Sentences with phrase «former colleagues»

His former colleagues in the Ulster Unionist Party (UUP) maintain the move has been amicable.

In 1936, he circulated a questionnaire to 550 colleagues and former colleagues who were elected in the period 1885 — 1918.

Friends, family and former colleagues gathered in the LCA office this afternoon to pay tribute to Jay Gallagher who lost his year - long fight to pancreatic cancer last May.

She told the paper: «I know that Tony thinks Gordon could win the election and I know that he has spoken to Gordon about how he could do that,» adding that the former colleagues still speak.

Our cover feature this month is about defectors - the people who former colleagues feel like spitting on and who are often mistrusted by their new party.

His former colleagues never forgave him, and Archie Hamilton once said: «Why don't people understand that Alan's not pretending to be a shit.

DeFrancisco failed to seal the deal, and a whisper campaign for Molinaro led by some of his former colleagues in the state Assembly began to get traction.

Clegg took full responsibility for the fate suffered by 49 of his former colleagues on the Lib Dem benches in the commons and earned the warm applause of his audience at an emotional moment.

Love popped up to New York at the end of December and got a few ovations from his former colleagues on Community Board 1, but we did not have a chance to converse then.

But the relationship between the former colleagues cooled as Mr Buhari's coup ousted a civilian government, led by Alhaji Shehu Shagari, who won elections organised by Mr Obasanjo.

But former colleagues describe Tagaris as an unabashed liberal, who is a perfect fit both for Sanders and for the anti-establishment fervor within the Democratic base that the candidate has harnessed.

Not on that list: the sexual misconduct of two former colleagues, New York City mayoral candidate Anthony Weiner and San Diego Mayor Bob Filner.

Lawmaker - turned - lobbyist Nick Spano can keep influencing his former colleagues, despite today's guilty plea on tax evasion and his pending status as a convicted felon.

Alcantara is one of nine Democrats — including Queens» Jose Peralta and Brooklyn's Jesse Hamilton — who have broken away from voting with their party to periodically cast their votes with Republicans, to the frustration of their Democratic constituency and former colleagues.

While not calling for Rep. Weiner's outright resignation, I did suggest that he and others guilty of similar transgressions consider returning to private life as have their former colleagues (Vito Fossella, Eric Massa, and Chris Lee).

How much he can convince Senate Republicans to let him leap left is important to watch, especially as they harbor resentment toward New York City Mayor Bill de Blasio and note that some of their former colleagues who lept with Cuomo on marriage equality and the SAFE Act are no longer in office.

Following outcry from gay and lesbian and women's groups — and harsh criticism from her former colleagues in the City Council — Public Advocate Letitia James downplayed her endorsement of social conservative Councilman Fernando Cabrera in his failed bid for a State Senate seat.

Despite the corruption convictions of two powerful Capitol figures, Sheldon Silver and Dean Skelos, their former colleagues have shown little appetite for reform.

David Cameron demands investigations into Stephen Byers and the ex-ministers offering to lobby their former colleagues for cash

As Paterson has slowly progressed as governor, projecting leadership though still struggling to assert his will on crucial issues, the personal and political toll on him has been striking: A man who only two years ago was one of the most popular in Albany is now reviled by his former colleagues.

It's too early in the cycle to know whether Israel's aggressive outreach to his former colleagues will pay off.

An ex-lawmaker critiques a judge - drawn redistricting map and his former colleagues Capital New York

In the winter meetings, I also pitched in with my former colleagues on some planning ideas and meetings.»

In the Assembly Chamber in which Silver served from 1977 until his expulsion in November, his former colleagues were not publicly weeping.

Comptroller Tom DiNapoli says he does not want the state pension fund to be dictated by the whims of his former colleagues in the state Legislature.

Manhattan BP Scott Stringer again called for his former colleagues in Albany to pass gay marriage, adding: «No one should want to get married in New York City unless everybody can get married in New York City.»

Former colleagues of the high - flying peer may just be hoping he does a better job of bringing people together when Gordon Brown made him a Foreign Office minister in 2007.

Chair Keith Vaz asked the home secretary if it was wise to have appointed a parliamentarian (Butler - Sloss is a cross-bench peer), especially given the probity May exhibited when she refused to read a report into allegations of sexual abuse by members of parliament because they could be former colleagues.

His oopponents — both in the primary and general election — argued he would not be able to adequately police he former colleagues, but Schneiderman pointed to his role as chairman of the committee that led the charge to expel former Sen. Hiram Monserrate as proof he can be tough with state lawmakers.

For some, the decision to go to war in Iraq meant they became estranged from former colleagues who remained in government.

During our sit - down, he again criticized one of his opponents, Sen. Eric Schneiderman, saying the Manhattan lawmaker would have to recuse himself from investigating his former colleagues in the Senate if he's elected AG.

Despite Mr Sheridan's plea for a truce between the two parties, he also wasted no time yesterday in condemning his former colleagues for «stabbing him in the back» during his successful libel battle against the News of the World.

Brodsky and Schneiderman are honorable men who would do the right thing investigating former colleagues (didn't Andrew Cuomo punt the investigation of Governor Paterson?)

Klein himself questioned after Rivera's CapTon appearance whether his former colleagues really intended to mount a serious challenge to him (serious, in so much as they truly intend to try to oust him from his seat).

«As a co-sponsor of the bill in 2010 to create an independent redistricting commission with fair and defined criteria and opportunities for public engagement in the map - making process, I urge my former colleagues to move forward on this long overdue reform,» Padavan said in a press release.

The comptroller also rather surprisingly put the kibosh on the push by his former colleagues in the Assembly Democratic conference to bring back member items.

Paterson, a former state senator himself, tried reasoning with his former colleagues, to no better effect.

The great Peter Mandelson memoirs game is afoot, and you must mark off the hilarious reactions of his lordship's former colleagues one by one.

And then there was Assemblyman Kevin Cahill's response, delivered only hours after his former colleagues acted.

The former mayor, dressed in a dark suit and tan as ever, reveled in the ceremony, shaking hands and squeezing the shoulders of dozens of former colleagues and well - wishers.

Brodsky, who remains close with many of his former colleagues, says the spate of arrests takes its toll on the majority of lawmakers, who are honest.

The now former leader of the IDC said he would still be raising money, though, to help some of his former colleagues who are facing primary challenges.

I don't see how he can stay working in Downing Street unless he clears this up and says whether his former colleagues are telling the truth or not.»

Ms. Savino (D - North Shore / Brooklyn) said she has been trying to talk her former colleagues in the labor movement out of challenging McMahon.

While his corruption may have overshadowed his 31 - year state Assembly career, former colleagues of disgraced Richmond Hill Assemblyman Anthony Seminerio chose to remember him as an outspoken man who delivered for his constituents.

Facing resistance at the PACB from Skelos» former colleagues, the ESD backed away from that investment fund and instead decided to loan Kinsgbridge money through the New York Works program, which Cuomo controls.

He had strong views about economics, the free market and low taxation, and it will come as a surprise to many of his former colleagues that he was the founder member of PEST — Pressure for Economic and Social Toryism — which later became associated with a left, if not wet, form of Conservatism.

Several of Sessions's Republican former colleagues on Capitol Hill have defended him in the face of the president's criticism.

WASHINGTON — Anthony Weiner's former colleagues in Congress are slamming his decision to run for mayor so soon after his sexting scandal.

By moving to a lobbying firm, Wilson follows in the footsteps of his former colleagues Craig Oliver and Ameet Gill.