Sentences with phrase «hustings last»

Corbyn had declined at a leadership hustings last week to rule out campaigning for a no vote on the grounds that David Cameron was intent on «trading away workers» rights» in his EU negotiations.

There was a similar reluctance to speak about this subject during a leadership hustings last year.

Asked during a Labour leadership hustings last night, whether he would defend a Nato ally invaded by the Russians, he replied instead that he would seek to avoid any such conflict happening in the first place.

Not exact matches

Arron Banks spoke out after last night's leadership hustings during which one candidate called for the death penalty for paedophiles, but not if the child «looked 18».

At last night's hustings, the Yorkshire MP took heart from the fortunes of the Doncaster Rovers, who beat David Cameron's football team, Aston Villa, in the Carling Cup.

The shadow home secretary told reporters ahead of the last of 11 hustings between him and rival David Cameron: «Don't write me off yet.»

The meeting in Newport last night was the tenth of 11 hustings taking part across the country, and came less than a week before ballots close next Monday.

She said: «Last time our hustings - in front of Labour members - were in cities where Labour won.

Last week Centre for Cities and local Chambers of Commerce held the first hustings for the Sheffield City Region mayoral election with all the leading candidates, focusing in particular on their plans for the local economy (Dave Allen of the English Democrats could not attend).

I won't comment here on the party board decision to top - list incumbent MEPs, apart from to say that as someone selected twice in open hustings I am the last person to complain about the party membership having the final say.

Ed Balls was in good form at last night's Labour leadership hustings at the TUC conference, producing a string of jokes which rather suggested that he thinks the contest is all over as far as he's concerned.

The last Labour leadership contest was dull, dull, dull: dominated by seemingly endless staid hustings where contenders took it in turns to answer one worthy question after another from audiences made up of loyal party members.

In the last few days I've followed the brothers to a Unison hustings in Leeds where Ed told the audience: «As your leader I will never leave this party behind.»

But in a letter to Mr Corbyn and Mr McNicol last week, Mr Smith called for leadership hustings to be staged in each region of the UK.

The leadership candidates now have one last televised hustings on Question Time this Thursday to put their case to become Labour leader to members.

-LSB-...] 11.35 am: The New Statesman held a hustings for the Labour leadership candidates last night.

He apologised, claiming «it does not reflect his views», after a confrontation at last night's hustings over the texts sent to scores of MPs.

Quite acrimonious hustings here last night, arguments between Conservative, Labour and Green candidates.

Many veterans say they are ready to fight if the government doesn't live up to its promise, including on the hustings, as happened when the community turned against the Conservatives in the last election.