Sentences with phrase «from shadow foreign secretary»

Also prominent among the new crop of female MPs is 20 - year - old Mhairi Black, a SNP Glasgow University student who won Paisley and Renfrewshire South from the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander and becomes the youngest MP since 1667.

Miliband is thought to back privately Murphy's candidacy despite strong speculation the two men did not get on: Murphy is a Blairite who was moved from his shadow foreign secretary role to international development in an apparent demotion by Miliband.

His remarks are supplemented by a warning from the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, that Cameron is in danger of putting a long - term question mark over the UK's relations with its largest trading partner at a time when the country is desperate to secure growth.

Not exact matches

Also during PMQs, May showed that she was riled by Emily Thornberry when she attacked the shadow foreign secretary for shouting «from her normal sedentary position».

The shadow foreign secretary said: «The Brexit train is threatening to pull away from the station with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove in charge, taking us down a track that can only lead to disaster.»

One party official is quoted as saying that the shadow foreign secretary believes Mr Cameron's promise to withdraw from the EPP within a year is not possible.

Those who suggested he would endorse David Miliband before voting closed on 22 September, or offer his second preference to the former foreign secretary in return for a guarantee of the shadow chancellorship, were victims of spin from the Mili - D camp.

Among those benefiting from the controversial plans to raise the tax threshold to # 2million are shadow chancellor George Osborne, foreign secretary William Hague and Mr Cameron.

Corbyn spoke passionately of his opposition to war but only a little later, Benn, shadow foreign secretary, stood up from the same bench to give the speech of his life in support of the attacks.

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She will apparently be joined by former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn as she launches her bid, who was sacked from his post recently after saying he had no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

Danny Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, said Labour was not happy with the status quo but believed from conversations with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, that reform was possible without the threat of a referendum hanging over talks.

Labour provided quotes from both Ed Miliband and shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander - both following a similar structure and format.

The investigation came to light in a letter from foreign secretary David Miliband to shadow foreign secretary William Hague.

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.

Hilary Benn, who was sacked from his role as shadow foreign secretary after he told Mr Corbyn he no longer had confidence in him, weighed in, tweeting:

The foreign secretary David Miliband's attack on the Conservative party chairman, Eric Pickles — for suggesting that Latvians who had joined the Waffen SS Volunteer Legion were only «conscripts» following orders — has drawn inevitable invective from Tories, including shadow foreign secretary William Hague.

Mhairi Black, who becomes the UK's youngest MP at the age of 20, overturned former shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander's majority of 16,600 in Paisley and Renfrewshire South to win by 5,684 votes - a swing of 27 % from Labour to the SNP.

Despite opposition from its left wing the Labour party supported British nuclear weapons but opposed tests, and Labour Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell and shadow foreign secretary Aneurin Bevan agreed with Sandys on the importance of reducing dependence on the American deterrent.

Friends of the shadow foreign secretary have suggested he might retire from front - bench politics if his campaign to become leader is unsuccessful.

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The Labour leader and the shadow foreign secretary will now advocate opposing positions from the frontbench when MPs meet, with Corbyn opening and Benn closing.

However, calls for a referendum on the treaty were reiterated today by the Conservatives, as shadow foreign secretary William Hague said the prime minister «can not walk away» from calling a poll on the treaty.

The political fallout from last week's Syria vote has continued with a Cabinet minister saying the results would be a matter for Ed Miliband's conscience and the shadow foreign secretary admitting he was not comfortable with the position Labour now finds itself in.

Speaking on the BBC's Andrew Marr Show, the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, said it was hard to imagine a worse outcome from the policy brought in through a series of new laws from 2010 to create a hostile environment towards illegal immigrants.

Before 1997, Tony Blair ostensibly promoted Robin Cook from shadow secretary for state for trade and industry to shadow foreign secretary in a bid to sideline him from shaping economic policy.

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.

He was a shadow Labour spokesman throughout the 1980s before serving as Home Secretary, from 1997, in Tony Blair's first term as PM, becoming Foreign Secretary from 2001 to 2006 and then holding a series of other front bench roles until Labour lost power in 2010.

The shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, said: «This proposal is a clear sign of desperation from Ming Campbell, whose party is so split on this issue.