Sentences with phrase «leadership after the referendum»

A former Minister in Alex Salmond's Cabinet, he was reshuffled by Nicola Sturgeon when she won the leadership after the referendum.

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After a bitter referendum campaign which featured much blue - on - blue infighting, the Conservatives now face a leadership contest to choose the next Prime Minister.

He took over the leadership of the Welsh Conservatives after devolution had been passed by the narrowest of margins (50.3 % to 49.7 %) in the 1997 referendum.

Former Labour leadership contender Owen Smith - who was sacked from Mr Corbyn's frontbench after breaking from party policy to call for a second referendum - seized on the apparent slip of the tongue by Ms Thornberry, saying it was the latest in a string of inconsistencies on Brexit from Labour frontbenchers.

Though the leadership's lacklustre performance on the EU referendum campaign trail annoyed many new members, support for Corbyn amongst members was at 55 % in mid-July, nearly a month after the result.

After two weeks of Conservative battles over a European referendum and gay marriage, Clegg will also admit that the past fortnight has seen the coalition lacking leadership, focus and an ability to govern.

He was aware Downing Street was considering sacking him after the referendum on June 23 and may have decided to jump before he was pushed, hoping to severely wound Mr Osborne's leadership chances in the process.

I am however deeply disappointed with the discussion and by your failure to recognise that the turmoil after the Referendum vote, a likely Autumn election, the responsibility to hold the Labour Party together and the very wide - and ever widening - concerns about your leadership require a fresh leadership election, with you stepping aside as Leader to seek a new mandate if you aspire to lead Labour into the coming General Election.

Instead, despite fighting a leadership election of their own, the Tories have recovered remarkably quickly and in no small part this is because the parliamentary Labour party chose to go to war with its own leader the day after the referendum.

Senior Labour MPs privately blame Lamont for showing poor, lacklustre leadership both during and immediately after the referendum, failing to capitalise on the no camp's victory and allowing the SNP to seize the agenda.

Following David Cameron's resignation due to the result of the EU referendum, Theresa May won the Conservative party leadership race after Andrea Leadsom dropped out on 11 July.

After taking office as Labour leader in December 2011, Lamont urged First Minister Salmond to set a date for the referendum, arguing in her leadership acceptance speech that uncertainty over the referendum's timeline was having a negative impact on Scotland.