Sentences with phrase «leadership ambitions»

Has come under fire from his colleague Jonathan Morgan in the Welsh Assembly who has harboured leadership ambitions of his own.

The shadow education secretary may also discuss his own leadership ambitions as speculation over Ed Miliband's potential successor continues.

But before supporters of either Boris Johnson or Amber Rudd get too carried away with leadership ambitions, they ought to reflect on how Theresa May has made something of a political comeback since the Mansion House speech that Boris said he was disappointed to miss.

Downing Street has always been wary of Mr Johnson, whom some senior Tories believe harbours leadership ambitions.

«She is sacrificing Britain's 68 year old commitment to human rights for her own miserable Tory leadership ambitions.»

As George Osborne's leadership ambitions come under the microscope, is even David Cameron losing...

Those shadow ministers who still harbored leadership ambitions of their own may want to position themselves as potential «unifiers» in any future contest.

I'm surprised really because Boris Johnson in the past has written a lot about the importance of staying in the European Union and if he is actually thinking about putting his personal leadership ambitions above the national interest I don't think it's going to do him any good.

Tories like Michael Gove never cease reminding us that Balls is a Brownite tribalist whose leadership ambitions could plunge Labour into civil war.

And in this spirit, every time he asked for extra chocolate on his cappuccino, the press were speculating about what this meant for his potential leadership ambitions.

«You have to be ready for anything,» Dan Jarvis told the BBC when they recently asked about his Labour leadership ambitions.

His failure either to swiftly back Brown or join the coup has earned him the soubriquet of «serial bottler» and seriously damaged his future leadership ambitions, writes John Kampfner in the Daily Mail:

«Angry Labour rebels last night declared David Miliband's leadership ambitions dead after his failure to join the latest botched attempt to oust Gordon Brown.

«Could George Osborne's leadership ambitions deliver a referendum on the EU?

Behind Cameron are a number of senior Conservatives with at least semi-public leadership ambitions.

Cameron will also have to swallow constant speculation about Boris Johnson's leadership ambitions during the conference, including what is likely to be a rapturous reception for the London mayor.

Ramming through the Redford government's cuts to post-secondary education, the powerful Mr. Lukaszuk frequently speaks as if he leads the government, leading some conservatives to suggest he has leadership ambitions of his own.

Mr Cable said it was «very clear» Liberal Democrat Nick Clegg will retain his seat in Sheffield Hallam, as he refused to be drawn on his own leadership ambitions.

Starmer, the shadow Brexit secretary with leadership ambitions, is seen as Labour's best hope by quite a few people on Mandelson's wing of the party.

Labour's Falconer accused May of «sacrificing Britain's 68 - year - old commitment to human rights for her own miserable Tory leadership ambitions».

As George Osborne's leadership ambitions come under the microscope, is even David Cameron losing patience with his old pal?

Ex-special forces soldier Dan Jarvis, a relative newcomer, to politics is known to harbour leadership ambitions.

Many shun working on the environment because they think it will distract from their career and leadership ambitions.

The row isn't doing much for George Osborne's leadership ambitions, either.

It's compulsory for Lib Dem MPs with leadership ambitions to deny they have any leadership ambitions.

His leadership ambitions were thwarted by his outspoken support of the EU, but he has been, nevertheless, a great beast in government.

Still, that does you no harm if you have leadership ambitions.

Eagle used questions about the prime minister's «renegotiation tour» of Europe to highlight divisions within the Conservative party as well as mock Osborne's own leadership hopes, accusing him of being «so preoccupied with his own leadership ambitions that he forgot about the day job.»

The energy secretary prompted a bitter argument in Cabinet earlier this week when he repeatedly tried to get David Cameron and George Osborne to disassociate themselves from «no» camp tactics, prompting a flurry of speculation about his leadership ambitions.

Any leadership ambitions they harbour are surely mothballed until after the election.

Asked about his leadership ambitions, he refused to comment, insisting that the party had to throw itself into the May elections and June referendum.

As for his own leadership ambitions he is evasive, focused instead on the Treasury where he held much sway when Labour last vacated the Leader of the Opposition's room.

At a Vote Leave press conference on Friday morning, he did not take questions and made no comment about his leadership ambitions.

And yet Rosa Prince documents how she had leadership ambitions and relied upon a very small group of supporters, including her Spads Nick Timothy and Fiona Hill who are ruthlessly proactively protective.

Having seen off the leadership ambitions of Herbert Morrison among others, Attlee won the 1950 general election with a reduced majority.

Meanwhile, the former shadow business secretary used similar wording when pressed on speculation about his leadership ambitions.

Is he prepared to gamble all his leadership ambitions on one European throw of the dice?

Those commentators (I only mention this because I was not one of them) who constantly prattled on about her leadership ambition must be feeling rather red - faced.

«He maybe on the wrong side of the European argument and that will make his leadership ambitions very hard to prosper.»

After his speech last month, Jarvis sidestepped questions about his leadership ambitions, stating:

The London mayor also took a top journalist to task for daring to ask about his leadership ambitions.

On the subject of her leadership ambitions, Eagle issued what is known in the trade as a non-denial denial.

He moulded Michael Portillo's leadership ambitions.

The remarks by Blears, who takes pride in delivering uncomfortable truths to the Labour party, marks the most significant intervention by a member of the cabinet following private briefings about the leadership ambitions of some ministers.

One suggestion being floated among MPs is a Tristram Hunt / Rachel Reeves joint ticket, with Ms Reeves, tipped as a future Chancellor of the Exchequer, agreeing to put aside any leadership ambitions to run alongside the shadow Education Secretary.

Asked if the result marked the end of his own leadership ambitions, the Lib Dem president told BBC News 24: «It is never the end of Simon Hughes».

If the Tories lose expect all that Olympic chatter about Boris Johnson's leadership ambitions to reach deafening levels.

[185] One of his main reasons for staying on as leader was to frustrate the leadership ambitions of Herbert Morrison, whom Attlee disliked for both political and personal reasons.

But Huhne has gone and Farron, who two years ago spent the entire conference fielding questions about his leadership ambitions, is keeping his head down and loyally backing the Clegg election strategy.

He gave Total Politics magazine a hardly - unequivocal denial of his leadership ambitions: «I'm not pretending that I'm keeping my leadership bid quiet just for the right moment.