Sentences with phrase «in the leadership campaign»

Her presence in the leadership campaign so far has been a touch understated, but quietly formidable.

This is perhaps not surprising given how poorly the other candidates have performed in this leadership campaign.

All 100,000 members of the party will have a vote in the leadership campaign.

But we remain a long way from this — and it's down to Ed, even though, back in his leadership campaign, he recognised how necessary it was:

Usdaw is a critical union affiliated to the Labour party but one of the few that did not back Corbyn in the leadership campaign.

In the first direct shot in the leadership campaign battle, Diane Abbott said Labour members faced a «clear political choice» because Ms Eagle voted in favour of the 2003 Iraq invasion.

But in the first direct shot in the leadership campaign battle, Corbyn - ally Diane Abbott said Labour members faced a «clear political choice» because Ms Eagle voted in favour of the 2003 Iraq invasion.

We need a strong message, on the lines of that which Ed Balls used in the leadership campaign, that sets out the narrative against cuts rather than meekly accepting them.

«That issue is now settled, we move on from it and I'm absolutely committed to doing my bit to create a tolerant, decent society for everybody regardless of their background, regardless of their sexuality — that is not an issue in this leadership campaign.»

None of Corbyn's rivals in the leadership campaign tried to balance the real security imperatives with the party's obvious antipathy towards nuclear weapons by carving out an alternative.

Thus it was not clear initially that the # 500bn, first floated in the leadership campaign, was for ten years, or why People's QE was dropped.

But Mr Blair may well feel less well disposed to a more distant Liberal Democrat who is likely to make his mark in the leadership campaign with swingeing attacks on Labour.

One senior figure told me: «Nobody is interested in the leadership campaign.

Andy took that position in the leadership campaign, but that's the position of the party.»

On the one hand, the people he needs to attract may reject him as a cynical leader, hiding his true feelings to win votes; on the other hand, those who voted for him may accuse him of betraying the very principles that he proclaimed so clearly in his leadership campaign.

At the time, Fox was the leading candidate of the party's right in the leadership campaign against Cameron and David Davis.

In a new manoeuvre a new Liberal Dempcrat «gang of four» - Menzies Campbell, Nick Harvey, Archie Kirkwood and Mr Tyler - have agreed to stick together in deciding whom to support in the leadership campaign.

In reality, though, the real insidious comfort zone in this leadership campaign is probably the nineties and noughties — the mythical golden age when New Labour could win big majorities against a directionless and demoralised Tory party in elections fought on centre - right, neo-liberal territory.

«Some commentators say I have been too harsh in the way I have put my views across in this leadership campaign.

The clause is supposed to be the delivery of a promise made in 2005 by Mr Cameron when he sought the support of Eurosceptic MPs in his leadership campaign.

That is why in my leadership campaign I trained 1000 community organisers around the country.

The Old Etonian only entered Parliament in 2001 but his polished performances in the leadership campaign paved the way for victory over David Davis by a margin of more than two - to - one.

The basic political programme should be the 10 Pledges outlined by Jeremy Corbyn in his leadership campaign.

Mr Smith was also forced to deny having a «women problem» amid criticism of language he has used in the leadership campaign and on Twitter.

In the leadership campaign, he posed as a principled Eurosceptic and offered the hostage to fortune that his EPP discomfort turned out to be.

«Even though Labour is in a leadership campaign, I am not going to let the EU debate be defined by David Cameron.»

The hardest conversations I had in the leadership campaign were about Afghanistan.

But it was Tony Blair, not the Iron Lady, who dominated the political landscape as Cameron began his ascent, and it was no accident that, in his leadership campaign, he went on to describe himself as «the heir to Blair».

At present, Progress offer superficial support to Labour's leader, and is careful to invite some MPs who backed him in the leadership campaign to participate in their events.