Sentences with phrase «despatch box on»

He has gone head - to - head with Blair at the despatch box on many occasions and his form there is not bad.

Not exact matches

He added: «I expect to be taking on Mr Gideon George Osborne from the despatch box in a few years, and I'll show him a real northern powerhouse».

Cameron, who had a good day at the despatch box and was widely considered to have won the clash, replied: «The reason his leadership is in crisis is he can't speak on the big issues.

Tory MP Peter Lilley praised Cameron for his «mastery of the despatch box», while Conservative veteran Ken Clarke gave a warm tribute urging for him to remain a prominent figure on the green benches.

One of my most surprising ministerial lunch dates of the last government was with Yvette Cooper, who couldn't have been further from the humourless, hectoring figure she cut on TV and at the Despatch Box.

As he stood up at the Despatch Box to unveil his spending review, the Chancellor looked a sickly pale, his visage so ghostly that it had the confusing effect of making Danny Alexander, his very own Blucher, and a man whose own colouring is a few notches past alabaster, looking like he'd spent a week basking on a sun - bed.

«I will not criticise the PM on this one because I know, when you are standing at the Despatch Box — and I've never done his job, of course — you've got all the row and the noise around you, it's very easy to use a word which, on reflection, may not be the best way.

She then slammed her notes down on the Despatch Box with such ferocity that she lost her grip and the notes almost ended up on the floor of the chamber.

He leapt up, throwing his folder on the despatch box with a bang, and stood opposite Miliband while the Labour leader kept on speaking.

Miliband is still winning the long game on this, but in terms of despatch box performance, it was Cameron wot won it.

«I think I know what my mother would say, I think she'd look across the Despatch Box say «put on a proper suit, do up your tie and sing the national anthem!»»

Finally, I suggested that with Lord Mandelson refusing to debate Ken Clarke on television, that it was time to change the Standing Orders of the House of Commons to allow Lord Mandelson to answer questions at the Despatch Box in the Commons and be held to account for his department's actions in the elected chamber.

Thumping his briefing papers down on the Despatch Box, Mr Major said the Labour leader should sort out his lines with Gordon Brown, the shadow chancellor.

«It was incredible that my colleagues in the Labour party thought it more important to turn in on themselves and have a dispute about who should be leading the party than to actually stand at the despatch box and attack the Government for the crisis that they had precipitated,» he said.

Amid furious exchanges in a Commons debate on the Windrush scandal, Mr Javid demanded the Labour leader come to the Despatch Box to condemn the abuse.