Sentences with phrase «give shadow cabinet»

Give him a shadow cabinet in his own image and allow him to make the 2020 manifesto read like Marx's letter to Santa.

Not exact matches

Instead the strategic choice open to the rebels now, given that they are not going to form a separate party, is to co-operate as much as possible with the Corbyn leadership for the next year, including becoming part of the new shadow cabinet.

Despite only getting elected last year Sheppard has become one of the most recognisable SNP faces in SW1, his role as shadow cabinet minister giving him license to roam across the broadcast studios.

Labour has tried to park the issue through promising to hold a constitutional convention next year, but shadow cabinet members have struggled in media interviews to give a clear response.

Labour's shadow cabinet agreed on Monday that MPs would be given a free vote, despite Corbyn's public opposition to strikes, to avert a threatened rebellion by pro-bombing members such as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.

Hours earlier, Corbyn had faced a ferocious meeting of his shadow cabinet in which he had been forced to surrender into giving them a free vote on war in Syria.

Frontrunner in party's leadership contest gives clearest indication yet that role of MPs and shadow cabinet would be diminished

The shadow cabinet was recently given a presentation by Greg Cook, the Labour party's veteran in - house pollster, about why they lost the election.

The York MP, Rachael Maskell, who was shadow environment secretary but quit Corbyn's shadow cabinet to vote against the triggering of article 50, has been given a new junior transport role.

«David Cameron wrote to him in October urging major reforms to party funding and a cap on donations, Gordon Brown refused because he didn't want to give up on the multi-million pound financing from the trade unions,» shadow Cabinet member Chris Grayling said.

The party is currently meeting in Liverpool where it passed its Refounding Labour motion, giving Mr Miliband the chance to choose his own shadow Cabinet.

I thank you for giving me the opportunity to be in your shadow cabinet.»

They were shadow home secretary Chris Grayling and shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers - both, intriguingly, were not given Cabinet posts when the Coalition eventually formed.

With accusations that he didn't give 100 % to campaigning for remaining in the EU over the past few months, and resignations coming thick and fast from multiple shadow cabinet members, it's increasingly likely that Jeremy Corbyn will need to stand down as leader of the Labour party.

In my earlier post about Gordon Brown's performance at his press conference on CentreRight, I also mentioned that the Prime Minister failed to answer Ben Brogan's question about whether or not he would honour Tony Blair's previous promise to give David Cameron and the shadow cabinet access to the civil service as of the New Year.

However, in order to be taken as a serious government - in - waiting, politics has to come first and I was somewhat concerned recently to hear the following story about a member of the shadow cabinet: he had apparently already told David Cameron that he didn't want a higher profile post than that which he currently holds in advance of the general election, because he didn't want to give up other interests on account of time commitments or potential conflicts of interest involved in a different post.

Desperate spinning that over half of the shadow cabinet is female barely touches on the damage done to the party by giving all the shadow «great offices of state» to men.

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.

During the hour - long press conference the Tory leader announced that from December all member of the shadow cabinet would give up their second jobs, and he published a list of shadow cabinet outside interests as of 1 July.

Given that Corbyn wants party members to have more seats on the NEC (to extend his power there), and MPs want at least some shadow cabinet members to be elected, it is not hard to see how some sort of deal could be struck.

The number of black and ethnic minority members in the new - look shadow cabinet is hugely impressive, while the appointment of former chief prosecutor Sir Keir Starmer — yes, another North London MP — give Labour some much - needed clout in the vital shadow Brexit brief.

The fact is that the parliamentary party elected a shadow cabinet that has failed to give Ed the support he deserves and the backing for change for which he has a mandate.

Angela Eagle, in spite of her vote for David Miliband, should probably be seen as being on the centre - left of the shadow cabinet and it is disappointing that she has not been given a policy job.

(Although I know you are looking at potential) Given that Neville - Jones and Warsi have been enobled and put straight into the shadow cabinet they must be in David Cameron's longterm plans.

Instead, it is proposed that the parliamentary committee (which includes 6 «backbenchers», 6 government representatives and the parliamentary party officers but, confusingly, is also the name currently given to the shadow cabinet when in opposition) be established whether in opposition or in government.

Miliband is also under pressure to give a bigger role to other members of the shadow cabinet, and to do more to sort out decision - making structures in the leader's office.

Attack on all fronts, using as many members of the shadow cabinet as possible and give David Cameron a rest.

I can't see any circumstance in which people would say let's give him another go, let's go back into the shadow cabinet.»

He entered the shadow cabinet as chief secretary to the Treasury and has kept the shadow chancellor job given to him by Michael Howard in May 2005.

Sayeeda Warsi Having fought Dewsbury in 2005, she was appointed to the shadow cabinet in July 2007 as shadow minister for community cohesion and given a peerage, making her the youngest member of the House of Lords.

Last night Mr Corbyn finally filled all his shadow cabinet posts following a mass walkout last week — but had to give several MPs more than one job.

He joked about the stand - in amid rumours that he could be given a frontbench role in Jeremy Corbyn's shadow cabinet.

Consequently James Hellyer thinks he shouldn't be given a prominent position in the shadow cabinet.

Our cabinets are full overlay (which gives you more storage, a big plus in a small kitchen) in the shaker profile with a subtle detail on the outer and inner edges of the drawers (so it would have some additional «shadows» for visual interest.)