Sentences with phrase «defence secretary»

He said he'd heard she was offered the job of shadow defence secretary and turned it down - which could explain the long delays.

She looked at the former defence secretary as though he were a piece of dirt.

As defence secretary in 2013 he attracted criticism by talking about «a real sense of anger among many people who are married» who felt the gay marriage law would change the institution.

The then defence secretary finally fell on his sword a few weeks later.

To say that some Conservative MPs are unhappy with the chief whip becoming defence secretary would be putting it mildly.

The legacy of the previous defence secretary needs to be corrected.

One option under consideration is to install him as defence secretary.

These were some of the threats outlined by Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox yesterday - during a speech to Politea.

Later today Shadow Defence Secretary Liam Fox will welcome the interim report of the party's Military Covenant Commission, chaired by Frederick Forsyth and launched by David Cameron in March.

Claim: Former shadow defence secretary Michael Ancram, who is the marquess of Lothian, is reported to have claimed almost # 100 for the repair of a swimming pool boiler.

After Northern Ireland secretary Owen Paterson made clear he would not support gay marriage - adding his dissent to indications of opposition from defence secretary Philip Hammond and children's minister Tim Loughton - Downing Street accepted the free vote would apply to members of the government as well as backbench MPs.

First on the ministry's shopping list are two new aircraft carriers, said by defence secretary Des Browne to be the largest vessels ever sailed by the Royal Navy.

But the shadow defence secretary said when they got it right «we should support them», although he went on to ridicule a series of defence policies.

Shadow Defence Secretary Jim Murphy has today suggested that Labour needs to have «genuine credibility» on the economy.

Recent interventions by defence secretary Michael Fallon and transport supremo Patrick McLoughlin have helped to check Cabinet tension.

In Hackney for the latest meeting of the Left Book Club, an energetic Livingstone covered plenty of ground, but not before he had sat down with TP and discussed his good relations with shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry, who is overseeing Labour's review of the UK's Trident nuclear system.

He was also keen to alleviate concerns - raised by a leaked letter from defence secretary Liam Fox - about the effect of the deficit reduction plan on Britain's defence spending.

He (and the equally Eurosceptic new Defence Secretary Liam Fox) are not inclined to join in EU - wide undertakings, and are more open to bilateral ones, with France as the most likely partner.

Former chief whip Nick Brown and former defence secretary Bob Ainsworth are also among the Labour figures pledging to vote «no».

According to the New Statesman's George Eaton, Mr Dugher could be replaced by current Shadow Defence Secretary Maria Eagle.

The revelation comes nearly a fortnight after former shadow Defence Secretary Clive Lewis was left «fuming» after he was set to say Labour «would not seek to change» its support for Trident renewal — but the line was removed from his conference speech.

His unprecedented attack on the incompetence of defence secretary Philip Hammond has got Tories, who don't need much encouragement to start frothing at the mouth at the Speaker's behaviour, gnashing their teeth and muttering dark oaths in the corridors.

New defence secretary Gavin Williamson is well - known in SW1 as a man in a hurry.

«Since Michael Fallon became Defence Secretary in 2014, the number of fully trained soldiers has fallen by over 7,000.

On Thursday, he reports on a spat between Conservative Defence Secretary Michael Fallon and Labour leader Ed Miliband, asks UKIP about its poll ratings, and sees how the Greens are trying to make their voice heard.

The US has refused to confirm if Ansi died in one of its air strikes, with Defence Secretary Ashton Carter saying that he could not comment on specific details of a particular move.

It certainly was under former defence secretary John Hutton.

This legally questionable action risks escalating further, as US defence secretary James Mattis has admitted, an already devastating conflict and therefore makes real accountability for war crimes and use of chemical weapons less, not more likely.»

It comes after Defence Secretary Michael Fallon apologised for touching the knee of a journalist at a Tory party function some years ago.

Liam Fox, the Conservative former defence secretary who is backing Out, had a response to this charge when he was interviewed on Sky's Murnaghan programme earlier.

Her departure came just a week after the resignation of Defence Secretary Sir Michael Fallon over allegations of sexual harassment.

Hoon's manner is dry to the point of dullness, but as defence secretary for six years he oversaw Britain's involvement in some of its most controversial conflicts — Kosovo in 1999, Afghanistan in 2001 and, of course, Iraq in 2003.

On Tuesday March 11th 2003, just nine days before the attack on Iraq, British defence secretary Geoff Hoon phoned Donald Rumsfeld in Washington and told him that Britain might not be able to participate in the war.

When do you ever see the Shadow Defence Secretary on the news?

Withdrawals from Afghanistan should not take place in line with election timetables, former Labour defence secretary George Robertson has said.

Contemporary Germany is surrounded by friendly states and shows little signs of engaging with the threat of Russian power; it is also — as the British defence secretary Philip Hammond pointed out only yesterday — failing to pull its military weight within Europe, let alone overseas.

Across the Atlantic on the same day, UK Defence Secretary Liam Fox told the BBC: «We're not arming the rebels.

Recent weeks have seen John Bercow step up his attacks on predominantly Tory MPs, not least when he told defence secretary Phillip Hammond he was «utterly incompetent» for not distributing a parliamentary statement before making it.

Senior members of the Cabinet including Defence Secretary Gavin Williamson are among those understood to have expressed concern at any proposals on addressing the past which did not seek to prevent soldiers from being prosecuted.

Fox resigned as defence secretary earlier this month after a stream of revelations about his improper business relationship with Werritty.

The former Defence Secretary made his intervention after it was revealed that Mrs Spelman's former secretary, Sally Hammond, revealed that she was «shocked» at how much Tina Haynes, the nanny, was being paid a decade ago.

The prime minister's spokesperson declined the opportunity to back defence secretary Philip Hammond, who yesterday suggested senior members of the government should shun their proposed 11 % pay hike.

Speaking on BBC1's Politics Show the Shadow Defence Secretary appeared to put an end to speculation that replacement of Britain's independent nuclear deterrent could be scrapped under an incoming Conservative government:

Former Tory defence secretary Liam Fox said he had «played a blinder» while Labour MP John Mann said it had been «Gordon Brown who won it» — and that he should lead the party north of the border.

Senior officials were privately calling Fox a «neocon» the day he was appointed defence secretary in May 2010.

They include shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith who said that «a state visit by Donald Trump would shame this country and betray all we stand for».

It comes the day after President Bush's choice as new defence secretary admitted he did not think the US was winning the war in Iraq.

May promoted her chief whip Gavin Williamson, who had delivered victories in a string of tight parliamentary votes, to the job of defence secretary last month, after the resignation of Michael Fallon, and the relative inexperience of his successor, Julian Smith, was blamed by some rebels for the defeat.

A sprinkling of high profile MPs have joined the group, including former defence secretary Dr Liam Fox, who is increasingly seen as a figurehead for right - wing backbenchers.

Labour MP Paul Flynn, later suspended from the Commons for calling defence secretary Philip Hammond a «liar» on Afghanistan strategy, first challenged Grayling on the steps he planned to take to reduce the size of the prison population.