Sentences with phrase «from shadow defence secretary»

Not exact matches

«This is astonishing criticism from the government's own spending watchdog,» shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said.

Labour's shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy told MPs he was deeply concerned that service personnel returning from Afghanistan would find themselves welcomed as heroes by the public - but sacked by the government.

His stance differs from that of his key allies Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis, shadow foreign and defence secretaries respectively, who revealed in a Guardian article on Saturday that they will abstain in Monday's vote.

The shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle, led the charge as she described Corbyn's comments as unhelpful — prompting a rebuke in turn from Diane Abbott, the shadow international development secretary.

He moved Maria Eagle, who supports Trident, from her role as shadow defence secretary to shadow culture secretary in his January reshuffle, installing Thornberry instead.

Corbyn's most likely move is to replace Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary, who opposed him over the Syria vote, and Maria Eagle, the shadow defence secretary, who takes a different position from him on replacing the Trident nuclear submarines.

Emily Thornberry becomes the new shadow defence secretary, as widely tipped, taking over the post from Maria Eagle.

Jim Murphy, the shadow defence secretary, said: «It is risible to pretend that the SNP could defend Scotland on a budget just 7 % of that from which Scotland currently benefits.

That raised eyebrows from former shadow Cabinet colleague Philip Hammond, now defence secretary, who said it could be difficult for Evans to remain in the job.

Pro-Trident Maria Eagle has been sacked from her job as shadow defence secretary by Jeremy Corbyn.

He adds: «The Labour Party has a leader who would abolish the Armed Forces and withdraw from NATO, a shadow chancellor who wanted to disband MI5, and now a shadow defence secretary who would scrap our nuclear deterrent.

He told Sky News» Kay Burley: «I understand he was consulted on it and raised concerns around the fact you would have a leader and a shadow defence secretary in very sensitive circumstances from a certain part of North London.

«Geoff Hoon, the former defence secretary, will face questions at the Iraq Inquiry about pre-war planning that left some British troops short of vital equipment when the invasion began... According to Liam Fox, the Conservative shadow defence spokesman, Mr Hoon delayed an order for body armour from September 2002 to November 2002.»