Sentences with phrase «leadership campaign when»

Party activists will be dismayed that such large sums were spent on the leadership campaign when the party itself remains impoverished.

The former Welsh and work and pensions secretary did not face a police investigation because of his late declaration of donations to his deputy leadership campaign when Gordon Brown came to power, but he was found guilty of «serious» failings by the parliamentary standards authority.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

While I understand that the NDP must feel intense pressure to capture votes — including from people who have never taken a course from John Smithin — I often wish that the NDP would show a bit more policy leadership on the issue of the deficit and debt. I was particularly disappointed during the 2008 federal election campaign when Mr. Layton stated, unequivocally, that the NDP would not run a deficit in the following year if elected (even though it was clear that Canada was entering a recession).

In December 2013, when the Liberal Democratic Party returned to leadership with Abe as its minister, the LDP campaigned on renewed fiscal stimulus, aggressive monetary easing from the BOJ, structural reforms to boost competitiveness and eventual fiscal consolidation.

When World War I broke out, the leadership carried out their campaign of extermination.

Mentality issues such as leadership, consistency and a knowledge of what it takes to win are all lacking in this Arsenal squad and we just can not get the formula right when it comes to trying to challenge for an entire campaign.

She also serves on the WA state leadership advisory committee for the Speak Up When You're Down Postpartum Depression Awareness Campaign www.speakup.wa.gov and has been an instructor at the Seattle Midwifery School for their PPMD course.

Likewise Owen Smith spoke of Corbynistas as parasites during his leadership campaign, «trying to use our movement as a host body, seeking to occupy it, hollow it out, until its outlived its usefulness, when you throw it aside like a dead husk».

It was a pledge originally made in his leadership election campaign at a time when his victory over rival David Davis was far from certain.

That hardly needs restating after weeks of a leadership campaign during which he has signalled his intention to return to the pre-Tony Blair era, when Labour was pure and unsullied by tawdry compromise.

When you look at the artwork that David Gentleman did for the Stop the War campaign, which was chaired by Corbyn, or simply the sharply designed logo of his leadership campaign, you can see something of this older visual tradition of public relations in the UK.

International development minister Lynne Featherstone, campaign manager for Chris Huhne when he fought Clegg for the leadership and whose London seat would likely be lost if these election results were repeated, praised him to the hilt: «He is brave and capable, and taking us into government has achieved remarkable progress.»

Mr Huhne, who narrowly lost the leadership fight for the party against Mr Clegg, was a robust defender of Lib Dem policies in government, not least during the AV referendum, when he led the attack against Tory campaign tactics.

Asked how she felt when she heard Huhne was having an affair with Carina Trimingham, a media adviser on his leadership campaign, she said: «I knew her as a lesbian.

It wasn't until 1980 when I was working for CLPD that I first met the man himself but within a few months, as secretary of his campaign committee during the deputy leadership campaign, I worked with him in the basement of his house in Notting Hill.

[18] Osborne served as campaign manager for David Cameron's leadership campaign, and kept the Shadow Chancellor's post when Cameron became leader later that year.

Jeremy Corbyn launched ten pledges for his leadership campaign this month, detailing how the Labour Party will rebuild and transform Britain when it returns to government.

The unfortunate moment when journalists marched out of Eagle's leadership campaign launch for a more interesting engagement was just the tip of the iceberg.

They stuck by him during his nadir last summer, when his leadership of the party seemed doomed - indeed, the organisational, campaigning and social media nous of the pro-migrant radical left probably saved him, and certainly boosted his general election performance.

He finds the attention the media gives him an affront rather than an opportunity, he ignores collective responsibility, at the time when his leadership was under maximum pressure from his own MPs, he attended a Cuba Solidarity Campaign event in preference to meeting the PLP.

At that year's Labour conference, he made what was widely interpreted as the opening salvo of a leadership campaign - with a speech appealing to the party's «soul» telling activists «we are best when we are Labour».

[109] The Labour Party held a leadership election, in which Jeremy Corbyn, then a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, [110] was considered a fringe hopeful when the contest began, receiving nominations from just 36 MPs, one more than the minimum required to stand, and the support of just 16 MPs.

Stuart Weir was an early Bennite in the 1970s, fell out with his hero over Tony Benn's campaign against the Labour Party leadership in the 1980s, and fell for him again when he became a popular sage after 2001.

«Bobby», as Mandelson was known when he ran Blair's leadership campaign in secret, provided crucial advice.

Not only did the two team up in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy, with Cuomo praising Mangano for his leadership during the storm, but the governor also said nothing when the county executive ran a TV ad during last year's campaign that seemed to indicate he had Cuomo's endorsement for his re-election bid.

This is because of the actions and inactions of the leadership of the party by allowing the NDC appointees to hold on to key positions when they are the ones who went to remote areas to campaign to bring the party back to power.

One thing that beats my imagination is how the leadership of NPP will allow the NDC appointees to continue holding key positions in the ruling government Seven Months after taking power when these are the very people who are also going to campaign across the length and breadth of the country to wrestle power from the NPP in 2020.

She worked briefly for Mr Huhne during his unsuccessful campaign against Nick Clegg for the Lib Dem leadership in 2007, when the pair are thought to have met.

They are not the numerical bulk of his support, but they were his most passionate supporters when his leadership was at its lowest ebb last year, and they also bring plenty of the organisational and social media nous that were crucial in Labour's election campaign.

But, then, winning his party's leadership looked equally improbable when he launched his campaign, so maybe we should not be too dogmatic about his chances.

Sadly, some people can't seem to put partisan instincts to one side — as this report commissioned by the Yes campaign just before Christmas showed - you may also like to read this blog from the very same author who, a year ago, wisely said: «At a time of economic crisis, when people are calling for clear leadership and direction, it would be foolish to abolish a [voting] system that carries out these functions.»

Allies of Creasy were perturbed when Momentum, the grassroots body that represents the continuation of Corbyn's leadership campaign, held a rally in her constituency the night of the Autumn Statement, without inviting the MP.

«The Liz and Jeremy campaigns have been exemplary,» one Labour source said as eyebrows were raised when Burnham told the Guardian on Saturday that he would outline his leadership manifesto this week.

When Angela Eagle announced she was intending to stand against Jeremy Corbyn in the Labour leadership campaign she faced death threats and a brick was thrown through her office window.

In reality, though, the real insidious comfort zone in this leadership campaign is probably the nineties and noughties — the mythical golden age when New Labour could win big majorities against a directionless and demoralised Tory party in elections fought on centre - right, neo-liberal territory.

A lot of the policy originates from the first leadership campaign, when Andrew Fisher was actually working at PCS [trade union] and managing to turn out a huge number of documents which formed the skeleton of the general election manifesto.

But a spokesman for Mr McCluskey's leadership campaign said: «Unite members will be baffled by this nonsense when they see daily that Len McCluskey's priority is to fight for their jobs, pay and pensions, as he is doing today for the tens of thousands of UK workers who depend on the auto industry for their livelihoods.»

Mr Johnson angered the Tory leadership when he made a similar proposal during the mayoral election campaign earlier this year and the party was quick to distance itself from the latest comments.

Mr Murphy, who stood down earlier this year, said Mr Corbyn's leadership campaign policies from last year had been cast aside when he took office.

The clause is supposed to be the delivery of a promise made in 2005 by Mr Cameron when he sought the support of Eurosceptic MPs in his leadership campaign.

Assuming there will be a leadership election and assuming Corbyn wins (two large assumptions I appreciate because it is not in the interest of the plotters to run in an election they are likely to lose and anything might happen in the campaign if and when it comes) then the opportunity to renew the party is now there.

Ed Balls confirmed today that he was «fighting to win» the Labour leadership contest, as his campaign suffered a major blow when he failed to secure the backing of the Unite union.

Jones pays particular attention to Cameron's years working for Norman Lamont and Michael Howard in the 1990s (when he was covering those politicians» activities for the BBC on a daily basis) and later in the book - after dealing with the 2005 Tory leadership election, Brown replacing Blair, the political attitudes of the Murdoch press and Expenses-gate - he devotes whole chapters to both the TV debates and the role of the leaders» wives in a modern British election campaign.

The whole point is when you've had a leadership election, all the leadership campaigns have to pack up and come together in the Labour party... It occurred to me that their aggression is matched only by their stupidity.

He burst into CSEA's leadership ranks in 1975 when he won a write - in campaign to become local president there.

After the country voted for Brexit, he began the initial stages of a leadership bid but dramatically and unexpectedly dropped out when his campaign chief, Michael Gove, made the surprise decision to challenge him for the job.

Fact 1: Republicans control both houses of Congress Fact 2: A Republican controlled ethics committee voted THREE TIMES to censure Tom Delay for ethics violations Fact 3: The Republican leadership, not liking this, removed the Republican on the committee who was voting to censure Delay and replaced him with a Republican who accepted Delay's leftover campaign money for his own campaign Fact 4: The Republicans further tried to shield Delay by making a change to the rules to allow a Congressman under indictment to retain their leadership post, relenting only when Democrats had a field day trumpeting that little change in the media

Shadow chancellor John McDonnell, chairman of his leadership campaign, said when people joined they were told «very clearly» they would be able to vote in the contest, and «to deny them that democratic right flies against all the traditions of our party».

Not only did he find himself at the short end of the stick when a leader was last chosen, but his campaign this year, stuck in the doldrums for months, gained critical traction as he contrasted, in debate after debate, what he described as his inclusive style of leadership and decision - making with a heavy - handed control of the Council he saw from Quinn, who for months had been the clear frontrunner.