Sentences with phrase «for party conference speeches»

And it is clear that Cameron is an expert media handler, whether it is speaking without notes for party conference speeches or wooing the News Corporation press.

Not exact matches

George Osborne and Ed Balls have gone head to head debating the economy for years, and this gives us a great opportunity to compare their speaking styles, from autumn statement debates to party conference speeches.

A rather young delegate, who might have fitted in better at an X Factor audition than the Conservative party conference, moaned during the queue for Cameron's final speech that he was «bored» by this year's conference.

Meanwhile the takeaway line from the SNP leader's speech, «let's resolve to put Scotland in the driving seat», like the conference slogan «PROGRESS», was vague and eminently forgettable, while there was also a weirdly hubristic section which implied the party might remain in government for «the next ten years and beyond».

Many of her advisers will have sleepless nights preparing May for the party conference, the TV interviews, the speech.

It speaks volumes about the priorities of the Conservative party that they see benefit cuts for the working poor as a crowd - pleasing punchline for a conference speech.»

Labour has had a successful party conference, Ed Miliband made a powerful speech with a strong commanding narrative of Labour's objectives for government, but the only let - down was in the crucial area of economic policy.

Sir Vince Cable will use his Lib Dem party conference speech to call for MPs on all sides to join forces and help him reverse Brexit.

Nevertheless, a successful party conference in Liverpool came and went — crowned by a speech applauded from all sides of the commentariat for setting out a vision of a Greater Britain, in which all were to benefit from a rising tide of prosperity once the forces of conservatism had been pushed aside.

First, because in spite of the praise for Lady Thatcher in the speech and throughout the conference, it was an arresting sign of how much the Tory party has changed since her era and of how little decisive influence the party's colourful retro - Thatcherites actually enjoy.

My prediction here is that we may see the type of stage managed applause for the PM that was orchestrated by party staff for Iain Duncan Smith's Tory conference speech in 2003.

These include his first ever TV appearance, in the audience on BBC1's Question Time in January 1981 (aged 18), when he publicly berated Barbara Castle; and another from 1989 when he and a certain Sally Illman (the future Mrs B and then an avowed Tory) stood alongside one another previewing Margaret Thatcher's Conservative Party conference speech for the BBC's coverage of the event.

I began intensively lobbying Tory MPs and party activists, arguing that same - sex marriage was consistent with Conservative values; that it chimed with their support for the institution of marriage — an argument that was later closely echoed by David Cameron in his pro-gay marriage speech to the 2011 Tory party conference.

He and his team rolled out the global race narrative at his October party conference speech, and for the first time since the Big Society, the PM and his advisers in No 10 felt they had a key message.

[358] Immediately ahead of the party conference, noting a second Johnson speech setting out terms for Brexit even before determination by the Cabinet, Ruth Davidson called for «serious people» to take over his role, criticised his overoptimism and predicted that Britain would «look very much like it looks now» after the transitional period.

PW writes: In his visit to the school, Blair confirms that he will step down within the next 12 months and that his forthcoming party conference speech will be his last; he also apologises for the Labour party's recent conduct, saying it «has not been our finest hour».

Alan Johnson, former home secretary and leader of Labour In for Britain, the Labour party's remain campaign, in a speech to the USDAW Annual Delegate Conference, Blackpool on April 26.

Ukip leader uses conference speech to hit back at critics who accuse his party of using child abuse scandal for political purposes

Business restructuring expert Harry Wilson, a former candidate for state comptroller, appeared at the state Conservative Party Political Action Conference Sunday evening to pitch himself in what could eventually serve as his stump speech.

When Cameron gave clearer voice to his anti-state instincts in his party conference speech last October, support for his party declined in the polls.

According to a ConservativeHome profile, Javid, Halfon, another future Tory MP David Burrowes and Tim Montgomerie - founder of ConservativeHome - got up at 7 am so they could get front row seats for what turned out to be Mrs Thatcher's final party conference speech.

Shortly after his appointment as Minister for Merseyside, Heseltine gave his annual party conference speech, in which he condemned talk of repatriation and called for more public spending on inner cities.

«The Constitutional protections afforded the freedom to engage in association by the Independence Party and the Independent Democratic Conference for the advancement of beliefs and ideas through freedom of speech is a core value established by the First Amendment.

His planned speech comes as Ed Miliband prepares for the Labour party conference, where he is expected to face questions over the timetable for constitutional reform.

David Cameron is likely to point the way forward to further repatriation in his speech to the Conservative Party conference next month as he attempts to buy time amid calls from Tory Eurosceptics for a landmark referendum on Britain's relationship with the EU.»

In his showpiece speech at the party's conference on Tuesday, Ed Miliband said he would freeze gas and electricity bills for 20 months, prompting energy companies to claim blackouts would follow and investment in new plant would stall.

He and Ed Miliband had been friends for some years and, after Miliband was elected leader in 2010, Milne was among those consulted about his first party conference speech.

Ed Miliband used his speech to the Labour Party conference this week to announce his support for lowering the voting age to 16 for all UK elections.

Her only contribution to this process was a conference speech in October which limited her room to manoeuvre in Brussels in exchange for short term support from her own party.

With polls suggesting that Ukip could replace the Lib Dems as the third party of British politics, Clegg devoted much of his conference speech to attacking Nigel Farage for playing on «un-British» fears.

David Cameron faces criticism for misleading the public in his speech to the Conservative party conference yesterday.

In his keynote speech to the conference tomorrow, party leader Nick Clegg is expected to issue a warning that a vote for the SNP is not as «harmless» as people might think.

Review George Osborne's speech to the Tory party conference, in which he pledged to freeze council tax rises for two years.

The Labour leader, who said Britain needed a more responsible capitalism in his party conference speech last autumn, revealed details of his party's agenda for reforming the banking sector.

Carly Fiorina, the former C.E.O. of Hewlett - Packard who lost a high - profile Senate race in California in 2010, pitched herself as a contender for president in 2016, in a speech to the NYS Conservative Party's 48th annual conference.

The chancellor, who has a habit of making pivotal policy announcements at the Tory party conference, delivered a crowd - pleasing speech mapping out a future of «liberty and justice» for Britain.

The chancellor gave a speech of honey and vinegar today to the Conservative Party Conference, with optimism about recovery but tougher measures for the unemployed

For her keynote Conservative party conference speech, Theresa May attempted to build on the theme set out by her predecessor 13 years ago.

«It speaks volumes about the priorities of the Conservative party that they see benefit cuts for the working age poor as a crowd - pleasing punch line for a conference speech.»

The MP for Saffron Walden, who impressed many delegates at the Conservative Party conference last October with her speech ahead of Theresa May's keynote address, added: «I don't know whether it's just a fad where people are saying these things and then they'll move on to something else or whether this is now a permanent thing.»

Lib Dem chief secretary to the Treasury Danny Alexander unveiled the plans for a new «affluence team» in his speech to the party conference in Birmingham today.

Jeremy Corbyn's speech at the end of the Labour conference will conclude a week in Brighton which has demonstrated that for now at least the party is united on his terms.

We must try to ensure that when it gets to late September, Gordon Brown doesn't make an «impressive» speech to party conference, and then be praised for his decisive action in halting the financial crisis and slashing our lead in half.

The chancellor backed the scheme in his Tory party conference speech on Monday, but the shadow chancellor said last week there would be no blank cheque from Labour for the project.

A former Conservative minister has suggested that Theresa May's ill - fated speech to her party conference in Manchester had left a number of MPs convinced that the time had come for her to resign.

Malpass slammed Gillibrand during his acceptance speech at the convention and plans to hit her again today in a noon conference call for accepting the Working Families Party line yesterday.

For the 4.5 percenters, who, like me, backed Liz Kendall, John McDonnell's first major speech as shadow chancellor at Labour Party conference was, in many ways, a pleasant surprise.

This is an abridged version of the speech by Billy Hayes to yesterday's conference and AGM of the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy (CLPD)

In his final party conference speech before the general election, the Labour leader put the NHS at the heart of his pitch, pledging a fund to pay for tens of thousands more doctors, nurses and midwives.

In response to John McDonnell's speech at Labour Party conference — in which he called for places across the country to «take back control» from Westminster, and also outlined plans for new regional banks — Alexandra Jones, Chief Executive of the Centre for Cities, said: