Sentences with phrase «fought leadership contest»

The two men were never seen as close, after a hard fought leadership contest saw Huhne's camp dub his opponent «Calamity Clegg».

The candidates are fighting a leadership contest where the electorate both in parliament and in the membership need to hear that this dream can be achieved.

The first is that the Conservatives don't even end up as the largest party and Cameron is summarily ejected from Downing Street, in which case he would immediately resign, leaving the way clear for Boris to fight a leadership contest against, in all probability, George Osborne and Theresa May and possibly one or two other, darker horses — odds on Chris Grayling anyone?

«While Labour fights a leadership contest and Lib Dems wonder whether they can change the voting system as a reward for their loyalty, Osborne needs to win the argument that his measures are «unavoidable» — a word that recurred in his speech as often as «progressive».

Not exact matches

The party's leftward shift means that this year's leadership contest is being fought by two socialist candidates, albeit of different shades of red.

After the excitement of an unexpected leadership contest, a new leader, a surge in membership and fresh approach to PMQs, what can the party expect from its members and supporters when it comes to doing the less glamourous work of fighting a local election?

For now there will be a leadership contest in a party that has not fought one for over a decade.

Jeremy Corbyn has said he does not want «charity» as he fights to secure the nominations needed to stand in the Labour leadership contest.

But the goodwill only goes so far - Baez was / is a close ally of former party boss Jose Rivera, whom Heastie defeated in what was a bitterly contested leadership fight late last year (and one that's still being played out in an appeals court).

Sen. John Thune is currently mulling a run for president but if he takes a pass on that contest, he will likely enter the leadership fight as well.

Corbyn said that he will «contest any leadership challenge» in a fight where he believes he will be backed by members.

Over in the other chamber, Labour's Chuka Umunna and Tristram Hunt have reportedly formed a group dubbed «the resistance», to fight back against an anticipated victory for Corbyn in the leadership contest.

He says he will stand again if a Labour leadership contest is held and vows to fight for his job.

Ed Balls confirmed today that he was «fighting to win» the Labour leadership contest, as his campaign suffered a major blow when he failed to secure the backing of the Unite union.

But despite starting as firm favourite, he was nearly beaten to the leadership by a figure from the left of the party, Chris Huhne, after a closely fought, and at times fractious, contest.