Sentences with phrase «foreign leadership race»

Presidents like Bill Clinton have tried to personally influence elections in places like Russia and Israel while in office, but Levin said he has not come across an instance where a former president has offered an endorsement in a foreign leadership race like Obama.

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Former foreign secretary rules himself out of Labour leadership race as he says voters delivered clear verdict on failure to embrace «aspiration and inclusion»

The leadership battle that follows Cook's resignation is essentially a two - horse race between the long - serving chancellor, Gordon Brown, and the man who Cook has surprisingly promoted to foreign secretary, David Miliband.

It's Miliband's decision to withdraw from the race for the European foreign minister's job two weeks ago that has catapulted the question of his leadership back into the frame.

However the foreign secretary argued that the leadership race would be a waste of time and money.

September 02, 2010 in David Miliband, Ed Balls, Ed Miliband, Labour foreign policy, Labour leadership race, Lurching Left Permalink Comments (6)