Sentences with phrase «former shadow leader»

Chris Bryant, the former shadow leader of the House of Commons, neatly summed up the feelings of Labour MPs, 94 % of whom are highly opposed to a Trump presidency.

Former shadow leader of the House Chris Bryant kicked things off when he rose to ask a question and prefaced it by wishing the Speaker «happy kiss - a-ginger day».

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Consistent with the Hoover Report's recommendations that the United States had to reconsider «long - standing American concepts of fair play» and «learn to subvert, sabotage and destroy our enemies,» the shadow government built alliances between U.S. government officials, the Mafia, and international drug cartels; assassinated many thousands of civilians in Southeast Asia; carried out or attempted assassination of foreign leaders; trained death squads and secret police forces; worked to shore up unpopular dictators like the Shah of Iran and the Somoza dictatorship in prerevolutionary Nicaragua; worked to destabilize «unfriendly» governments such as Allende in Chile and the Sandinistas in Nicaragua; cooperated with the Colombian drug cartel to plot the assassination of the former U.S. ambassador to Costa Rica, Lewis Tambs, with the intention of justifying a U.S. invasion of Nicaragua by blaming his death on the Sandinistas; contracted with the Reagan administration and the National Security Council to find ways of circumventing a congressional ban prohibiting aid to the contras, including the trading of arms to Iran in exchange for hostages and money for the contras; illegally shipped weapons from the United States to the contras and allowed returning planes to use the same protected flight paths to transport drugs into the United States; 11 targeted the U.S. people for disinformation campaigns; and helped prepare contingency plans for declaring a form of martial law in the United States that would have formally suspended constitutional freedoms.

She now talks about Alex Salmond, the former leader of the SNP of course, who also lost his seat: «I want to make particular mention of Alex Salmond, my friend and mentor for almost 30 years and without a shadow of a doubt the giant of modern Scottish politics.»

The former shadow work and pensions secretary Owen Smith has made it clear to colleagues that he is ready to challenge the leader.

Current leader Jeremy Corbyn is being challenged by two former members of his shadow cabinet — Angela Eagle and Owen Smith.

Attention on contact between the parties» senior figures began this summer with the revelation by shadow chancellor Ed Balls that he has been in frequent contact by text with Lib Dem business secretary Vince Cable, a former SDP politician, who has spent the summer undermining Lib Dem leader Nick Clegg.

The shadow education secretary has already said he would include Mr Davis, while reports suggest that former Tory leader William Hague is also set to return to the front benches.

She then debated her film in the Daily Politics studio with former Conservative leader Lord Howard and shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.

Former shadow work and pensions secretary Mr Smith - who quit the Labour frontbench along with more than 60 of his colleagues - today vowed to be a «radical, credible» alternative to Mr Corbyn as leader.

Former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has spoken to ITV News after his sacking by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

Former shadow minister Chuka Umunna - once a favourite to replace Ed Miliband as Labour leader - has dismissed reports that he was being lined up to challenge Mr Corbyn before the next general election.

Tim Collins A former press secretary to John Major and member of the Downing Street Policy Unit, he was elected MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 1997 and held a number of frontbench posts, including a series of roles in the shadow cabinet under three party leaders.

The former shadow business secretary is the most senior member of the Labour party to declare they would do so, after Jeremy Corbyn and John McDonnell both ruled out fighting the EU battle alongside the Tory leader.

Now, the former shadow transport secretary claims she was told to «f *** off» by her own local party members in Nottingham after explaining why she was backing Owen Smith to be Labour leader.

Former Senate Majority Leader Dean Skelos, a Republican, is not on the ballot this year, but his looming corruption trial has shadowed Kate Murray, the Republican candidate running for district attorney in his home base of Nassau County, on Long Island.

Other significant moves included the return of former frontbencher John Healey to the shadow housing brief, and the appointment of disgraced Keith Vaz's sister Valerie as shadow leader of the House of Commons.

Emily Thornberry, who was sacked as shadow attorney general by former Labour leader Ed Milband, could replace Mr Benn as shadow foreign secretary.

While saying he does not address «those shadows,» the former Lagos State governor urged Obasanjo and Babangida to allow the present crop of leaders to move the country forward.

Labour must pick its next leader from the emerging generation of MPs and long - term shadow cabinet favourites for the job should stand aside, a former cabinet minister has said.

Her lead role on the health portfolio will be taken over by Lord Hunt, a former minister in several departments under the previous Labour government, now shadow deputy leader of the upper house and Labour's spokesman on Lords reform.

The Chancellor mocked the Greek politican after reports that he is providing economic advice to the Labour leader and shadow chancellor, along with former Channel 4 journalist Paul Mason.

Mr Watson first revealed he favoured a shake - up of Labour Party rules last month, saying former leader Ed Miliband had made a «terrible error of judgment» by ditching the electoral college system and shadow cabinet elections.

They include Chi Onwurah, the former minister for culture and the digital economy, who wrote that it was «statistically interesting to say the least» that Labour's leader had made life difficult for two of the very few minority ethnic female MPs; and Pat Glass, who resigned as shadow education secretary in June two days after being appointed, in protest over Corbyn's leadership.

Most former cabinet ministers will now shadow their old posts, but there are a few notable exceptions, the most obvious being Gordon Brown, who has returned to the backbenches after quitting as Labour leader.

«There's been too much internal focus here on whether the shadow cabinet is elected or appointed by the leader and so on,» the former shadow Europe minister told Sky News.

Members of the leader's office have already been quietly texting former shadow cabinet members to see if they are prepared to come back if Mr Corbyn wins the leadership contest.

Alan Johnson, the former Labour home secretary, has insisted that Jeremy Corbyn is not up to being opposition leader, as the party enters fresh infighting after a shadow cabinet shakeup.

Harriet Harman, the former Labour party deputy leader, has said Jeremy Corbyn should take the credit for the party's success at the general election and she would now expect all Labour MPs to want to serve in his shadow cabinet.

Some MPs have spoken of their frustration at the handling of the affair by the leadership, in a further sign of disquiet over Miliband just three weeks after 20 shadow ministers were said to be ready to oust their leader if former home secretary Alan Johnson was willing to step in.

Since then, Gallo has inveighed against alleged «party elites» and accused fellow elected officials — including Assemblyman Kevin Cahill, Common Council President James Noble, former council majority leader Tom Hoffay and current Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unsealeader Tom Hoffay and current Council Majority Leader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unseaLeader Matt Dunn — of forming a «shadow government» to thwart his policies and eventually unseat him.

The former shadow minister criticised Jeremy Corbyn for «ambiguity» over the EU referendum and said the party needed a leader that «reaches out to voters».

Baroness Smith, the shadow leader of the House of Lords and a former Labour MP, has urged Jeremy Corbyn to think «long and hard» about what she called the devastating defeat in Copeland.

Chris Bryant, shadow leader of the House of Commons, hit out at his former party leader at the Stronger In referendum party.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn has nominated the party's former longstanding general secretary Iain McNicol, veteran campaigner and ex-councillor Martha Osamor - whose daughter Kate is a member of the shadow cabinet - and socialist author and activist Pauline Bryan.

Lastly, The Wrap reports that Cuba Gooding Jr. will star in the action thriller «Gridlocked,» playing «a former SWAT team leader who's being shadowed by an arrogant movie star researching a role.

Despite his vocal support for the union during an unprecedented speech at its annual conference in March, the Labour Party leader Jeremy Corbyn did not visit teachers on picket lines today, and Angela Rayner, the new shadow education secretary and a former trade union official, stopped short of backing the strike.

Hussein, a barrister and former deputy leader of Bradford Council, was previously shadow minister for international development.

Former Lord Chancellor and Gibson Dunn & Crutcher partner Lord Charles Falconer QC is to remain in his position as shadow Lord Chancellor following the election of Jeremy Corbyn as Labour leader.

Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle has propelled MPs Imran Hussain and Gloria De Piero into the shadow justice team, supporting shadow justice secretary and former Thompsons solicitor Richard Burgon.