Sentences with phrase «during leadership elections»

He also offered help to David Miliband during the leadership elections.

I hope all of the candidates hoping to succeed David Cameron will appear before this caucus during the leadership election and be quizzed on their ideas for reforming capitalism, increasing housebuilding, bringing the «undeserved rich» down to size and harnessing tomorrow's technologies for popular rather than sectional gain.

The Labour leader has strongly denied this and has previously signed a «code of conduct» against abusive behaviour during the leadership election.

(7) David Cameron employed the «and theory» during the leadership election.

David Cameron made it very clear during the leadership election that economic stability would be prioritised over tax cuts and he was subsequently elected leader by a significant majority of the party membership, so I think anybody that expects him to abandon that position now is being a bit unreasonable to be honest.

He said during the leadership election campaign that he would be prepared to serve under his brother, who until Saturday had always been his junior in politics, but he has not confirmed that he will since Ed emerged victorious.

«I renounced the seriously misjudged views I expressed during the leadership election shortly after David Cameron was elected, as I broadly approve the policy direction that the Conservatives are taking under his leadership.

As I said yesterday, David Cameron made it perfectly clear during the leadership election that economic stability would be prioritised over unfunded tax cuts, and was subsequently elected by a significant majority of the party membership, so anybody getting their knickers in a twist about him sticking by that policy (the title of this thread is clearly wrong) now is being unreasonable.

I had a short spell as editor of the Conservatives Against NewLabourisation blog but I renounced the seriously misjudged views I expressed during the leadership election shortly after David Cameron was elected, as I broadly approve the policy direction that the Conservatives are taking under his leadership.

Sorry Justin but it was perhaps the one clear policy that DC came up with during the leadership election.

Labour moderates need a new name (not Blairite or anything redolent of), philosophy (vintage in tapping into the same revisionist traditions as the Third Way, while also being thoroughly contemporary), and (having been comprehensively out organised by the left during the leadership election) structures.

During the leadership election of 11 November 2007 George Papandreou was re-elected by the friends and members of the party as its leader.

After significant electoral defeats at the hands of the SNP in 2015 and 2016, and splits over Corbyn's leadership bid last year, senior figures in both wings of the Scottish party say they are keen to preserve unity during the leadership election.

Although the two brothers will avoid personal attacks during the leadership election, a divide is emerging.

Or did drive, before it was banished to his garage during the leadership election.

As with so many of his policy speeches during the leadership election, Miliband's case is characterised by hastily assembled straw men that are then summarily burned.

This from the man who called him «Calamity Clegg» during their leadership election.

Not exact matches

During the 2008 election, Obama promised his presidency «will mark a new chapter in America's leadership on climate change.»

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

In fact, during the last leadership election for Jeremy Corbyn, and at many of his rallies in this campaign, I was repeatedly taken by how many teachers and nurses and fire - fighters and doctors I came across.

Ethics reform was a major topic at the end of last year's session and during this past election, but as leadership turned their attention to the budget at the beginning of this year, some legislators were worried the momentum had stalled.

It follows a campaign by Momentum and other supporters of Jeremy Corbyn to decrease the threshold after Corbyn, unpopular with most MPs, struggled to pass it during the 2015 Labour leadership election.

This number goes up further to eight out of ten (82 %) among those who joined during the 2015 leadership election and to virtually everyone who joined after September 2015, when Corbyn had already become leader (95.6 %).

[36] During the speech launching her campaign, Sturgeon announced that she would resign as Depute Leader, triggering a concurrent depute leadership election; the MSPs Angela Constance and Keith Brown and the MP Stewart Hosie all nominated themselves to succeed Sturgeon as Depute Leader.

Not surprisingly, given the above, half (49 %) of Labour's new members believe the membership should have more say over policy, with the figure rising to 54 % and 65 % respectively among those who joined during and after the leadership election.

Combined with a slight boost from new members that joined during the Labour leadership election, Leonard took the first spot on the Central Scotland regional list, bypassing all incumbent Labour MSPs.

Having achieved a significant boost to membership and supporter affiliation during and after the leadership election, what can a numerically strengthened Labour party achieve?

They stuck by him during his nadir last summer, when his leadership of the party seemed doomed - indeed, the organisational, campaigning and social media nous of the pro-migrant radical left probably saved him, and certainly boosted his general election performance.

It started life during the Tory leadership election and hasn't looked back.

I am very grateful to His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene for his constant support and wise counsel; to former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuour; and of course, to the two leading Presidential candidates of the 2016 elections, then President John Dramani Mahama and HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, for their responsible leadership and statesmanship during and after the elections.

«More importantly, we are celebrating this year's holidays at a time the change we had all been yearning for in the political leadership of the country has been made possible through the support Ghanaians offered the NPP during the December 7 presidential and parliamentary elections.»

As further evidence of his outspoken nature, he also was a vocal critic of the election of Long Island Republican John Flanagan as Senate majority leader in 2015, so much so that earlier this year he said he was seeking GOPers to run against Sen. Michael Nozzolio, R - Seneca County, who backed Flanagan during the 2015 leadership battle.

During the subsequent leadership election on 20 November, he polled 152 votes (40.9 %) in the first round of voting by Conservative MPs, enough to prevent an outright Thatcher victory.

There has never been any convincing explanation about why the leadership signed up to it, having campaigned for an alternative approach just weeks before, during the 2010 General Election.

During the frenetic campaigning for the party leadership over the next six months, which will overshadow the party's preparations for this year's unprecedented batch of elections, all the candidates are likely to exploit the resentment which has built up at all levels of the party over Mr Ashdown's ever growing links with Mr Blair.

He again stated his desire to rejoin the party during last year's leadership election, a move which would have been deeply unpopular with many in the party — especially the Blairites.

On 19 February 2017, during the PD National Assembly, Renzi resigned as Secretary of the party, announcing his candidacy for the next leadership election.

Erin Grall first thought about making a run for legislative leadership during the 2016 election cycle.

In order to avoid voting on a controversial gun bill during an election year — a move that no doubt would have further enraged their conservative allies who were still smarting over passage of the SAFE Act - the Senate Republicans moved the bill from the Codes Committee to the Rules Committee, which is controlled with an iron fist by the leadership.

During the leadership contest Ms May ruled out an early general election, saying that not holding one would create stability during Brexit negotiaDuring the leadership contest Ms May ruled out an early general election, saying that not holding one would create stability during Brexit negotiaduring Brexit negotiations.

The text of the press conference jointly signed by Sheikh Usman Abubakar Babantine and Imam Musa Tanimu, Chairman and Assistant Secretary respectively said, «The discernible sense of disillusionment of the masses was clearly seen during the just concluded intra party local government primary elections in many states in the country which resulted into rioting, use of weapons, massive killings and vandalism, «This shows that we are still lacking qualitative and responsible political leadership.

Schaefer argued that ---- given GENDA's strong polling and the progress made this year on educating senators ---- if Senate leadership were willing to step up, there is no reason GENDA could not win approval next year, despite the customary assumption that tough votes are best avoided during an election year.

Lord Mandelson today hit back at criticism over his decision to publish his memoirs during the Labour leadership election, claiming his analysis of New Labour was at its «most relevant» as the party debates its future.

A variant of QE for the people is People's Quantitative Easing, a policy proposed by Jeremy Corbyn during the 2015 Labour leadership election, which would require the Bank of England to create money to finance government investment via a National Investment Bank.

There will be a period of frank debate about the determination of Clegg's leadership team to stay uncritically loyal to the coalition, to stay in it to its death, and to enthuse during the election about new coalitions that were not even really on offer.

In September 2010, the party issued 13,135 ballot papers to party members during the Labour Party (UK) leadership election.

According to its website it carried out polling during the Labour leadership race and I am told it also did a general election exit poll.

[10] Also in 2007, Cameron used the website to challenge Gordon Brown to a live televised political debate as he prepared to succeed Tony Blair as Prime Minister, arguing the format had proved useful for discussing «serious policy issues» during the 2005 Conservative leadership election.

The poll says that Corbyn enjoyed an overwhelming lead among members who joined Labour during and after last year's leadership election.

But during last year's election, James supported a candidate who went on the join the IDC and is currently undercutting Stewart - Cousins» leadership post.