Sentences with phrase «from former cabinet members»

The afternoon will provide the most obvious sign of whether the letter, from former Cabinet members Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt, will trigger a rebellion big enough to oust Gordon Brown.

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It comes as the former cabinet member responsible for children's services in Rotherham is facing pressure to stand down from his new role as South Yorkshire's Police and Crime Commissioner.

The Rivers State Governor, Nyesom Wike, said members of Jonathan's cabinet and ranking members of the Peoples Democratic Party, from the party's former chairman, Adamu Mu'azu, deceived the former president and told him outright lies about his chances.

[1] The Liberal Party, founded in 1859, were descended from the Whigs, Radicals and Peelites, while the SDP were a party created in 1981 by former Labour members, MPs and cabinet ministers, but also gained defections from Conservatives.

The most visible African - American member of former Gov. George Pataki's cabinet, former state Sen. Joseph Holland, is lining up support from state GOP and Conservative party activists to challenge Cuomo, though he had initially been considering a run against Gillibrand.

He said: «We have seen Tory backbenchers last week defying the prime minister to vote against the Queen's Speech; former Tory chancellors openly calling for Britain to leave the European Union; serving Cabinet ministers joining the chorus at the weekend, saying they would vote for Britain to leave the EU now; and the embarrassing spectacle and truly ludicrous sight of a British prime minister in Washington negotiating an EU - US trade deal, while back home members of his own Cabinet say they would vote to exclude Britain from its benefits.»

This could be the Speaker, but my bet is the majority party will select someone from their own party (probably a former candidate or cabinet member, since most do not live in Washington).

The former Labour cabinet minister has been widely expected to take over from Boaden and his political background has led Tories including John Whittingdale, the former culture secretary, and Damian Collins, a member of the culture select committee, to argue that his appointment could jeopardise the BBC's impartiality.

Former shadow cabinet member and University of Kent student, Emily Thornberry MP, issued an apology on Twitter after being criticised for the tweet she posted from Rochester & Strood.

The former Labour Cabinet minister says moderate party members must seize it back from «middle class» left - wingers who see winning elections as a betrayal of their principles.