Sentences with phrase «home affairs spokesman alistair»

But the home affairs spokesman is still relatively unknown to many members and could well lose an early contest to environment spokesman Chris Huhne, who made a name for himself by running against Sir Menzies last time round.

His comments come after Mr Clegg, the home affairs spokesman, last night told an Observer fringe event that he would stand for the leadership whenever Sir Menzies stepped down.

According to Tim Montgomerie on Conservative Home, the poll also shows that «24 % told GfK NOP that they would prefer Charles Kennedy to return as leader and slightly more (7 %) preferred LibDem Home Affairs spokesman Nick Clegg to the embattled Sir Menzies (6 %)», though I'm not sure what sort of question or structure this was in response to.

Chris Huhne, who ran him second in the last contest, and Nick Clegg, the Home Affairs spokesman, are assiduously working the constituencies.

Back to index Crispin Blunt: The Conservative home affairs spokesman was told to stop claiming the second home allowance on his London home because his children lived there.

The acting Liberal Democrat leader, Sir Menzies Campbell, today tried to calm the nerves of his party reeling from the shock resignation of home affairs spokesman, Mark Oaten, and the lowest opinion poll rating in five years.

Chris Huhne MP, LibDem Home affairs spokesman, has been charged with attacking the Shadow Chancellor:

Liberal Democrat Home Affairs Spokesman, Tom Brake MP, who sits on the House of Commons Home Affairs Select Committee, says: «Clearly people will be shocked to find out that # 8.5 has been spent by police forces around the country to obtain data they need from the mobile phone companies.

Claim: The paper says the party's home affairs spokesman claimed for a # 119 Corby trouser press, delivered to his London home despite his second home being in Hampshire.

The party's home affairs spokesman was elected to Parliament in 2005, at the age of 38, and is one of the two front - runners for the leadership.

The Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, Chris Huhne, described the move as «the most worrying development for many years».

The Conservative Party has, of course, a new Home affairs spokesman, Dominic Grieve.

Davey, who is the Lib Dem home affairs spokesman, said he did not want time with his young children to be consumed by the leadership.

The Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, Ed Davey, has accused Theresa May of «bashing the police» as he sought to paint his party as the natural defenders of law and order.

In the early stages of the hacking story, there was only one frontbench politician from any party who was willing to attack the News of the World — the Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

At a Social Market Foundation fringe meeting on Tuesday, Tom Brake, the Lib Dem home affairs spokesman, suggested Downing Street had insisted on changing the name to the «legal aid, sentencing and punishment bill» in order to «give the right image to the Daily Mail and the Daily Express».

Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Sir Ed Davey, whose wife was re-elected as a Kingston councillor, said it was a «great night» and a «sign of things to come».

The House of Commons» Speaker Michael Martin should resign from his post, the Liberal Democrat's Home Affairs spokesman Chris Huhne has told BBC 2's Newsnight.

The Liberal Democrats» home affairs spokesman, Chris Huhne, said he would write to the police today to ask them to investigate whether bribery offences had been committed.

Lady Hanham, Conservative home affairs spokesman, said the government had shown «a worrying tendency» to introduce anti-terrorist legislation which could then be applied «perhaps inappropriately and in far less justifiable circumstances».

She was formerly a Liberal Democratic Party Home Affairs spokesman, and has an ongoing personal and political conflict with Catherine Walker (above).

Home affairs spokesman 2006 - 2007, lib dem shadow chief secretary to the Treasury since 2007.

Hours before he quit, Lib Dem peer Brian Paddick - who was Britain's most senior openly gay police officer in the Met Police - piled on pressure by resigning as home affairs spokesman over his «views».

Chris was our Home Affairs spokesman.

When talking to Chris Huhne about ID cards she said: «Look, Alan Johnson really needs to talk this through with whoever the Lib Dem Home Affairs spokesman is.»

The Conservatives supported the government move yesterday during an urgent question in the Commons, but Chris Huhne, home affairs spokesman for the Liberal Democrats, strongly condemned the sacking, which has already seen two further resignations from the ACMD.

Home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg said the raft of criticisms levied at the scheme sees the government change its justification every month.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg noted: «Re-offending is much lower for those under the most stringent levels of supervision.

«We are already the most watched society in the world and yet ministers want more snooping powers,» said Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne of reports that development of an advanced monitoring system is already underway.

The party's home affairs spokesman Joanna Cherry told Sky's Murnaghan programme she was «already aware that a number of leading Tory backbenchers will be with us on that».

However, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg dismissed the plans as a «half - baked gimmick» that would do nothing to tackle organised crime.

«In a rare moment of self - awareness, Jacqui Smith has admitted that the government put spin over substance,» said home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

Mark Oaten resigned as the Liberal Democrats» home affairs spokesman after stories of this married MP's visits to a male prostitute emerged.

«Any prosecutor would be reluctant to call them as a witness for fear of being taken apart by the defence,» said Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said: «Britain is setting a shameful new record in anti-Semitic incidents this year, which are running at double the annual rate of the previous record.

Mark OatenThe Lib Dem home affairs spokesman stood for party leader in 2006 and was widely rumoured to be Charles Kennedy's favoured successor.

Allies of the first secretary of state have expressed concern about the comments made by Quick and Lewis regarding an investigation into government leaks when Green was an opposition home affairs spokesman.

«At worst this is a betrayal and at best it is a monumental shambles,» said its home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

· Nick Clegg MP is the Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman and a candidate in the party leadership contest

He became the party's home affairs spokesman in 1999, using that position to articulate the same liberal views he has consistently held on such issues as penal and asylum policy.

A quick succession of high - profile roles (home affairs spokesman, Europe spokesman) paved Clegg's route to the Liberal Democrat leadership.

Mr Graves says he made his decision before the twin «catastrophes» which saw Charles Kennedy and home affairs spokesman Mark Oaten resign.

It's down here that Chris Huhne, Lib Dem home affairs spokesman, is fighting Maria Hutchings, who I spoke to last time.

«It seems that the Tories will go to ever increasing lengths to make David Cameron's ridiculous claims about broken society seem credible,» Lib Dem home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne said

That sentiment has been echoed by Chris Huhne, Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman, who said the new measures will force these vulnerable women further underground.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg added: «Millions of pounds have been spent on this unnecessary, harebrained scheme.

«The Conservatives» dalliance with liberalism is as dead as a dodo,» responded Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg added: «Tagging has a very important role to play in ensuring that low level offenders and those at the end of their sentence are kept under adequate surveillance.

«Crime maps should include local detection rates - the key factor in deterring crime - so we can give praise or criticism where it is due,» said the party's home affairs spokesman Chris Huhne.

Liberal Democrat home affairs spokesman Nick Clegg added: «Any review of bail hostels must explain why they are being used to house more serious offenders, instead of the lower risk people who used to occupy most beds.