Sentences with phrase «former party leader»

The centre - left slate was publicly denounced by party general secretary Tom Sawyer — who is supposed to uphold the impartiality of the election — and by former party leader Neil Kinnock.

Clegg's comments follow an interview with former party leader Paddy Ashdown in the Observer, in which he said he had been wrong to press for a deal with Labour in 2010.

Other MPs said to be backing the no confidence motion include Stephen Kinnock, the recently - election and highly rated son of former party leader Neil Kinnock.

Former party leader says Smith will reach out to every part of Britain and turn Labour into a progressive moment

Critics had received a boost before today's conference when former party leader Charles Kennedy told The Observer that he had abstained during a late night meeting on Tuesday.

Respected Lib Dem Peers such as former Party Leader Lord Steel of Aikwood and Lord Cotter, have warned that the time is not right for such comprehensive, radical and revolutionary constitutional change.

Mr Cameron has also announced that former party leader Iain Duncan Smith would be in charge of a new social justice policy group aimed at tackling problems in deprived and disadvantaged areas.

Nick Clegg's resignation followed a disastrous night at the polls for his party, which saw cabinet ministers Danny Alexander, Simon Hughes, Ed Davey and Lynne Featherstone lose their seats, along with former party leader Charles Kennedy.

Yesterday, Miss Sturgeon also echoed former party leader Alex Salmond, now bidding to return to Westminster as an MP, by insisting that the SNP would vote down a minority Conservative Government, despite the long - standing tradition that the party with the most MPs should have an opportunity to form a Government.

The top Labour MP said staying in the European Economic Area was «not the answer» for the UK after it leaves the EU, just a day after former party leader Neil Kinnock called for a rethink.

David Cameron impersonates former party leader William Hague's famous speech to the 1977 conference as a child.

Former party leaders Grant Mitchell and Nick Taylor were appointed to the Senate on the advice of federal Liberal Prime Ministers.

Star candidate Rachel Notley was elected in Edmonton - Strathcona, retaining the seat held by former party leader Raj Pannu.

This week former party leader Tim Farron revealed on a Christian radio station that he had not been truthful when he said «gay sex is not a sin» during the 2017 general election.

But the prime minister also included some of the Liberal party's old guard, putting former party leader Stéphane Dion in foreign affairs and giving one of his closest advisers, MP Dominic LeBlanc, the role of government leader in the House of Commons.

[Former party leader] Paddy Ashdown warned me to pull on my tin hat and said that I would get a lot of criticism.

Four years later, he would earn the Liberal nomination for the seat of Orkney and Shetland, the seat being vacated by former party leader Jo Grimond, and won election to the Parliament.

About 650 people were invited to the party, including her successor as Conservative prime minister, John Major, former party leader Michael Howard, and Tony Blair.

Lamb said he had invited former party leader Paddy Ashdown and Baroness Williams to take part in a new foreign policy commission to address issues such as migration flows and climate change, that were now among the most serious facing political leaders across the world.

«Whilst I would expect former party leaders departing the Commons to be awarded a peerage automatically on leaving the Commons, it is nonetheless worth making the case for the ennoblement of Michael Howard.

He cited a proposal from the home rule commission, headed by former party leader Sir Menzies Campbell, for a federal arrangement that included proposals for Holyrood to collect almost all income tax, capital gains tax and inheritance tax.

Liberal Democrat peer and former Party Leader Lord David Steel said: «This is excellent cross-party support from parliamentary candidates, following the debates in both the House of Commons and the House of Lords.

PC party members will vote Saturday in a delegated convention to pick a leader to replace former party leader and premier Jim Prentice.

With only eight MPs at Westminster, Mr Farron has given jobs to all his colleagues in the Commons apart Ceredigion MP Mark Williams and former party leader Nick Clegg.

Among its new MPs is former party leader Alex Salmond who will be returning to the House of Commons after winning the Gordon constituency from the Liberal Democrats.

Former party leader Paddy Ashdown said poll ratings show «very little indication» of how people will vote at the next general election.

AUSTRALIANS finds themselves in the peculiar position that whichever party wins the coming federal election, a former party leader has been promised a senior ministerial post.

Trump hit back repeatedly, calling the former party leader «one of the dumbest and worst candidates in the history of Republican politics,» and a «dope» who «choked like a dog» when he lost to Obama in 2012.

PC party members vote Saturday in delegated convention to pick a leader to replace former party leader and premier Jim Prentice

The former party leader resigned his position after sexual misconduct allegations, only to re-enter the race for his vacated position after refuting the allegations.

There can be few historical parallels for an attack of quite this degree of vehemence mounted by a former party leader on an incumbent.

«One need not be a particular admirer of the Speaker to realise that this is no way for decent people to behave,» the Tory MP says of his former party leader.

But Lord Ashdown, the former party leader and Clegg's mentor, who ran the party's 2015 general election campaign, thought that his protege acquitted himself well in the face - offs with Farage.

Their top candidates are Tunne Kelam, former party leader and MEP since 2004, and Ene Ergma, a veteran former speaker of the parliament.

Aaron Porter tried to persuade the former party leader Charles Kennedy, one of the 21 Lib Dem MPs to vote against the fees rise, to say more in public.

Another former party leader, Iain Duncan Smith, has also come out in favour of Mr Cameron, saying he would provide the Tories with a «fresh start».

Mr Grieve also signalled that the Conservatives would have a New Year policy drive aimed at ending the «conveyor belt to crime», praising initiatives championed by the former party leader Iain Duncan Smith to target children at risk of falling into delinquency before they enter school.

Nick Clegg, the former party leader and Deputy Prime Minister, lost his seat to Labour newcomer Jared O'Mara in Sheffield Hallam.

The former party leader said the Irish minister and the EU had «been playing a really rather poor political game over the Northern Ireland border».

Those assertions, made in pre-sentencing prosecution papers cited in a defense memo, said the amount of money the former party leader illegally took was more than $ 400,000, and that he obstructed justice by attempting to get three potential witnesses to falsely testify in favor of his defense.

Lord Ashdown, a former party leader, said Rennard could simply protest his innocence and express general regret by way of an apology.

Mr Umunna's dig is unlikely to impress his former party leader Tony Blair, who acts as an advisor to the Albanian government.

The former party leader was part of a group of protestors conducting a sit - in against energy firm Cuadrilla, which is exploring the feasibility of drilling for oil in the area.

Midway through the meeting, the former party leader Neil Kinnock emerged.

The former party leader and deputy prime minister took the unusual approach of appearing to defend austerity as he spoke to Lib Dem activists in Bournemouth.

But former party leader Paddy Ashdown rejected the suggestion Rennard, who he said he viewed as an «old friend», could not apologise without imperilling his «not guilty» claim.

Former party leader Paddy Ashdown told the Andrew Marr programme: «We want people to pay their taxes, we don't want to kill off charities.