Sentences with phrase «leadership bid»

But two unite - the - right groups could provide him with a base with which to organize his PC leadership bid.

The chances of an actual leadership bid are small though.

Owen Smith MP has cancelled the launch of his Labour leadership bid in the light of Thursday's deadly attack on Nice.

The Miliband brothers are the only two to have officially launched leadership bids.

The by - election consolidated Nick Clegg's hold on power, sparked new rumours of leadership bids against David Cameron, saw a surge in support for Ukip and raised questions about Ed Miliband's ability to win votes in the south - east.

If you are going to judge Peter Hain's dep leadership bid on his spending of # 200K we should probably judge George Osborne on the fact that he enjoys so much more support than any other shadow cabinet minister.

Andy Burnham and Yvette Cooper have launched their Labour leadership bids as the race for the party...

In a statement issued last night Mr Hain said: «As I said in December, as a result of administrative failings within my campaign there were donations to my deputy leadership bid which were not registered within the normal time to the Electoral Commission.

Boris Johnson appears to have set out his stall for a future leadership bid based on him being the standard - bearer for a so - called clean Brexit.

Cameron was then quick to gloat after Johnson was betrayed in his Tory leadership bid by fellow Brexiteer Michael Gove.

Former education secretary and chief whip Gove, 48, had kept a low profile since his failed leadership bid before stepping out earlier this month to attend the festival.

George Osborne's popularity has been damaged by the disastrous Budget, with just two per cent backing a future leadership bid from the chancellor.

Boles was campaign manager for the unsuccessful Michael Gove leadership bid last year.

Ms Eagle's leadership bid comes after 172 Labour MPs indicated that they had no confidence in Mr Corbyn in a vote in which he garnered the support of just 40 Westminster colleagues.

Critics believe it would make it easier for McDonnell to succeed his close ally Jeremy Corbyn as leader, after McDonnell was frustrated in his own leadership bids by lack of support among MPs in 2007 and 2010.

Angela Eagle will today formally launch her Labour leadership bid with a pledge to «save» the party from demise at the hands of Jeremy Corbyn.

Support for Smith is understood to be growing among Labour MPs, with some who had nominated Eagle's leadership bid already switching sides to back her rival.

This week, the commentariat got very excited about Dan Jarvis's non leadership bid speech at Demos...

But Johnson could also have to see off possible leadership bids from pro-Brexit MPs Liam Fox and Andrea Leadsom if he can not get them onside.

Angela Eagle and Owen Smith, two of the Labour MPs who quit the Shadow Cabinet last week, are considering leadership bids.

And afroirish made an early leadership bid: «Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt call for secret ballot over Gordon Brown's leadership... Do you think I could throw my hat into the ring?»

Boris Johnson appears to have set out his stall for a future leadership bid based on him being the...

Harriet Harman and Foreign Secretary David Miliband said they were not preparing leadership bids.

Conservative insiders do not expect to see leadership bids by either Caroline or Mark Mulroney.

Founders of the website include Ezra Levant, who, along with Kenney was a member of the «snack pack» in the mid-1990s, and Hamish Marshall, who is Jean's campaign manager and was campaign manager for Andrew Scheer «s successful federal leadership bid.

Labour's ministers have had three clear opportunities to mount a challenger to Gordon Brown: after Tony Blair resigned as Labour leader, a year later when David Miliband launched his aborted leadership bid and June last year during the European elections.

[55][56] In his 2010 leadership bid Burnham emphasised his philosophy of «aspirational socialism», [56] which he described as redistributive, collectivist and internationalist.

He was welcomed back by Boris Johnson - whose previous leadership bid he had scuppered by withdrawing support and announcing his own candidacy at the eleventh hour.

The feud revealed a deeply complacent response from two prominent Cabinet ministers and suggested leadership bids were starting to obstruct efforts to deal with extremism.

And Nicky Morgan, who took over from Mr Gove at the Department for Education and supported his short - lived leadership bid, has also confirmed that she has left her role as Education Secretary and Women and Equalities Minister.

He was given a gong for «comeback of the year» after his failed leadership bid propelled him into King Charles Street.

Rees Mogg is not expected to stand, but Gove might yet - and the latest rankings underline how he has staged a remarkable recovery since the botched leadership bid in 2016, which saw his popularity plummet and allies of Boris Johnson expressing their rage.

When endorsing Jeremy Corbyn's leadership bid yesterday, the CWU described the left - winger as the «antidote» to policies supported by the likes of Lord Mandelson.

Woolfe announced his new leadership bid after Diane James sensationally quit yesterday after just 18 days in the job.

At Westminster there is anticipation that Ed Miliband, climate change secretary under the last Labour administration, will announce his own leadership bid shortly.

#Leadsom, Gove and Eagle have all made it onto Twitter's trending list, as the volumes of tweets about Mrs Leadsom's resignation statement, Michael Gove's backing of Mrs May and Angela Eagle officially launching her Labour leadership bid circulated.

My own view is that the retention of party democracy was important in giving the Cameron leadership bid its momentum.

The latter is said to be backing the shadow foreign secretary's leadership bid privately, as are other members of the Blair inner circle, including Alastair Campbell, Andrew Adonis and Peter Mandelson.

Blunt became a party whip under Howard, but on 9 June 2005 he took leave of absence from that role to support the expected leadership bid of Sir Malcolm Rifkind.

Asked if he would stand to replace Mr Clegg if he was no longer leader, Mr Farron said it would be «foolish and disloyal» to consider a post-election leadership bid.

The Milibands, to their credit, have been much quieter on this stuff, though Ed saw fit to leaven his first leadership bid speech with the obligatory mention of an unidentified working - class voter who thought his benefit - claiming neighbours were swinging the lead.

The would - be challengers in the PLP were painted into a corner as splitters and schemers, while a weak and uninspiring leadership bid by Owen Smith made the result a foregone conclusion.

The MP who ran Andrea Leadsom's leadership bid tells openDemocracy that he wasn't involved in commissioning a key opinion poll which boosted her campaign and was funded by the secretive Constitutional Research Council.

I do wonder, however, whether her current leadership bid is perhaps a dry run for mounting a more serious challenge for Labour's London mayoral candidacy.

«The latest stage of Huhne's leadership bid involves clash with Osborne in Cabinet Main Miserable, voiceless Clegg sits through a PMQs listening to Miliband attack him on tuition fees and Cameron lavish praise on Tory councils»

Prominent backbenchers Jacob Rees - Mogg and Sir Nicholas Soames also came out in support of Mr Johnson's leadership bid today.