Sentences with phrase «grandees such»

McCluskey, a prominent supporter of Corbyn, said the leader had been the victim of a «political lynching» and said it was «outrageous» that political grandees such as Kinnock were being dragged out to be part of this «unedifying coup».

Many on the left of the party — including party grandees such as former leader Charles Kennedy — are likely to be further troubled by Clegg's message that under his leadership the party is no longer a natural home for disaffected Labour supporters.

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Liberal Democrat grandee Lord Ashdown recently mooted such action, calling for moderates from across various centre - left parties to have a «conversation».

Such as one anonymous minister describing him as an «inept political operator in quite a crowded field» and a Tory grandee saying he was a «s ***» who deserved to be «kicked down Whitehall».

Anyone who stands in his way, from the prime minister to the Labour leader Ed Miliband and grandees in his own party such as the former leader Lord Steel of Aikwood, can expect a withering rebuke from Clegg.

Many Conservative MPs plan to vote tactically to try to stop Bercow, while, if the Labour vote splits between the two candidates, a rival such as Tory grandee Sir George Young could be boosted.

We will read and discuss inspiring essays by artists and critics, such as the great film editor Walter Murch, cultural critic Camille Paglia, the novelists James Baldwin and Tom Wolfe, and art grandee Dave Hickey, along with the crackling prose of artist - eccentrics such as William Blake, Vincent van Gogh and Andy Warhol.