Sentences with phrase «former leadership candidate»

Former leadership candidate Michael Portillo once wrote this:

Nuttall's team in Stoke included Suzanne Evans, Ukip's head of policy, Patrick O'Flynn, another MEP, and Lisa Duffy, a former leadership candidate, all of whom are on the wing of the party pushing for a more modern outlook.

At a separate rally, organised by Labour First, Angela Eagle, the former leadership candidate and minister, accused Corbyn's supporters of allowing a culture of abuse of MPs and Labour party staff which could lead to a form of «populist authoritarian rule».

Meanwhile, Shadow Chancellor John McDonnell took a swipe at Mr Smith today, telling BBC News that former leadership candidate Angela Eagle was «forced off the ballot paper by pressure from Owen Smith's campaign».

Former leadership candidate Romeo Saganash now endorses Thomas Mulcair.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

The CIBC senior executive and former Harper government industry minister, regarded by many as a potential future leadership candidate, issued the blunt assessment in a speech in London, England, that contains some indirect criticism of his former colleagues.

Candidates for the leadership include former Fort McMurray - Athabasca Conservative MP Brian Jean, former Strathcona County mayor Linda Osinchuk and Cypress - Medicine Hat MLA Drew Barnes.

Simcoe — Grey MP and former Conservative Party of Canada leadership candidate the Hon. Dr. Kellie Leitch announced this week that she would not seek office in the 2019 election.

Back to the federal Conservative leadership, Fildebrandt has endorsed leadership candidate Maxime Bernier, the Quebec MP known for his libertarian views briefly served as Minister of Foreign Affairs before resigning in 2008 after he acknowledged leaving sensitive government documents out in the open, apparently at his former girlfriend's home.

Bruce McAllister (Chestermere - Rockyview) Defeated senior cabinet minister and former PC leadership candidate Ted Morton.

O'Leary was spotted chatting with former MP and Progressive Conservative leadership candidate Jason Kenney at last weekend's Manning Centre Conference in Ottawa.

PC leadership candidate Thomas Lukaszuk, the front man for Ms. Redford's brutal funding cuts to Alberta's colleges and universities, continues to take advantage of any opportunity to attack the former premier.

Former Premier Alison Redford, whose scandal - filled departure triggered the leadership race, is not expected to endorse a candidate (it is unlikely that any of the leadership candidates would accept her endorsement).

Richard Starke (Progressive Conservative — Vermilion - Lloydminster): The former Progressive Conservative cabinet minister and leadership candidate opted not to join his fellow PC MLAs when they joined the Wildrose - heavy UCP caucus in July 2017.

Calgary - Elbow — Lawyer and former UCP leadership candidate Doug Schweitzer is seeking the UCP nomination in Calgary - Elbow.

There's David Miliband, failed leadership candidate and proud former owner of a 0.5 % contact rate.

Mr Cameron opted to keep leadership rival David Davis in his current post as shadow home secretary, with another former candidate, Liam Fox, moved to defence, and Mr Hague made shadow foreign secretary.

[14] However, referring to a Conference speech by the party's former leader, Campaign Manager Andrew Mitchell said: «William Hague made a great speech which many people will judge to be better than all the other leadership candidates put together.

This was a Labour - held seat, held by the former Scottish Executive minister and Labour leadership candidate Cathy Jamieson for Labour between 1999 - 2011.

A former home secretary and shadow chancellor, Alan Johnson is the Labour leadership candidate who never quite was.

Asked about which possible Labour leadership contenders people felt warmest towards, Greenberg said David Miliband was the favourite, followed by his brother, Ed, the likely candidate from the left of the party Jon Cruddas, and then the former schools secretary Ed Balls.

Expect similar woes for former Labour leadership candidate Mary Creagh, whose Wakefield seat has been cleared by UKIP to give the Tories a bigger shot at her 2,613 majority.

I am very grateful to His Royal Majesty Otumfuo Osei Tutu II, the Asantehene for his constant support and wise counsel; to former Presidents Jerry John Rawlings and John Agyekum Kufuour; and of course, to the two leading Presidential candidates of the 2016 elections, then President John Dramani Mahama and HE Nana Addo Dankwa Akufo - Addo, for their responsible leadership and statesmanship during and after the elections.

One former DOE official seized on the candidates» balancing act between old and new, warning whoever moves into Gracie Mansion to resist the urge to wipe out the DOE's existing leadership team, calling such a move «shortsighted» and «a waste of talent.»

That candidate was Kenneth Saunders, the former acting president of the college for nearly three years who was the subject of a no - confidence vote by faculty leadership this month, sources at the college told Newsday.

On the Labour side, for example, prominent non-Corbynites and former Shadow Cabinet members such as Yvette Cooper, Hilary Benn, Mary Creagh and Rachel Reeves will chair committees, while the list of Conservative party chairs and candidates is significantly more liberal and less Eurosceptic than the party leadership, with Tom Tugendhat, Robert Halfon and Nicky Morgan joining fellow Remainers Damian Collins, Sarah Wollaston, Bob Neill and Neil Parish.

A former candidate for the leadership of the SNP has ruled out standing for the position again in the wake of Alex Salmond's sudden resignation.

A former Defence Secretary and leadership candidate.

Michael Gove, the environment secretary, and Nick Timothy, May's former chief of staff, have both tipped him as a future leadership candidate but he is largely unknown to the public.

Up to 30 MPs including David Davis, the former Tory leadership candidate, will support Go, a new grassroots organisation founded last week by the Tory MPs Tom Pursglove and Peter Bone and the Labour MP Kate Hoey.

Not even the controversial decision by the NDC leadership to clear daughter of the Rawlingses, Dr Zanetor, to contest on the party's ticket in the Klottey Korle constituency as its parliamentary candidate, was enough to pacify the former first couple.

He was joined by former Labour leadership candidate Diane Abbott, who said the government «entirely failed to recognise» the problems faced by families confronted with the prospects of higher debt.

Former Ukip deputy chair and one - time leadership candidate Suzanne Evans said that Bolton had not quite lived up to his billing.

Adam Parkhomenko, the co-founder of «Ready for Hillary» and a lifelong supporter of the defeated Democratic presidential candidate, is being endorsed by three former chairmen of the Democratic National Committee for a role in the party's leadership.

Buffalo businessman and former gubernatorial candidate Carl Paladino expects to have a significant leadership role in Trump's campaign.

Johnson is a district leader and former candidate for Assembly, who running with the support of much of the West Side leadership.

The Kennedy leadership campaign team, led by the formidable former Ashdown spin doctor Jane Bonham Carter, went to great lengths to recast their candidate as a serious political figure.

The former Lagos State governor added that the leadership of the APC also demanded of the aspirants» cooperation and a promise that whoever emerges the party's candidate at the end of the May 7 primary (election) would be supported by all.

«I think the definition of leadership should be the ability of leaders to prioritize long - term investment over short - term gains,» says Aaron Woolf, the former congressional candidate who planted the above political campaign signs at his restaurant in Elizabethtown.

Deputy prime minister says former party member who branded his leadership a disaster is free to give money to any candidate

Barnsely East, former seat of Michael Dugher, is also being eyed by the leadership as a destination for a preferred candidate, as much to punish Dugher for his outspoken criticism of the leadership as to secure a seat for a Corbynite.

According to a piece published in Le Figaro on 22 November 2017, Najat Vallaud - Belkacem, former Minister of National Education, Higher Education and Research and defeated candidate in the 2017 legislative elections, sought to lead the Socialist Party (PS) list in the 2019 European elections as a condition of her becoming a candidate for the party leadership, in addition to asking that the post of general secretary be paid in the event that she obtained the post.

Several Labour MPs - including leadership candidate Jeremy Corbyn and former minister Diane Abbott - voted against the bill, despite the party's official stance being to abstain after an amendment tabled by acting Labour leader Harriet Harman was defeated.

The Guardian reports this morning that the former Foreign Secretary is accused of «buying» the leadership election as wealthy Blairite donors push his campaign chest to # 200,000 - causing what the paper describes as a «disparity in financial backing» for the five candidates, which it believes to be «a big issue».

It was co authored by Tim Leunig, a former Lib Dem Council candidate who signed Nick Clegg's leadership nomination papers.

... the teachers» union leadership opposed any alternative candidate to the governor in last year's election, from the mild - mannered liberal Democrat Zephyr Teachout who challenged Cuomo in the party primary, to the radical Green Party ticket of Howie Hawkins and Brian Jones, who is himself a former New York City teacher.

All in all, Mr. Paladino's willingness to spend is an ominous sign for the Republican leadership and their preferred candidate, Rick Lazio, the former Long Island Congressman.

An orchestrated parade of former party luminaries grown fat on privatised directorships has denounced Ed Miliband's modest departures from the New Labour script, echoed by his brother, David, and a clutch of hopeful Blairite candidates for the leadership.

The former Lagos State governor said Nigerians should vote for the APC candidates in the election, having experienced true transformation under the leadership of Governor Abiola Ajimobi in the last three and a half years.