Sentences with phrase «labour leaders in»

It was the soft left who produced Ed Miliband, one of the worst Labour leaders in history.

Just yesterday, labour leaders in the state raised the alarm that their lives were under threat from the agents of government because of the ongoing strike action.

Party reform is a familiar expedient for Labour leaders in opposition.

The UKIP vote collapsed in Portsmouth, while Tory and Labour leaders in Southampton are both out.

«Think back to Labour leaders in the past who were popular but couldn't win elections.

The Labour leader made this comment while reacting to the formation of a new Labour centre known as the United Labour Congress by some top Labour leaders in Lagos on Saturday.

According to the source, all efforts by the government team to reach labour leaders in the state on their mobile and contacts have proved abortive, as the leaders remain adamant that a substantial part of their arrears must be settled before they can call off the strike.

Labour leaders in Osun State may have adopted a hide and seek tactics with the state government over pressures being mounted on them by the administration of Ogbeni Rauf Aregbesola to call off its over 6 week old strike action over months of unpaid salaries.

The state government had summoned the labour leaders in the state following Federal Government's recent bailout, directing them to suspend the strike since the FG had rescued the state and that in no distant time, fund would be available for salaries.

The BBC, ITV, Sky and Channel 4 have announced plans to hold three debates, but it is proposed that Mr Farage will only feature in one, while the Lib Dem leader would take part in two, and the Conservative and Labour leaders in all three.

Labour leaders in Osun State may have adopted a hide and seek tactics with the state government over pressures being mounted on them by the administration...

Currently however George Osborne is negotiating behind closed doors with Labour leaders in the conurbations for deals whose covert aim is to destroy the Labour Party in its core constituencies — something the SNP has already done in Scotland.

In a similar vein, the Ekiti State police command has warned labour leaders in the state to desist from forcing people to join the ongoing strike action.

On the one hand, UKIP's appeal was itself facilitated by the complicity of Conservative and Labour leaders in downplaying the issue in the domestic political debate.

Canada's chief NAFTA negotiator, Steve Verheul, talks to reporters following a roundtable with labour leaders in Ottawa on March 28, 2018.

When Jeremy Corbyn was elected Labour leader in 2015, he was immediately written off and ridiculed by Conservative - supporting public affairs professionals, while the industry's hefty contingent of diehard Blairites were often even more scathing.

The last to serve two separate prime ministerial terms was Harold Wilson, but he remained Labour leader in the, erm, interim.

Since stepping down as Labour leader in 2015, Miliband has become one of parliament's leading voices on climate change — and his stock appears to be soaring.

There were no double - acts with members of the shadow cabinet such as Ed Balls, Harriet Harman, or Yvette Cooper — who many see at the Labour leader in waiting.

Gordon Brown has been described as «the most unpopular Labour leader in history».

Following the election of Tony Blair as Labour leader in July 1994 after the death of his predecessor John Smith, Ashdown pursued co-operation between the two parties because he wanted to form a coalition government should the next general election end without any party having an overall majority.

Foot, the Labour Leader in 1981, was on the anti-nuclear, anti-European wing of the party.

And when the dust settles, Cameron might well face a new Labour leader in charge of a divided, demoralised party.

Cameron said he would consider the proposal but went on to attack the Labour leader in fairly strong terms, suggesting he is not prepared to accept the plan.

Glenis Willmott, the Labour leader in the European Parliament, said: «Cameron is trying his hardest to appear Thatcheresque.

Paul Dacre's paper surprisingly opts not to turn its fire directly on the Labour leader in its headline on the election debate

Less than 10 days after the 2015 general election the Labour leader in the House of Lords said that party needed a break clause with their new leader in 2018.

The BBC is reporting that Scottish Labour MP Tom Harris «has stated his interest in becoming the new Labour leader in Scotland.».

A Labour leader in Kogi State, Mr Abdulmumini Yakubu, has been killed by gunmen in Okene area of the state.

How did avowed socialist Jeremy Corbyn recently win election as Labour Leader in Britain, on an anti-war, pro-refugee platform?

One of his cousins, a major transporter and Labour Leader in Abia State, Chief Sunny Nwakodo, however said in a phone call that Chief Chijioke Nwakodo, popularly known as the Major, has recovered and will soon be back; while the Chief Press Secretary to the Governor, Mr. Enyinnaya Apoios, also said that the Chief of Staff has recovered fully and is expected in office this November.

Ever since he was elected Labour leader in 2015 on a promise of straight talking, honest politics, Jeremy Corbyn has regularly been accused by his opponents of doing nothing of the sort.

Stepping down as Labour leader in 1955, he never returned to power.

«But today, after accepting an offer last week to help improve education for some of the poorest children in the world, I am resigning from my position as Labour leader in Scotland with immediate effect.»

Sadiq Khan has provoked an angry backlash from supporters of Jeremy Corbyn after savaging the new Labour leader in a newspaper interview.

Ed Miliband, who has resigned as UK Labour leader in the wake of the loss, said his party had been «overwhelmed» by a «surge of nationalism» in Scotland.

Lord Levy said that the Labour leader in the Lords, Baroness Smith of Basildon, showed Mr Corbyn the abusive message on Wednesday night, but he heard nothing back on the issue.

But this morning Diane Abbott, who enjoyed a fling with the Labour leader in the 1970s, said it was the refusal of Labour MPs to get behind their leader hamstrung him in the Chamber.

They expect big Labour leads in the opinion polls within a few months but, as of tomorrow, they are also glad to finally have a Labour leader in place.

Tony Blair's the only Labour leader in modern times who won elections.

Jeremy Corbyn's big interview at the start of the Labour conference has been praised as the «best interview by a Labour leader in over a decade» by John Prescott.

Asked whether she would consider resigning as Scottish Labour leader in similar circumstances, Dugdale said: «There is a collective responsibility across the whole of the Labour party to heal the divisions and disunity of the past.

«This was what necessitated the setting up of a revenue apportionment committee led by no less personality than a former Labour leader in Nigeria and veteran labour activists on the continent of Africa, Comrade Hassan Sunmonu».

Peter Henessey's advice to Nick Clegg this week — grow a moustache and say nothing (Attlee as Labour leader in Winston's wartime coalition).

Three future Leaders of the Labour Party (Tony Blair, Gordon Brown and Jeremy Corbyn) were first elected as Members of Parliament at this election — two of them would later hold the office of Prime Minister, whilst Corbyn became Labour leader in 2015.

Tony Blair, on becoming Labour leader in 1994, flew to Australia for an audience with Rupert Murdoch.

But they said that Thornberry, who was the first MP to nominate Miliband for the party leadership in 2010, was surprised that her private conversations with the Labour leader in the wake of her tweet had been leaked to the press.

Back in the Lords Lady Hayter, the deputy Labour leader in the Lords and a shadow Brexit minister, is now winding up for the opposition.

Speaking to the Sunday Telegraph Baroness Smith, the Labour leader in the Lords, said peers would not give Mrs May a «blank cheque».

The London mayor accused Labour of adopting divisive tactics after the new Labour leader in Scotland, Jim Murphy, highlighted how the party's mansion tax would benefit the Scottish NHS while homeowners north of the border would make only a small contribution.