Sentences with phrase «home affairs spokesman sir»
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».
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Sir Menzies will today announce his new home and foreign affairs teams and is expected to confirm that Vincent Cable will remain as treasury spokesman.
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.
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.
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.
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.