trade unions amid warnings that the EU remain campaign needs to keep their members on side for the 23 June referendum.

Just witness Gordon Brown's climbdown on spending cuts before the summer.

Not exact matches

Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell told The BBC: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless.»

A climbdown from Ms Lagarde's office is even less likely after the Leftist Syriza government crossed the rubicon and became the first developed country in the IMF's 71 - year - history to default on the world's «lender of last resort» this week.

Ryanair pilots called off plans to strike before Christmas, following a climbdown by the airline's Chief Executive Michael O'Leary, who on Dec. 15 agreed to recognise trade unions for the first time.

At Coffee House James Forsyth has posted his take on David Cameron's immigration climbdown.

Andrew Gwynne, Labour's election co-ordinator, pounced on the climbdown, saying: «Theresa May has thrown her own election campaign into chaos and confusion.

This has the benefit of creating pressure on our government to act - as we saw recently with the climbdown over Britain's lack of support for refugees fleeing the conflict in Syria.

However, shadow attorney general Dominic Grieve accused the government of «playing fast and loose» with the public over the difficulties the act posed, saying today's review was a «complete climbdown» on Tony Blair's previous comments.

The climbdown came as Stephen Byers, a former cabinet minister, called on Brown to scrap ID cards and the replacement of the Trident missile programme because of the recession, warning that it would be a «fraud on the electorate» if all the parties were not open about cutbacks needed to balance Britain's books.

Nicky Morgan, the education secretary, has previously dodged questions over a potential climbdown after Conservative MPs and councillors voiced their discomfort, especially over the potential impact on smaller schools in rural areas.

Shadow Education Secretary Lucy Powell said: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless.»

Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary, said: «It is frankly a humiliating climbdown for David Cameron and his education secretary, who just weeks ago were insisting they would plough on with the policy regardless.