Sentences with phrase «hustings when»
Andy Burnham was jeered at a GMB hustings when he refused to say outright whether he was opposed to an annual benefits cap of # 23,000.
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But he was taken aback at the GMB hustings event when all of the candidates were asked whether they supported the government's plan to lower the annual welfare cap to # 23,000.
Labour's tournament felt like a game of Snap when the four players at the table would slap down policies at an endless round of hustings, but now it's high - stakes Pontoon time.
As the three candidates vying to replace Angus Robertson as Scottish National party deputy leader appear at crowded hustings events across the country, one question is dominating the debate: when should the party leader and first minister, Nicola Sturgeon, call another independence referendum?
The comments come after Labour MP Jack Dromey was filmed also criticising Corbyn's leadership — and then warmly greeting the leader when he showed up at the Labour leadership hustings in Birmingham.
The final selection hustings for the seat, which has a 21,000 Labour majority, will take place on Saturday, when party members will vote for their preferred candidate to fight the by - election in June.
The low - key campaign started to revive slightly only over the past couple of weeks, when the candidates participated in hustings events targeted to the business community and the wider public.
The Labour Party wants to hold televised hustings in the parts of the country where it lost when it elects a new leader over the summer.
The parliamentary Labour party will stage hustings for the leadership contenders on 8 June and for deputy leadership contenders on 9 June when nominations for both posts open.
And No Child Left Behind was an unpopular law in 2008, which all of the candidates discovered when they went out on the hustings.
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.