Sentences with phrase «frontbencher said»

One Tory frontbencher said: «The idea that a courtier like Sir Gus O'Donnell will decide this is straight out of the Victoria and Albert Museum.

One senior frontbencher said: «We have handled this whole thing appallingly.

«Amber Rudd either failed to read this memo, and has no clear understanding of the policies in her own department, or she has misled Parliament and the British people,» the Labour frontbencher said.

«Ed really can not stay on if he loses — that really would not work,» one frontbencher said.

At his event today, the former frontbencher said the Labour party was «teetering on the brink of a precipice».

A senior Labour frontbencher said: «Our economic offering was already seen as weak by some voters.

One senior Labour frontbencher said: «Trump is the most grotesque manifestation of populism driven by discontent worldwide.

But senior frontbenchers say the price of working with Mr Corbyn would be the return of shadow cabinet elections, giving MPs the power to elect a substantial number of Labour's top team.

Not exact matches

Meanwhile frontbencher Julie Bishop said the government will lay out its economic and tax strategies in the May budget.

Liberal frontbencher Bruce Billson says the suspension of live exports to Indonesia is not a «durable strategy».

Former Labour leadership contender Owen Smith - who was sacked from Mr Corbyn's frontbench after breaking from party policy to call for a second referendum - seized on the apparent slip of the tongue by Ms Thornberry, saying it was the latest in a string of inconsistencies on Brexit from Labour frontbenchers.

Liberal Democrat frontbencher Norman Lamb, who had asked for the list of guests, said: «Many of the names on this list reveal the frivolity and celebrity - obsessed nature of the Blair administration.

But the party's frontbencher in the Lords, Baroness Morgan, says the borrowing powers the bill would give to the Welsh Government are significant.

Parry Mitchell, a Jewish member of the House of Lords and a former frontbencher under Ed Miliband, said anti-Semitism in Labour had been «permitted to fester» under Mr Corbyn.

He also refused to join a top Labour frontbencher in saying former mayor Ken Livingstone should be kicked out of the party over anti-Semitism allegations - although he urged haste in deciding on the case.

«You have no idea of the extent of the behind - the - scenes bonding that has gone on between Nick and Cameron, as well as Nick and other Tories like Osborne,» says a well - connected Lib Dem frontbencher.

Clive Efford, another former frontbencher, said: «Search inside yourself and ask if the electorate really think you're a Prime Minister in waiting, because I don't think you are.»

As is now the kneejerk response from any opposition frontbencher, the coalition is being «extraordinarily complacent», Miliband says.

And former frontbencher Chris Leslie told BBC News: «I would say today he does need to consider his position and think about whether he should do the honourable thing.»

Another Labour frontbencher who backs intervention said: «We could have called a vote at today's meeting forcing the leader to support military action because we had the numbers, but we didn't because he told us it was a process and we would be meeting again on Monday.

Politicians often have more to say under the cloak of anonymity and an un-named frontbencher appears to be spearheading an anti-Umunna campaign.

Asked if other Labour frontbenchers may quit, another senior figure said: «Everything is up for grabs.

This is what the Labour frontbenchers have said as they quit.

Tony Blair's reputation «bled to death in the sands of Iraq» after he unleashed «chaos» by going to war in the country, senior Labour frontbencher Diane Abbott has said.

Former shadow frontbencher Seema Malhotra said she felt «harassed, intimidated and insecure» over the incident and complained to Speaker of the Commons John Bercow.

Mr McDonnell denies that account, but another former frontbencher, Kate Green, said Mr Smith was correct.

Labour frontbencher Tristram Hunt has said he will make an announcement on whether he wants to put himself forward as a candidate for the Labour leadership next week adding that there is «no rush».

He said Mr Corbyn was meeting with junior frontbenchers to see what roles they might be able to play — and he implored those who had quit their posts to return.

I apologise in advance if the comparison is in any way offensive, but this is roughly what Nick Clegg seemed to say yesterday when he declared that since some Conservative backbenchers didn't support Lords reform he will now require all Liberal Democrat frontbenchers to oppose the boundary review.

A senior Labour frontbencher has said Jeremy Corbyn's position on Brexit is «deepening and evolving»

The claims came as a Labour frontbencher warned there was «real alarm» at the scale of the problem - while comedian Eddie Izzard, who became a member of the party's ruling national executive committee (NEC), said they needed to «make amends» to the Jewish community.

Speaking to Sky News after a tense shadow cabinet meeting during which a number of frontbenchers argued for a free vote, he said: «It will be a clear decision that we want all of our MPs to support the Article 50 vote when it comes up next week.

Some frontbenchers, including Tulip Siddiq and Daniel Zeichner, have said publicly that they could not back legislation triggering article 50.

Pat McFadden, whose own sacking by Corbyn back in January led to a number of other frontbenchers standing down, said it was time to set aside the disagreements and concentrate on securing Labour's future.

Elsewhere the Labour frontbencher insisted he did not «rubbish» Labour policy, following a separate recording in which he said one of the party's «six tests» on Brexit was «b ****** s».

Former frontbenchers, including Angela Smith, have said he will have to be ditched unless he can «show proper leadership».

A report in the Guardian this morning said four Shadow Cabinet members and several more frontbenchers were considering opposing the Government's bill, if the Supreme Court next week rules that Parliament must be consulted.

Emily Thornberry, one of the few frontbenchers not to resign in recent weeks, refused to say whether she would back Mr Corbyn in the election.

Labour frontbencher Louise Haigh, who nominated Mr Corbyn to be leader, yesterday said her leader should distance himself from Stop the War.

Meanwhile former Labour frontbencher Chuka Umunna said the Government was seeking to «muzzle» MPs.

One said her apparent comparison between the Spitfire and Trident «went down very, very badly»; another said it was met with «gasps of disbelief»; and former frontbencher Kevan Jones described Ms Thornberry's performance as «cringe - worthy» and «waffly and incoherent».

Former Labour frontbencher Jamie Reed said the Labour leadership had decided to «pursue electoral defeat» on Trident.

The senior frontbencher also refused to be drawn on what the Labour defence policy review would say on the Falklands.

Chuka Umunna, the former frontbencher, said he was «delighted» by the veteran's «powerful, progressive case» for staying in the EU.