Sentences with phrase «leadership bid comes»

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.

Speculation about his leadership bid came after he failed to win the backing of the Unite union, which gave its endorsement to Ed Miliband.

Not exact matches

With left - wing Corbynite MSP Neil Findlay having ruled out a leadership bid, the contest to come is likely to be between Rowley and the moderate MSP Anas Sarwar.

If Corbyn does lose then I think this will be down to how much people dislike Corbyn's leadership and his public perception rather than the ideas in this manifesto, but do you think that the more right - leaning aspects of the party will use this to attempt to sweep away all the Corbyn policies that are proposed in this manifesto in a bid to be seen as «more electable» when the next election comes around?

The escalating scandal comes just weeks before Mr Brown is expected to formally launch his bid for the Labour leadership.

It comes as Neil Kinnock, another losing Labour leader, is said to be about to throw his weight behind Andy Burnham's leadership bid.

I know this will come as I surprise to many but I had always wondered whether it was all too soon for me to launch this leadership bid — I fear it was.

His support for Cooper comes after Ed Miliband stepped down and sparked a leadership bid within the party.

Campbell's leadership bid last spring was so ineptly run that Chris Huhne came in from a 200 - 1 shot to nearly win.