Sentences with phrase «eurosceptic cabinet»
Mr Duncan Smith also downplayed reports of tensions between Boris Johnson, Liam Fox and David Davis, the three Eurosceptic Cabinet ministers who will lead on Britain's exit from the EU.
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It comes after Morgan recently took a swipe at her eurosceptic cabinet colleague Iain Duncan Smith, telling the Independent on Sunday:
The likelihood of Cameron obtaining most of what he has asked for in the negotiation might be sufficient to win the support of eurosceptic cabinet ministers such as Michael Gove, Sajid Javid and Oliver Letwin.
Boris Johnson will spend Christmas at Chevening this year after shaking off competition from his fellow eurosceptic Cabinet ministers.
Not exact matches
But later in the day, the Cabinet Office minister Matt Hancock was given a rough ride by Eurosceptic Conservative MPs in the Commons, as he sought to justify the decision; and Heywood was forced to explain his thinking to MPs on the public administration committee.
On the Labour side, for example, prominent non-Corbynites and former Shadow Cabinet members such as Yvette Cooper, Hilary Benn, Mary Creagh and Rachel Reeves will chair committees, while the list of Conservative party chairs and candidates is significantly more liberal and less Eurosceptic than the party leadership, with Tom Tugendhat, Robert Halfon and Nicky Morgan joining fellow Remainers Damian Collins, Sarah Wollaston, Bob Neill and Neil Parish.
It is interesting that Mr Hammond - one of the Cabinet's most Eurosceptic members - has written a letter to the PM, with the Europhile Vince Cable, setting out his views on reforming EU contracts.
Leading Eurosceptic MP Steve Baker said he believed it was inevitable some members of the Cabinet would walk if they felt forced to take what he described as a flimsy deal on the renegotiation.
The latest news follows reports that Cameron is preparing to «purge» his Cabinet of eurosceptics, with Chris Grayling said to be top of the list.
The noisiest eurosceptics in the cabinet include Iain Duncan Smith, Chris Grayling and Theresa Villiers.
Less strident cabinet eurosceptics include Michael Gove and Sajid Javid.
Either way, it's all far cry from 1993 when John Major was rather less accomodating of three eurosceptic MPs in his cabinet.
With an influential Cabinet secretary to lead the malcontents on the Tory backbenches, the eurosceptic wing of the party now presents a much more dangerous threat to the prime minister.
The most ardent cabinet eurosceptics include Iain Duncan Smith, Chris Grayling and Theresa Villiers.
After playing up last week, Commons leader and top cabinet eurosceptic Chris Grayling has now given David Cameron some reasons to be nice to him.
Amid a massive revolt by Tory Eurosceptics, Cabinet Office minister David Lidington said they had to recognise the «challenges» of forging a «deep and special relationship» with the bloc.
Instead a weakened prime minister could once again be forced to confront the angry eurosceptics in her cabinet who wonder whether she is heading for «Brino» — Brexit in name only.
Ironically, Mr Major, whose Downing Street years were scarred by battles with Eurosceptic «bastards» — particularly Cabinet members Peter Lilley, Michael Howard and Michael Portillo — were arguing for Britain to stay IN.
Fury erupted among Eurosceptic Tories after Cabinet members aiming to campaign for «Brexit» were isolated by the PM.
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After the 2015 election, this culminated in the suspension of collective cabinet responsibility during the referendum campaign, so that Eurosceptic ministers need not resign their posts, despite publicly contradicting everything that the PM and Chancellor were saying.
Prominent Eurosceptics Priti Patel (left) and Liam Fox (right) are being lined up for Cabinet jobs as part of a «unity reshuffle» after the EU referendum, while Boris Johnson could be made defence secretary
The millionaire businessman — the richest in Cabinet — started political life as an outspoken Eurosceptic, only to desert to the Remain camp and its discredited Project Fear.
Prominent Eurosceptics Priti Patel and Liam Fox are being lined up for Cabinet jobs as part of a «unity reshuffle» after the EU referendum.
The former Tory leader could even be sacked from the Cabinet altogether, as could Eurosceptic Culture Secretary John Whittingdale.
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He teased Mr Paterson, a leading Eurosceptic in the Cabinet, for making backing the EU in the wake of the horse - meat food scandal.
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It's notable that two of Cameron's Cabinet colleagues who have broken cover in recent days — eurosceptic Michael Gove and europhile Kenneth Clarke — are far more widely thought than the Prime Minister to put strength of feeling ahead of tactics.