Sentences with phrase «eurosceptic campaigns»

The UKIP leader also rejected any suggestion that his own party had been abusing the expenses system in the European Parliament by using the money for eurosceptic campaigns.

However, with cultural angst high on the agenda, dissatisfaction with the incumbent government on the rise and a Eurosceptic campaign that is more sophisticated than some realise, it does appear likely that whatever the result, the Leave vote will be fairly strong.

And then it all went downhill for the eurosceptic campaign against Thompson as the discredited former Ukip MEP Godfrey Bloom weighed in... with a suggestion that he should be «the first to spank her silly bottom».

Less than 24 hours after their new party leader, Charles Kennedy, declared «I am not going to trim» in the battle to win the promised euro - referendum, disappointed activists at the Lib Dem conference in Harrogate admitted that the European parliament elections in June had been a success for the Eurosceptic campaign.

Not exact matches

But the official Brexit campaign group accused ITV of a «stitch up» for selecting Farage who supports rival eurosceptic group, Leave.EU.

Hunt is a Eurosceptic who may well campaign for Leave, something which also has the potential to add either a booster or an anchor to his career.

The People's Pledge campaign accused Cameron of being «torn» between his own party's eurosceptic right - wingers and the europhile Liberal Democrats.

The unexpected prediction from the deputy prime minister comes amid a storm of activity from Conservative eurosceptics, as the long campaigning season ahead of May's European elections begins in earnest.

Goldsmith's support for Brexit, which many had assumed would be a major hindrance to his campaign, could even end up helping the Tories in more Eurosceptic outer London.

The campaign is chaired by the economist Derek Scott, a Eurosceptic and former adviser to Tony Blair.

The former arch eurosceptic has been accused by some Labour MPs of not campaigning hard enough for a Remain vote.

The official Brexit campaign group accused ITV of a «stitch up» for selecting the Ukip leader, who has always supported rival eurosceptic group Leave.EU.

On the Labour side, rebellious MPs have tended to be from Eurosceptic wings of the party, either from the Socialist Campaign Group wing (e.g. Jeremy Corbyn, John McDonnell) or from its conservative communitarian wing (e.g. Kate Hoey, Frank Field).

McDonnell, an open Eurosceptic, denied suggestions he and Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn had not campaigned hard enough for a Remain vote, saying they had been honest with voters about their reservations.

The campaign ahead, set against a backdrop of deepening economic gloom and institutional malaise, will see the eurosceptics on the defensive and their opponents seeking to respond vigorously.

In 2005, when campaigning to become leader, he promised Eurosceptic MPs he would quit the federalist European People's party (EPP).

Carswell is a long - time eurosceptic and a vocal member of the Better Off Out campaign.

In addition, if the Prime Minister can obtain concessions on constitutional issues such as more powers for national parliaments, the removal of the much hated reference to «ever closer union» in the EU treaties or even the promise to renegotiate a new EU treaty at a later stage, he can perhaps persuade another handful of Tory eurosceptics to campaign to remain in the EU.

Effectively, the head - to - head between the pro-EU Liberal Democrat leader and the Eurosceptic frontman has started a «phoney» referendum campaign, even in the absence of a referendum.

Launching their manifesto this morning, UKIP leader Lord Pearson of Rannoch has announced that not only is his party making a conscious decision not to stand in a handful of seats held by what he defined as «committed eurosceptics» in the last Parliament, but that UKIP will «actively campaign» for them.

I certainly did not spend so much time energy and money to see George Osbotne in No 11 and most of all I did not campaign and post leaflets to see a bald eurosceptic yorkshire dwarf become Foreign Secretary.

Moving with a clarity that poses a campaign challenge to Labour, David Cameron on Tuesday pointed the Conservative party in a more markedly Eurosceptic direction than ever before in his pre-election reshuffle.

[9] The Eurosceptic United Kingdom Independence Party did not field a candidate against Hollobone in the 2010 general election and subsequently campaigned for his re-election as a result of his Eurosceptic views.

David Harding, pictured here on the left with architect Zaha Hadid and Eurosceptic business secretary Sajid Javid at the Science Museum, has broken ranks with his fellow lords of the financial universe to join the «In» campaign with both money and mouth.

The eurosceptic Rees - Mogg also suggested that the Tories would not elect as leader anyone who had backed the In campaign for remaining in the European Union.

George Osborne could turn to a prominent Conservative eurosceptic to bolster his campaign for the party leadership, according to the latest noises coming from Tory insiders.

I could throw myself into campaigning to elect Green MEPs, even stand myself for selection on a eurosceptic platform, on the basis that if we are in the EU, then we definitely need Greens in there to make things better.

George Osborne could turn to a prominent Conservative eurosceptic to bolster his campaign for the...

The eurosceptic party says the stories are the result of a smear campaign originating in Conservative head office.

There was also a minor disturbance at the speech as Cameron was heckled by Eurosceptic campaigners, understood to be linked to the Vote Leave campaign group.

Fury erupted among Eurosceptic Tories after Cabinet members aiming to campaign for «Brexit» were isolated by the PM.

Eurosceptic MEP David Campbell Bannerman slammed a warning in the letter that ministers who campaign must have «long - standing and sincerely held views».

A Eurosceptic source said: «We feel that Theresa May is going to campaign for us to leave and we sent Liam on a charm offensive to try and make that happen.»

MP Steve Baker, a key figure in Vote Leave, said: «It would be a complete farce if ministers had to prove their Eurosceptic credentials before campaigning.»

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.

This could allow Johnson to burnish his Eurosceptic credentials before the Tory leadership contest by endorsing the out campaign while claiming that he is not calling for a definitive break with the EU.

Cummings, the driving force behind Gove's free schools programme, will seek to break from the fusty image of Eurosceptics with the launch of the out campaign.

However, this does not mean that UKIP or other smaller parties may not stand to benefit if Eurosceptic voters become disillusioned with the parties that predominantly campaign to remain.

It may be that support of the Better Off Out campaign is necessary to qualify to be «Eurosceptic» - a campaign that enjoys the support of at least a third of Tory members.

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Alongside Corbyn, other left - wing Eurosceptic parties — such as Syriza in Greece and Sinn Fein in Ireland — have campaigned on anti-austerity platforms this year.

In the leadership campaign, he posed as a principled Eurosceptic and offered the hostage to fortune that his EPP discomfort turned out to be.

Speaking during a day of campaigning in Clacton - on - Sea, Essex, the Eurosceptic compared Mrs May to a «weathercock» and «not a signpost».

The clause is supposed to be the delivery of a promise made in 2005 by Mr Cameron when he sought the support of Eurosceptic MPs in his leadership campaign.

While Vote Leave is the official Brexit campaign group backed by Boris Johnson and other senior Eurosceptic Tories such as Michael Gove and Liam Fox, Leave.EU is endorsed by Ukip and was founded by Banks, a businessman and Ukip donor.

Corbyn has been touring the country to make speeches in favour of remain but the leave campaign has seized on his Eurosceptic past to claim he is a secret Brexiter.

Anne Marie Waters was banned from being a candidate for the Eurosceptic party during their disastrous general election campaign after former leader Paul Nuttall said her views go «above and beyond party policy»

Eurosceptics to the right of him... Michael Gove, who campaigned to Leave the EU, with David Cameron in 2010.

As an ardent and well known Eurosceptic, Dr Fox's endorsement would have given her campaign major credibility with Brexit backers.

Many eurosceptics, including some within the Tories and some within Ukip, fear the prospect of Farage being the voice of the «out» campaign, because he is too controversial.