Sentences with phrase «for shadow cabinet positions»

This «democratic revolution» could entail democratic elections for shadow cabinet positions and digital consultations for members on policy.

Not exact matches

It wasn't good enough for the leader to read his position from a typed up script at shadow cabinet meetings discussing the prospect of military action against Isis in Syria or the EU referendum.

The moves mean that one third of the Labour frontbench shadow cabinet positions are now held by one of the 36 MPs who nominated Corbyn for the leadership last year.

This would have begun back in the autumn, with the shadow cabinet and PLP coalescing around a clear position, spoken of publicly only as one of a number of options under consideration: continued membership of the single market with immediate application of an emergency brake on immigration, and a drive for serious reform to free movement.

Burnham, who is not persuaded by the case for air strikes, warned that colleagues who voted against the party's proposed position would be «thrown to the wolves» and said that he would not be a part of a «sham shadow cabinet».

The intervention is the first major statement from the former shadow home secretary, who was being tipped for the Home Office role during the early stages of last week, when Cabinet position were gradually being filled by the new coalition.

The political fallout from last week's Syria vote has continued with a Cabinet minister saying the results would be a matter for Ed Miliband's conscience and the shadow foreign secretary admitting he was not comfortable with the position Labour now finds itself in.

Patrick Wintour has clearly been briefed that Byrne's shadow cabinet position is possibly up for grabs in a future reshuffle, and it's well - known that Miliband is keen to get a grip on the policy review process, potentially with the aim of speeding it up.

If we enter an election campaign with most of the shadow cabinet having been in position for years our result will be much better.

For Ed Miliband, tentative early attempts to shift Labour's position on spending were argued against by Ballsites in shadow cabinet.