Sentences with phrase «from labour conference»

Daily Politics reporter Adam Fleming took the mood box - an unscientific test with a box and plastic balls - to get reaction from the Labour conference in Manchester.

John Mann, MP for Bassetlaw, received loud applause from Labour conference delegates when he called from the rostrum for the party to levy a «tax» on Labour MPs with second jobs and outside earnings, and on former Labour ministers who go on to earn fortunes from consultancies and directorships.

So apologies if this quick list of the things we've learnt from the Labour conference is a little premature, but I can't see things changing much this morning.

Had he announced from the Labour Conference that he was gong to the country he would have wrong - footed the Conservative Party who's Conference would have then had to be cancelled at great cost and disruption and I feel he would have won with a working majority say 40 or so.

I thought there were more laughs from the Labour conference.

Not exact matches

CNBC's Gemma Acton reports from the Labour Party conference, with comments from lawmaker Alison McGovern.

For that reason only we find now the ruling powers are in the hands of secular non religious ones... The conference above stated that the secular regimes in the West had used the indifference between religions, branches, doctrines by creating «Fitnah» said to be harder than killing... because you get all those with Fitnah to fight among them selves... beside establishing and supporting terrorist groups to get the area unstable far from investment and development environment that has caused the mass immigration of the capital heads, professions and skilled labour hands from their countries to the west and be treated as garbage at countries that they do not belong to whether as culture, race or religion....

The group add that Hinds is not the only one receiving money from the Catholic Bishops» Conference, they claim Labour and the Liberal Democrats were also donated money in return for interns in their offices.

Awarded the Peace Prize for his work as chair of the Geneva Disarmament Conference in 1932, Henderson was also leader of the Labour Party from 1908 — 10, 1914 — 17 and 1931 - 32.

Citizen Corbyn, elected with more votes than the Tories have members as he's fond of warning sceptics, will parade his grassroots legitimacy at Labour's conference in Brighton next week where he's guaranteed a hero's welcome from the army of activists who feel this time they've really got their party back.

Miliband is comprehensively losing the latter, as today's press conference from Cabinet ministers about Labour's uncosted spending commitments will demonstrate all too well.

Addressing the Bakers Food and Allied Workers Union annual conference in Bridlington, Ronnie Draper — General Secretary of the BFAWU told delegates that attacks on the NHS from the Tory led government were born out of resentment for achievements under the 1945 post war Labour administration.

In his book Power Trip, Damian McBride recalls his frustration — and sneaking admiration for — Tony Blair's annual conference Houdini act: «Each year we'd come in with Tony under pressure, probably assisted by some unhelpful splashes from me in the Sunday papers; Gordon would make an ecstatically received speech appealing to Labour's soul and adding to the pressure; and Tony would then deliver an even better - received speech dashing Gordon's hopes and putting him back in his box.»

In the UK, the tendency has been for Labour to shift from movement politics to consumer politics - a focus group of eight people sipping wine in Kettering having more weight than policies developed within the party and decided by conference.

The proposals, which formed the centrepiece of Miliband's final autumn conference pitch to voters, were met with a standing ovation from Labour party members.

«Amidst dramatic scenes at the Labour Party Conference in Brighton, Ed Miliband ran weeping from the stage after Len McCluskey strode up to the podium and said, «Sorry, son.

As long as they can avoid the example of the Lib Dems, Labour and Conservative conferences - respectively a sideshow, a freakshow and a shitshow — they'll emerge from conference season the fittest of the political parties.

Labour and Conservatives have long since removed any real power over party policy from the grassroots, activists, and party conferences.

The extraordinary poll will put pressure on the Deputy Prime Minister, who opened his party conference in Glasgow yesterday, to start distancing himself from the Conservatives and open talks with senior Labour figures.»

I could only deduce from its Scottish conference last weekend that Labour remains deadlocked in the whole Brexit farrago because of the immigration issue.

The counterintuitive solution being talked about most on the Scottish Labour left in the case of a Corbyn victory is to demand full autonomy from a Corbyn - run UK party, and to use a newly empowered conference (alongside new policy - making bodies soon to be established in Unite and potentially in other unions) to restate the socialist aims of the party.

I've just returned from a remarkable fringe meeting at the party's annual autumn conference, in which Ian Dexter, a Ukip member, former candidate in county and district elections and potential parliamentary candidate for 2015, outlined his strategy for winning over Labour voters.

- They used anti Terror legislation to ban an 80 year old Labour supporter from their own conference for shouting «Rubbish» at JackBoot Straw AND they used anti terror legislation against Iceland - funny how it sems to fit anything that Labour or the police want it to fit Huh?

The Labour leader has called a special conference taking place next spring, which he hopes will resolve the issue, but support from Unite now seems conditional on Miliband lurching to the left.

This question, from somebody who wishes to remain Anon, but was a popular theme at Saturday's Fabian conference: «If you become Labour party leader, what will you do to ensure labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?&Labour party leader, what will you do to ensure labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?&labour becomes more open and democratic in party structure, to ensure Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?&Labour never becomes out of touch with members, movement, and the public while in office?»

The Labour leader is set to press on with his bold attempt at reforming the relationship between his party and the unions, despite intense opposition from those gathered at the TUC's annual conference in Bournemouth.

Addressing Labour's annual conference in Brighton, John McDonnell said it was a «scandal» that PFI deals will see nearly # 200 billion paid to private companies from the public sector over the next few decades.

Before Labour get their hopes up, read Hughes» speech from the Special Conference where he was the main drive behind bringing the party behind the coalition:

If you look at the polling figures it appears that Labour's recovery dates from conference — but I think that's merely a result of how granular voting intention data is.

If you look at the only daily data that's available, the Phi5000 tracker on PoliticsHome, you can see that Labour and Brown's conference bounces were already receeding from their conference increase when the bank rescue came along and up they went again, and have kept on upwards since then.

To recap, the disastrous selection process for Labour's parliamentary candidate for Falkirk West, where allegations of malpractice triggered the resignation of Tom Watson MP as its election campaign coordinator — and which even now is subject to wildly differing versions of events — has kicked off a wholesale reform programme of everything from party funding to MP candidate selection and conference voting.

Readers will be aware from previous reports that there is serious concern about the validity of the result of internal party elections held at this year's Labour conference in Brighton.

But there are growing signs that Miliband has stepped back from plans to dilute the size of the union vote at party conference, and is instead focusing on a series of reforms designed to make local parties more dynamic, and open up the party to a wider group of Labour supporters.

The Welsh Labour Conference has got underway at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, with a speech from First Minister Carwyn Jones.

The trade union is putting forward a resolution at Labour Party conference to «outlaw» the New Labour think tank from the party.

In his address to Labour party conference, Ed Miliband answered the widespread pleas for policy substance with two eye catching announcements — a two year price freeze on energy prices from 2015 and a target to build 200,000 homes.

The full quote from Carwyn Jones, first minister of the Welsh government, at the Labour conference is «We are building a Wales that's a living, breathing example of what Labour can achieve when in government.»

New Labour was first termed as an alternative branding for the Labour Party, dating from a conference slogan first used by the Labour Party in 1994, which was later seen in a draft manifesto published by the party in 1996, called New Labour, New Life For Britain.

This is an edited extract from Peter Willsman's Delegates» Guide to Annual Conference 2012, published by the Campaign for Labour Party Democracy.

A week before the Labour party conference opens in Manchester, the issue of how to finance the health service is seen as a key test of whether Miliband will offer bold solutions that will set his party apart from the Tories in May 2015 or opt for safety first.

In our 2013 conference edition, the Fabian Review profiles «Labour's Next Majority», electoral analysis from Deputy General Secretary Marcus Roberts who highlights the importance of Lib Dem switchers, new and non voters and a sliver of Conservatives to «Miliband's Majority».

The GMB resolution at the Labour Party conference stressed defending employment and social rights and not aligning with the Tories, and was a welcome starting point for what should now be a major issue for Labour's left, namely determining that Labour's campaign is distinctively left wing and not indistinguishable from the general In campaign.

«Well let's send a strong message to the Government from this year's Labour Conference: keep your mitts off the BBC too.»

«Citizen Corbyn... will parade his grassroots legitimacy at Labour's conference in Brighton next week where he's guaranteed a hero's welcome from the army of activists who feel this time they've really got their party back.

Disabled workers from factories around the UK will lobby MPs at the rally at the House of Commons on Tuesday 27th November, urging MPs to press ministers to deliver on the new direction agreed at Labour Party Conference based on choice for disabled workers and public procurement to ensure a flow of work to keep the Remploy factories open.

But somehow I can't see this happening when the Labour Party conference has had most of its democracy usurped by those who benefit from these perks.

However, the Conference Arrangements Committee, which decides on the line - up for the event, has overturned that decision following protests from London Labour MPs including Wes Streeting, Neil Coyle, Andy Slaughter and Karen Buck.

Later on it fell to Ed Miliband, fresh from his pub quiz exploits at Labour conference, to host the charity auction.

In a speech at the Lowry in Salford, Burnham appeared to borrow from Tony Blair's 1997 Labour conference speech, when the then prime minister spoke of turning Britain into «a beacon to the world».

So when Ed Balls used his conference speech to signal Labour's departure from an unquestioning commitment to HS2, all eyes turned to Adonis, who as a shadow minister for infrastructure is also a shadow cabinet colleague of Mr Balls.