Sentences with phrase «front bench»

A 3 - passenger front bench seat is standard, and bucket seats are optional.

It would be good to hear that the Conservative front bench team has decided to put this particular phrase out of our misery.

«I believe - I hate to say this because they are all nice people - that those on the opposition front bench have been rolled,» she said.

The standard seating arrangement provides enough room for eight people, but buyers can add an extra seat with a 40 / 20 / 40 - split front bench.

He was the only person on the government front bench who looked remotely impressed.

Women MPs were appointed to various important roles on the shadow front benches.

I'm not sure that the members of his own front bench agree with him about this.

All four will be given front bench jobs although not necessarily those they were doing before they were sacked.

The large sedan has an optional front bench seat.

Its three - place front bench allows it to seat six, albeit somewhat intimately.

Before covering his current front bench brief he was trade and industry spokesman.

Particularly as the coalition front bench is largely stitched together from two parties and several wings of the Conservative movement.

However, a column - mounted shifter and a cloth front bench was available as a no - cost option.

Look at the all male front bench before us and he says he wants to represent the whole country.

This has been the first year for a long time when the back benches and front bench appear to have been working as one - long may that continue.

The comfy front bench seat offers unparalleled visibility, both for the occupants looking out and for the world looking in.

The driver and two passengers have plenty of room on the power - adjustable front bench seat, as do the three passengers in the middle seat.

But shouting «not fair» from the opposition front bench won't do for long.

Continue reading «Lansley under supported on front bench, but strongly supported from backbenches»»

Mr McDonnell criticised Progress on Wednesday after three Labour MPs resigned from the Labour front bench in the wake of Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle appointments.

In a pamphlet, «Fatally Flawed», he demonstrated that far from the internal market, which he had championed in the 1980s, the Bill introduced an external market and he worked closely with the Labour Front Bench in the House of Lords.

This week, SNP MPs have been trying to occupy the block of front bench seats on the right hand side of the chamber, to underline their status as the third biggest party.

First elected to parliament in 2005, Greening joined the Conservative front bench as shadow minister for London in 2009.

Much attention has been focused on Labour MP Emily Thornbury's social media gaffe, which saw her resign from the Labour front bench for tweeting a picture of a home in Rochester decorated with English flags.

This is about the richest Tory front bench in living memory pledging to introduce an «age of austerity» — involving public spending cuts and pay freezes — from which their own estates will be conveniently exempt.

Nice interior with front bench seat.

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.

Lidington first joined the Conservative front bench team in August 1994, when he became Parliamentary Private Secretary to Home Secretary Michael Howard.

Two days later he was resigning from the Lib Dem front bench after the News of the World revealed his relationship with a 23 - year - old male prostitute.

This model sets itself apart with roomy interior, affordability, available V - 8 power, Comfortable ride, and available front bench seat

Influential front bench members who might struggle to align themselves with Corbyn's leadership over the long term include Michael Dugher, Vernon Coaker and Charlie Falconer.

Pity Gidion hasn't taken his millionaire front bench colleagues with him.

In Parliament he served on the Environment, Transport and the Regions Select Committee from 1997 until he was promoted by William Hague as front bench spokesman for Health.

In the Commons chamber today, the Westminster power grab continued as the Nats made a concerted effort to nab a large section of the opposition front benches by sitting on them all day.

According to the student newspaper Varsity, Mr Hunt, who ruled himself out of serving on Jeremy Corbyn's front bench when he was elected leader, said he «is the leader until he is not».

Labour's Emily Thornberry has resigned from the Labour front bench over a tweet she sent during the Rochester and Strood by - election campaign.

All of this could make a political job which doesn't quite measure up to being a cabinet minister, but may be both more interesting and more significant than being a long term opposition front bench spokesperson.

Jonathan Isaby's pick: My one to watch is a politician who has served uninterruptedly on the Conservative front bench since he was made a junior whip in the House of Lords by Margaret Thatcher in 1988.

Shadow rail minister Jonathan Reynolds has resigned from the Labour front bench following Jeremy Corbyn's reshuffle, in what has been seen as a reaction to the sacking of Pat McFadden.

The only other challenger who has come forward so far is Angela Eagle - who served on the government front benches under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as well as holding shadow cabinet positions under Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn.

The Labour leader claims a «picture tells a thousand words» as he mocks David Cameron for the lack of women on the government front bench during PMQs.

It is no surprise that many of the opponents of PR within the Lib Dem front bench want to «compromise» with AV - it is a smokescreen for them getting what they want in the first place.

The only time Labour's front bench make the case for immigration is when they concede it is good for the economy.

12:29 - The only person on the Labour front bench who looks entirely awake is James Purnell, but he's young.

Nick Gibb will continue to serve as schools minister following Theresa May's front bench reshuffle.

The Labour, SNP and Liberal Democrat front benches have all voiced serious concerns about the humanitarian situation in Yemen and called for an immediate suspension of arms sales.