Sentences with phrase «leadership candidate ed»

Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls said despite the deficit, the Royal Mail should remain in the public sector.

«Labour leadership candidate Ed Miliband seized on Mr Hughes's remarks as evidence that cracks were beginning to appear in the coalition.

Labour leadership candidate Ed Miliband has hit back at veiled criticism from Lord Mandelson, insisting the party needed to change.

Britain should not have gone to war with Iraq, Labour leadership candidate Ed Balls has admitted

Labour overstepped the mark on civil liberty issues, leadership candidate Ed Miliband has admitted.

Among others he appointed Alan Johnson as Shadow Chancellor of the Exchequer, Yvette Cooper was chosen as Shadow Foreign Secretary, and both defeated Labour leadership candidates Ed Balls and Andy Burnham were given senior roles, becoming Shadow Home Secretary and Shadow Education Secretary respectively.

Not exact matches

Speculation continues to mount as to how long state GOP Chairman Ed Cox will manage to hold on to his leadership post now that the rank - and - file has officially rejected his party - switching preferred gubernatorial candidate, Levy.

Asked about which possible Labour leadership contenders people felt warmest towards, Greenberg said David Miliband was the favourite, followed by his brother, Ed, the likely candidate from the left of the party Jon Cruddas, and then the former schools secretary Ed Balls.

In response to James» question about the Labour leadership candidates — Ed Miliband campaigned for Simon Hughes to speak out & is encouraging his supporters to call on the Lib Dems to stand up for their values, David Miliband has suggested ending the charitable status of fee - paying schools and (one of those non-monetary aspects to reducing inequality) giving representation to ordinary workers on corporate remunertion committees, Ed Balls has strongly opposed the VAT rise and is calling for a graduate tax instead of higher tuition fees, Andy Burnham has reiterated his support for a National Care Service and spoken out on the abolition of the Future Jobs Fund, Diane Abbot has called for fair taxation, cancelling Trident, and setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

My guess is that the evident failure of these strategies will encourage Labour MPs to vote for Ed Miliband, as the most left - leaning of the mainstream leadership candidates.

Labour MP, Chuka Umunna, a possible candidate to replace Ed Miliband, is asked by Andrew Marr whether he will run for the Labour leadership.

I began Labour's leadership contest by believing that Ed Miliband was the best of the candidates.

More on the Labour leadership from Channel 4 News: - Labour leadership: the contenders - David Miliband: frontrunner and underdog - Andy Burnham: the «ordinary» person's candidate - Ed Miliband: the alternative brother - Will Straw: leadership will be decided by Balls voters - Labour leadership: the «squabble» for power

An orchestrated parade of former party luminaries grown fat on privatised directorships has denounced Ed Miliband's modest departures from the New Labour script, echoed by his brother, David, and a clutch of hopeful Blairite candidates for the leadership.

Frankly, Ed Balls did not exhibit such skills in the BBC programme, and if the other leadership candidates are so good at getting people to do what they want why weren't they more prominent in the coalition negotations?

More on the Labour leadership from Channel 4 News: - Labour leadership: the contenders - Andy Burnham: the «ordinary» person's candidate - Diane Abbott: more than a token candidate - Ed Miliband: the alternative brother - Miliband brothers» leadership battle divides Labour - David to Ed: Miliband family must remain strong - Labour leadership: the «squabble» for power

Ed Balls, a candidate for the Labour leadership, also criticised the suggested date.

As two major unions, Unite and Unison prepare to announce this week which candidate they will support in the Labour leadership contest, political editor Gary Gibbon analyses how the battle is testing the brotherly bond between David and Ed Miliband.

Burnham's remarks capitalise on the fact that he is not seen as a member of the Blair or Brown inner circles unlike his fellow leadership candidates David Miliband, Ed Miliband and Ed Balls.

Shadow Education Secretary Ed Balls said: «As the first Labour leadership candidate to call for a graduate tax, I'm pleased that Vince Cable has followed many of my fellow contenders in backing this idea.

«Ed Miliband will seek today to stand out from the field of Labour leadership candidates with a campaign for a «living wage».

She's a national officer for trade union Prospect and voted for Ed Balls in the leadership election, but quoted support from other leadership candidates (not including Dianne Abbott).