Sentences with phrase «former prime»

[268] Former Prime Minister Tony Blair, writing in The Observer, stated that the riots were not caused by a broken society, but due to a group of young, alienated, disaffected youth who are outside the social mainstream and who live in a culture at odds with any canons of proper behaviour; he added that this is found in virtually every developed nation.

Speaking to ITV News today, the former Prime Minister said that while many communities were struggling, the finger should not be pointed at immigrants, most of whom «work really hard in our country».

The prime minister's Unity party list contains one former prime minister, two former foreign ministers and three other former ministers — but the party is likely to win only two seats.

A former Prime Minister of Burkina Faso, the 58 - year old Christian Kabore was elected in November 2015 as part of transitional arrangements put in place by the ECOWAS Authority of Heads of State and Government during the...

It used to be that achieving the prime ministership was the pinnacle of any political career — the product of a lifetime of service to both party and public after which, former prime ministers, all passion spent, would shuffle off into the House of Lords and spend their golden years giving speeches few will hear.

Former prime minister Gordon Brown, Scottish Labour leader Jim Murphy and Scottish Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie also made their way inside the church.

The former Prime Minister said there was a «major issue» about the way Europe worked and said pro-Europeans had to take on board the message sent by voters.

Over the weekend, Mandelson said he and former prime ministers Tony Blair and Brown had «killed each other» at the height of New Labour infighting.

Labour was a «different party» since the claims made by Gordon Brown's former spin doctor about him leaking stories to the press about the former prime minister's potential rivals, said Hilary Benn.

In Bordeaux, the incumbent Mayor and former Prime Minister Alain Juppé, defeated in the 2007 parliamentary election, stood for re-election.

He said there were «widely held suspicions» that former Prime Minster Tony Blair conspired with the US President George W Bush and «systemically sought to falsify the evidence» months ahead of the military action in Iraq.

His interventions prompted the former prime ministrer to accuse his friend of spending too much time with the anti-war MP George Galloway:

She also criticises the former prime minister, suggesting Mr Brown had been an «agent of this malign and awful» behaviour.

You would expect John Major, a former prime minister, to make a statesman - like speech free of propaganda and cheap comments, but in fact it is all cheap comments and propaganda.

As the pictures below show, the former Prime Minister (wearing what appears to be a somewhat ill - fitting suit) took his seat in the third row behind the Opposition front bench in what was a packed chamber for an adjournment debate.

The comments will be seen not only as a veiled dig at Theresa May, but a put - down to former Prime Minister David Cameron, who led the 2010 - 2015 coalition government before securing an outright majority.

QUEENS, NY — Borough President Melinda Katz stated the following on the passing of Shimon Peres, former Prime Minister, President and Foreign Minister of Israel: «He was a leader of global renown and respect, and the world deeply mourns the loss of such a treasured visionary for peace.

It may surprise the Home Secretary to know that the whole Labour party, including the current and former Prime Minister, voted against that legislation on the grounds that it did not go far enough in liberalising the situation and still applied the criminal law to far too much information.

Former Prime Minster Gordon Brown has said that there is a «time to fight and a time to unite» as he called on Scotland to look to the future.

Sir John Major is a very distinguished former prime minister who knows all too well the dishonesty that the Brexiteers in his party deploy in pursuit of ideology.

A former prime minister has offered the government a way out of the mess they have made.

Former prime minister David Cameron and Sarah Brown, British campaigner for global health and education, both posted tweets welcoming the news.

Speaking in Fife today, the former Prime Minister said: «These are men who have been promise - makers and they will not be promise breakers and I will ensure that as a promise - keeper that these promises that have been made are upheld.»

[4] She became former Prime Minister Gordon Brown's parliamentary private secretary in July 2010.

Mike Freer gained Finchley and Golders Green for the Conservatives - a seat taking in much of the constituency represented by the former Prime Minister:

The former Prime Minister on dealing with the right - wing press, New Labour's alleged obsession with celebrities and how he wished he had reformed the party to ensure that Jeremy Corbyn could never have been leader

The death of former prime minister Baroness Thatcher at the age of 87 dominates all of the UK newspaper front pages today.

Lord Heseltine had been brought in by former Prime Minister David Cameron to advise the government on a range of projects, including schemes in east London and Swansea.

In a lengthy interview on Radio 4's Today programme, former prime minister Tony Blair denied claims he set the UK on an unalterable course to start military action in Iraq following a July 2002 memo to then - US president George W Bush.

Former prime minister says he failed to rally the nation but stands by approach to economy in autobiography

The interventions by two men who worked for Gordon Brown when the invasion was ordered immediately revived questions over the former prime minister's then attitude to the war.

But the desire for justice and retribution is deep and complicated, and Iceland has taken an unusual step in the strange annals of the world financial crisis: it is pursuing criminal charges against a politician, former Prime Minister Geir Haarde, for his government's failure to avert the catastrophe.

Former Prime Minister Gordon Brown has said he was «in tears» when he found out the Sun planned to run a story about his son Fraser's medical condition, cystic fibrosis.

Lord Heseltine was brought in by former Prime Minister David Cameron to advise the government on a range of projects, including schemes in east London and Swansea.

Former prime minister Sir John Major told Channel 4 News: «The debt we have been left - I don't think people realise how serious is the problem the Labour party have left us.

Among those to contribute to her campaign was Ian Taylor, a prominent donor to the Remain campaign who this week rejected a reported knighthood offer from former prime minister David Cameron.

Launching his bid to replace Jeremy Corbyn, Mr Smith evoked Tony Blair's «Clause IV moment» - when the former prime minister controversially amended the passage to remove its historic commitment to mass nationalisation.

Gordon Brown meets children during his visit to Kelly Primary School following the success of the No campaign, which the former prime minister backed

Former Prime Minister Sir John Major speaks to the Today programme's John Humphrys about Britain's membership of the European Union.

A leaked list from the former prime minister nominating dozens of political allies, aides and donors for honours has drawn derision from opposition parties.

The former prime minister is to advise Aleksandar Vucic — information minister during the 1999 war in the former Yugoslavia.

MPs had rejected the 90 - day proposal in 2005, handing former prime minister Tony Blair his first Commons setback in office.

«I am the abrasiveness against which he can spark,» she writes triumphantly on her relationship with the former prime minister at the end of the book.

It's not surprising Ed Miliband wants to talk about the former prime minister, given the mess Labour made after he left, replied Cameron, his face already reddening.

The former Prime Minister had retired from politics, leaving his replacement (our first and only female Prime Minister) to pick up the pieces.

Former Prime Minister David Cameron said he would leave triggering Article 50 up to his successor.

In fact three sitting Israeli prime ministers have warned that Israel could become like Apartheid South Africa: David Ben - Gurion in 1967, Yitzhak Rabin in 1976 and Ehud Olmert in 2007; and then in 2010, the then Israeli defence minister and former prime - minister said:

The dual US - Somali citizen and former prime minister was sworn in at a ceremony held in the highly secured airport zone to avoid an attack by the al - Qaeda - linked al - Shabab group, which has threatened a «vicious war» against the new government.

How much embarrassment will it take before we change the lax rules on former prime ministers» private interests?

The former prime minister was also accused of using his powers of patronage to pack the House of Lords with his supporters, sometimes referred to as «Tony's cronies».