Sentences with phrase «figures in the party»

New Labour figures believe any move to the left makes the party unelectable, but many figures in the party think voters need a decisive break with the past if they are to put their faith in Labour again.

Leading figures in the party, as well as party activists, are former members of the Conservative party, not least Nigel Farage himself.

The details of the stillborn coalition negotiations between the two centre - left parties comes as senior figures in both parties start building bridges ahead of what is expected to be another hung parliament in 2015.

Ukip today descended into meltdown, after an extroardinary bout of public infighting between Nigel Farage and several senior figures in the party.

Figures in the party had comforted themselves with the thought that the coverage surrounding Huhne's conviction would focus voters» minds on expelling the Liberal Democrats from the seat.

He said he kept warning the party about its impending defeat but he was attacked together with other senior figures in the party.

May is an extremely popular figure in her party, an increasingly warmer character who takes time out to press the flesh.

Senior figures in the party are understood to be deeply concerned about losing more members to UKIP.

However, senior figures in the party have warned that hundreds of Labour MPs would refuse to serve under Corbyn, leaving him unable to form a shadow cabinet.

On a blog this afternoon, Respect leader Yaqoob, who was helping her sister give birth when the row exploded yesterday, disassociated herself from the most famous figure in her party.

To start that conversation, they would first have to admit to the great cover - up about his character in which so many senior figures in the party were complicit for more than a decade.

Mr Blair's reported verdict on Mr Miliband follows criticism of the Labour leader's performance from some senior figures in his party.

While an attempt to remove Clause IV from the party constitution in 1959 failed, Tony Blair, and the «modernisers» saw the issue as putting off potential voters, [140] and were successful thirty - five years later, [141] with only limited opposition from senior figures in the party.

While the likes of Umunna push for soft Brexit, or no Brexit, other senior figures in the party argue the reverse.

If they can't unite behind Ed - who is pushed as a «consensus» figure in the party - can the tensions ever be healed?

Building the kind of local base from which Ashdown himself and most of the current contenders for the leadership sprang is a slow and painstaking business, the practice of which some senior figures in the party are beginning to fear might undermine true Liberal Democrat values.

More than 50 members of his shadow ministerial team resigned in the wake of the vote while a string of senior figures in the party have urged him to quit.

I am sure he will be a major figure in the party for a long time to come and a major contender at some time in the future,» she told the newspaper.

In deciding whether to use nuclear weapons, Jiang certainly has to consult other powerful figures in the Party, particularly the seven members of the Politburo Standing Committee and the two vice-chairmen of the CMC, namely Zhang Wannian and Chi Haotian.

«It was simply a thought experiment to compare two talented figures in the party and not any sort of attempt to predict future contests,» the source said.

Republican officials and leading figures in the party's establishment are now preparing for the possibility of a brokered convention as Trump continues sit atop the polls and the presidential race.

The disclosure of the plans to bash the Lib Dems came as senior figures in that party jostled for position in the contest to succeed Mr Ashdown.

But the budget package did pit Schumer against many of the other major figures in his party, including Sen. Bernie Sanders of Vermont, Sen. Elizabeth Warren of Massachusetts and House Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi of California.

Arthur Greenwood meanwhile was a popular figure in the party, however his leadership bid was severely hampered by his alcohol problem.

Senior figures in the party are understood to be deeply concerned...

So far, few influential Democrats have publicly backed de Blasio in his war with Cuomo, although the mayor has received what a source close to him called «strong words of support» from other prominent figures in his party.

No matter how many times he is denounced by the press and senior figures in the party, his support among his growing army of Corbynistas actually seems to grow.

Ed Miliband's summer leadership crisis intensified again this weekend, with weak polling numbers underlining a double whammy of personal attacks from senior figures in the party.

For him, president Mahama is still a leading figure in the party and there is nothing wrong with what was done.

Uncertainty about the party's future direction following the election of Ed Miliband as the party's leader is constraining senior figures in the party from speaking out.

Nick Clegg's difficulties in handling complaints against senior figures in his party will continue on Friday when solicitors acting for an alleged sexual assault victim of the MP Mike Hancock will ask the high court to force a Lib - Dem - led council to release an unredacted version of a damning QC's report.

Justice Secretary Michael Gove: The 48 - year - old former newspaper columnist was a key figure in the party's modernisation that led to its return to power in 2010.

Mr Hughes is a popular figure in the party and his acceptance of the new role is a sign of how seriously the leadership takes the fall - out from the tuition fees vote.

As for Ed, whom the New Statesman endorsed as Labour leader last week, he can feel justly frustrated that senior figures in the party have failed to engage with his sophisticated and well - meant critique of New Labour.

Webbe is the most senior figure in the party of the four candidates, a current member of the NEC and a former adviser to Livingstone at City Hall.

Leftwing figures in the party are thought to be cautious about selecting Webbe, the former chair of Operation Trident, because she is a member of Labour's NEC.

This is a lancing of the boil — Oakeshott has long been a malign figure in the party, pursuing his own malicious agenda, rather than do anything for the benefit of the party.

He's the most substantial and respected figure in the party and he is absolutely the right person to fight the referendum campaign.

However, concerns have been raised by senior figures in the party that Brown, who lost his post when Ed Miliband won the leadership, is not aware of the scale of the task facing him.

Mr Miliband's initiative has been welcomed by senior figures in the party, including Tony Blair, who said he wished he had done it when he was party leader.

Not exact matches

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A notice from the Hotan district government over the weekend accused Jelil Matniyaz, a village - level secretary for the ruling Communist party in the far - western region, of being afraid to smoke before religious figures.

The opposition Labour Party, which requested the figures under freedom of information, said they showed the government's «utter failure» in ensuring wealthy people and large corporations pay as much tax as they should.

Like the Affordable Care Act, it was passed on a purely party - line vote, via a truly ugly process, with little time for legislators to figure out what's in it.

What usually happened was the other party figured this out and began to unwind the contract or comply only with the letter of the contract, seeking every loophole in the language they could find.

The party in power often loses Congressional seats after a President's first two years in office, even if the President isn't a controversial figure like Donald Trump.

«It's interesting to figure how $ 1,500 worth of options relates to $ 10,000 in services, but the two parties simply reached an agreement.»

Local news service Xinhuanet reports that Wang Qisha, chief of the Communist Party of China's Central Commission for Discipline Inspection (CCDI), gave the figure in a report published on Sunday.

The Netherlands, Austria and Denmark show similar figures at around 12 - 13 percent, while Finland has experienced growth in the support of nationalist parties in the past two elections.

Bitcoins were created in 2009 by a mysterious figure or group known as Satoshi Nakamoto and are used for transactions across borders without third parties such as banks.