Sentences with phrase «former defence minister»

Former defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth told BBC Radio 4's World At One: «If Nigel Farage is well - connected with Donald Trump - as it would appear that he is - then we should certainly be talking to him.

The Nigerian army has inaugurated a committee to investigate allegations leveled against its personnel by former Defence Minister, General Theophilus Y. Danjuma.

It's why this other story, of direct political activity by members of the Canadian military on behalf of former Defence Minister Peter McKay, caused such controversy at the time.

Lib Dem MP and former defence minister Nick Harvey backed this up, commenting that Straw's definition fell short of addressing how often people expect MPs to be in their constituencies, and remarked how much more a way of life than a regular job being a politician can be:

Left - wing comic Jeremy Hardy said former defence minister Kevan Jones» support for the renewal of Trident proved he had depression.

In 2016, former defence minister Jean - Yves Le Drian, who is now Macron's Foreign Minister, suggested that the EU should send patrols to the South China Sea.

The great imponderable is whether former defence minister Jason Kenney covets the job.

Former defence minister Rob Nicholson stonewalled the accountability demands of the New Democrats and Liberals, who pointed out the Americans keep a running, publicly reported tab of their expenses.

Prime minister Gordon brown announced the envoy - former defence minister Des Browne - during his drilling by the liaison committee yesterday, earning praise from prominent Labour MP Keith Vaz but instant condemnations from Sri Lanka itself.

But writing for centrist think tank Progress, former defence minister Foulkes said Brown's intervention would «confuse and complicate» the issue.

Dr Benjamin Kumbuor, former Defence Minister under the Mahama administration, has called for early congress in the National Democratic Congress (NDC).

The Kingdom is willing to accept almost any kind of Israeli - Palestinian peace deal, Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's former defence minister Yaacov Nagal said in an interview with The Telegraph.

The newspaper reported signatories to the missive - drafted by senior MP Bernard Jenkin - include James Clappison, Conor Burns, John Baron, Anne Main and former defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth.

The recent comments by former Defence Minister, General Theophilus Y. Danjuma that the citizenry should defend themselves from rampaging herdsmen racking havoc in communities across the...

Former Defence Minister Peter MacKay (MacKay was moved to the Justice portfolio in July of this year) who since 2011 has been attending the Shangri - la Dialogue, an informal meeting of defence officials held annually in Singapore, indicated this year that Canada wished to become a member of the ADMM + but that suggestion, for now, has been politely declined.

Former defence minister Nick Harvey told the Huffington Post the polls all pointed to a Labour victory in 2015, even if Tories refused to accept it.

Former defence minister Kevan Jones m who quit Labour's frontbench over Ms Thornberry's appointment, described her performance as «cringe worthy» and «waffly and incoherent».

Former defence minister and senator for Western Australia David Johnston has been appointed Australia's first defence export advocate, after the federal government committed to spend an additional $ 20 million every year to support the sector.

The former defence minister also said that David Cameron must be willing to talk to the Syrian President Bashar al - Assad, and his ally Russian president Vladimir Putin, in order to solve the refugee crisis for good.

A former defence minister has backed Number 10's handling of a report in the US into the CIA's torture... More

A former defence minister has backed Number 10's handling of a report in the US into the CIA's torture techniques used on terror suspects after 9/11, after Downing Street officials were forced to admit Britain did ask for parts of it to be edited out.

Former defence minister and Christian MP Sir Gerald Howarth has told Premier he supports the United Kingdom joining US - led air strikes on Islamic State (IS) fig...

Former Defence Minister and former Conservative MP Sir Gerald Howath has told Premier that the media... More

Former defence minister and Christian MP Sir Gerald Howarth has told Premier he supports the United Kingdom... More

Former defence minister and Christian MP Sir Gerald Howarth has told Premier he supports the United Kingdom joining US - led air strikes on Islamic State (IS) fighters.

But he took flak in 2006 over the hiring of a former defence minister while the agency was representing the Eurofighter jet project.

The former defence minister was a leading figure in the 1984 Welsh miners» strikes, and entered parliament in 1989.

Peter Luff, the former defence minister, was revealed as letting a house from Chelsea footballer Frank Lampard.

Maybe now even the former Defence Minister de Maizière will be able to get back his old job.

Former defence minister and member of parliament for Mid Worcestershire, Sir Peter Luff, told MPs that the world was more dangerous than it had been for decades.

«This ethnic cleansing must stop in Taraba, and it must stop in Nigeria,» the former Defence Minister had warned.

Gerald Howarth, a former defence minister, said it was a «constitutional outrage» and risked giving an impression the referendum was rigged in Cameron's favour.

In one of the most dramatic moments the former defence minister, Sir Gerald Howarth, complained to a lesbian member of the prime minister's policy board about «the aggressive homosexual community».

Other signatories to the missive include James Clappison, Conor Burns, John Baron, Anne Main and the former defence minister Sir Gerald Howarth.

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Also reported dead were Interior Minister Mohammed Ibrahim al - Shaar and General Hassan Turkmani, a former defence minister and currently Syria's deputy vice-president, who later died of his injuries.

Touching on the 2016 elections, the former Defence Minister said his analysis showed the party was going to lose the election, saying «I was a bit frightened about the parallels and similarities of 1999 and 2000 which eventually led to our electoral defeat at that time.

Harold Saxon, Doctor Who (TV) Former defence minister and bestselling author, Saxon quickly charmed his way into office after fighting off a Yuletide alien invasion in 2007.

Meanwhile the Member of Parliament for Manso Adubia constituency, Yaw Frimpong has alleged that the foreigners engaged in illegal mining sought permission from the former Defence Minister, Benjamin Kumbuor, for military protection, and were subsequently granted.

This was as a prominent Christian leader, Rev. Gideon Para-Mallam, said the former Defence minister spoke the truth, stressing that, «Danjuma represents forceful truth and it is a bitter pill which is not easy to swallow.

Maldivian government took several steps to bolster Mr. Yameen's authority such as removal of Chief Justice, police chiefs and arrest of Vice President and former Defence Minister.

• Lord Moonie, a former defence minister, allegedly offered, in return for an annual fee of # 30,000, to contact John Healey, the local government minister and to identify people who could amend the legislation.

Nigeria's former Defence Minister and Chief of Army Staff, T. Y. Danjuma, on Saturday accused the Nigerian armed forces of aiding the on - going killings...

The Sunday paper also claimed that two other Labour peers — Lord Moonie, a former defence minister, and Lord Snape — were allegedly willing to use their influence.

The umbrella body for Ijaw youths, while also reacting to recent allegation by former Defence minister, Gen. T. Y. Danjuma, that the military is not neutral in killings across the country, said the allegation is too weighty to be dismissed with a wave of hand by the government.

Former Defence Minister Sir Nicholas told The Mail on Sunday: «What Douglas Carswell has done is sheer madness.

Former Defence Minister Sir Gerald Howarth, Conservative MP for Aldershot, has said he «hopes and prays» the same - sex marriage plans are thrown out.

«In the wake of the Cabinet reshuffle last autumn, Downing Street suddenly announced that several ex-ministers had been rewarded with knighthoods (including the sacked farming minister, James Paice, the former solicitor general, Edward Garnier, and two former defence ministers, Nick Harvey and Gerald Howarth).

Sir Nicholas Soames, the former defence minister who is a Cameron loyalist, highlighted the Tory leadership's suspicions about Johnson when he tweeted: «Whatever my great friend Boris decides to do I know that he is NOT an outer.»