Sentences with word «frontbenchers»

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

Chair of the Brexit Select Committee and Labour former frontbencher Hilary Benn yesterday suggested a free vote might be a better idea.

Paul Goodman, the former Tory frontbencher who is now editor of the ConservativeHome website, wrote of his surprise that new MPs, many of whom have been tipped for high ministerial office, were prepared to confront the prime minister on such a sensitive coalition issue so directly.

A number of frontbenchers think Labour should take from the Brexit vote that people want stronger controls on immigration.

David Miliband effectively went at his brother's election; Alan Johnson went shortly afterwards; Alistair Darling never even started the race; and the departure last year of the party's only other big figure, Livingstone, while in the end a blessed relief, leaves him with a set of senior frontbenchers whose senior members are in largely in their forties.

The final list of the 37 pre-election Conservative frontbenchers who have not been made ministers

Robin Hodgson, a former Conservative frontbencher in the House of Lords, has been asked to lead the deregulation group examining how to reduce «burdens» on the third sector.

«Labour have embarked on the Battle of the Bulge,» one senior Tory frontbencher said, in reference to the last - ditch German offensive in the closing months of the second world war.

If a Labour or Lib Dem frontbencher said this, their feet wouldn't touch the ground.

As the UK equal marriage debate heated up, I sat in on a meeting between Anna Grodzka, at present Europe's only known transgender MP, and Kate Green, Labour frontbencher with responsibility for equalities.

Senior Labour frontbenchers including Shadow Brexit Secretary Keir Starmer and Shadow International Trade Secretary Barry Gardiner have also previously ruled out backing the softer version of Brexit.

Enoch Powell, a shadow frontbencher in 1968, had compared racial unrest in the US to the Roman poet Virgil's description of «the River Tiber foaming with much blood», in a speech which made the discussion of immigration a largely no - go area for the mainstream British political parties for fear of being accused of racism.

As we have explained elsewhere, the degree of competition in the system for the election of committee chairs and members is limited by a number of factors that inhibit the potentially transformative effect of the 2010 reforms — including the absence of frontbenchers from candidacy and electorate, the fact that candidates from opposing parties can not compete against one another, and the large number of uncontested chairs.

He suffered a key policy being denounced as «codswallop» today, and in the first demonstration of a reaction against the figure generally regarded as the party's strongest asset, shadow frontbenchers warned privately that the party's Treasury spokesman, Vince Cable, would have to be more collegiate or «be sacked».

On the party's rebel left, Cousins briefly served on the party's front bench in a foreign affairs portfolio before being stripped of his position along with fellow frontbencher Ann Clwyd in 1995.

Jonathan Isaby's pick: My choice for frontbencher of the year will come as no surprise to anyone who read this piece - in which I wrote about the man in question a little over a month ago.

David Cameron slams Emily Thornberry appointment to Shadow Defence Labour frontbencher quits as «revenge reshuffle» sparks backlash Emily Thornberry rejects «moron» jibe at Corbyn nominators

Former frontbenchers also expressed disquiet.

Polls by the Pink News website suggest that the Tories have lost support after rows over their views on gay rights engulfed the Tory frontbenchers Chris Grayling and Julian Lewis.

He faces a leadership challenge from former frontbencher Owen Smith, the result of which will be announced on 24 September.

ANALYSIS: The failure of Nationals WA leader Brendon Grylls and straight talking Liberal frontbencher Joe Francis to retain their seats is a devastating blow to their parties.

Hopkins, who is no longer in the shadow cabinet, was appointed amid a wave of changes caused by frontbenchers resigning in protest at Corbyn.

David Cameron is acting in a «hurtful» way towards traditional Tory voters by imposing social change through «diktat», a former Conservative frontbencher warned as the party embarked on an inquest into its poor showing in the Eastleigh byelection.

That is certainly true but it is Tory backbenchers who attack the Liberal Democrats while it is Liberal Democrat frontbenchers who attack the Tories.

A few opposition frontbenchers were expected to vote against the bill, but Labour sources told politics.co.uk all the shadow Cabinet would vote in favour.

He will also have to decide how to discipline a number of other frontbenchers who voted against the bill, including three of his own whips — Thangam Debbonaire, Jeff Smith and Vicky Foxcroft.

One Conservative frontbencher told politics.co.uk he would be forced to change his weekly routine in order to continue paying his running costs.

Hence when Labour was in government the Liberal Democrats could choose topics for three opposition days per session, and enjoyed rights to some (albeit fewer) interventions by frontbenchers during debates and question times.

Guest tweeters included Labor frontbencher Linda Burney and best - selling author Dr Anita Heiss, as well as leading Indigenous researchers, educators, policy makers, workforce groups, and emerging talents, including students from the University of Canberra and new health workforce entrants.

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.

In the Courageous Conversations panel discussion at the NHMRC and Lowitja Institute symposium (covered in another Croakey article), Hughes recommended that delegates watch the 2016 Menzies Oration delivered by Labor frontbencher Linda Burney, on «Truth telling and generosity: Healing the heart of a nation».

They are happy for junior frontbenchers to address issues of immigration and Europe etc but the leader should be focused on the «conversion issues».

[121] Unusually, the rebel frontbenchers did not face immediate dismissal.

Gavin Shuker, the shadow water and waste minister and the youngest serving frontbencher in Parliament, until Chloe Smith stole that claim to fame.

Staffers to Lib Dem frontbenchers today were apparently «baffled» at the news of Foster's appointment, who is perhaps a bit too «coalitious» for a role where he needs to rally disgruntled backbench Lib Dems in his favour.

Even the merest suspicion of any kind of sexism in the Commons has been enough to prompt complaints ever since David Cameron attracted criticism for telling Labour frontbencher Angela Eagle to «calm down, dear».

His comments are punctuated by sarcastic cheers from Labour MPs as Cabinet frontbencher appear.

With the threat of a reshuffle now looming, Cameron has no such trouble from his own frontbenchers.

Labour has been forced to insist its position on Brexit remains unchanged after frontbencher Emily Thornberry suggested the party was in favour of staying in the customs union.

Speaking for the Open Britain group, former Labour frontbencher Chuka Umunna also weighed in with a hefty attack.

Labour frontbencher suggests party is losing even a «vague interest in winning general elections»

Former shadow frontbencher Mr Umunna took to Twitter again to argue Ms Hoey «does not understand» that his position is «about our country - it's not about our leader or party».

«Labour restores relations with extremist Muslim Council of Britain in time for General Election Main Tory frontbencher Greg Hands demands explanation from Gordon Brown over his failure to declare secret fund in Register of Interests»

The Coalition has already committed to dropping the Foreign Investment Review Board (FIRB) trigger to scrutinise rural property from $ 244m to $ 15m and National party frontbencher Barnaby Joyce has been a trenchant critic of the sale of Cubbie Station to Chinese investors earlier this year.

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

Responding to the debate, Tory frontbencher Baroness Goldie said the Government was committed «to a world free from nuclear weapons».

Others who are vulnerable, according to his research, include shadow education secretary Angela Rayner and fellow frontbenchers Karl Turner and Sarah Champion.

Nor is Labour frontbenchers Andy Burnham and Luciana Berger expressing interest in Osborne's Greater Manchester and Merseyside Metro mayors silencing grumbling on their own benches in Parliament or dissident Tories concerned the centralisation of influence will weaken genuine localism.

Shadow frontbenchers are talking to industry but the doors are being opened most easily to technology companies.