Sentences with phrase «divisive leadership battle»
Labour are reeling from a dreadful general election result and a highly divisive leadership battle, the effects of which were evident this week in Brighton.
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Back in 1981, he was at the centre of the hugely divisive battle for the Labour deputy leadership between Benn and Denis Healey; seven years later, he organised Benn's doomed challenge to the then leader Neil Kinnock.
In choosing a run for the fourth - ranking leadership post, Emanuel avoids a potentially divisive battle with the current Caucus Chairman — Rep. Jim Clyburn (D-S.C.).