Sentences with phrase «leadership candidate who»

Kendall, a former Labour leadership candidate who is well regarded by the party's right wing, has a majority of just over 7,000 in her Leicester West constituency, but local Tories say they are hopeful of taking the seat.

A leadership candidate who describes the manifesto which took the party to its worst defeat in a generation as one of its best should give anyone who truly wants a Labour PM on the steps of Downing Street in May 2020 pause.

The only leadership candidate who has had consistent momentum is Corbyn, the 66 - year - old left - winger who was elected in 1983.

But Blair is so discredited that his party threatens to disown any leadership candidate who says so.

A semi-ironic fan club campaign conceals the ambitions of a leadership candidate who could tear the Tories apart

A former home secretary and shadow chancellor, Alan Johnson is the Labour leadership candidate who never quite was.

It seems that there are even aspiring leadership candidates who are consciously parroting the politics of the Blair / Brown years.

Not exact matches

Accenture has also worked on ways to get more women into senior leadership positions (they've changed the interview process so that candidates of both genders get to know more members in the executive ranks) and to retain them (implementing a one - year no - travel policy for employees who are new mothers and fathers).

Rowe also offers two specialized, part - time blended online - classroom degrees, in financial services or leadership, for candidates who are already employed.

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.

Business schools are looking for candidates who show leadership and the ability to work in teams, so make sure to highlight your experience with both on your application.

They didn't promote a particular cause or candidate — not even Donald Trump, who appears to have been the preferred candidate of Russian leadership.

Alison Haley, who supports leadership candidate Lisa Raitt, holds a cutout of leadership candidate Kevin O'Leary before the Conservative leadership debate at the Manning Centre conference, on Friday, Feb. 24, 2017 in Ottawa.

Here is a preliminary list and map of MLAs who are supporting candidates in the 2011 Alberta Progressive Conservative leadership contest.

Immediately before entering elected politics, he served as executive assistant to cabinet minister Hugh Horner (father of current PC leadership candidate Doug Horner), who he later replaced as MLA for Barrhead in a closely fought 1979 by - election.

Instead, Garlow told his followers he would be endorsing DeMaio's rival, Democratic incumbent Scott Peters, representative for California's 52nd District, to send a scathing message to Republican leadership that candidates who back abortion and gay rights are unacceptable to the party's Christian base.

However, a sad counterfeit of charismatic leadership still shows up today in the cult of the celebrity, and in a disposition to limit presidential candidates to those who pass the camera test for office.

But once again, as a candidate, when you're trying to demonstrate leadership, who are you to be judging?

The leadership, like Ferguson, believe that «Labour members won't forgive mayoral candidates who put their ambition before the party».

Now that we have been rushed into a leadership contest, there is an urgent need for those MPs who see themselves as democratic socialists (of whatever hue) to get together at a meeting in the Commons to agree on a candidate for the leadership election.

Liberal Democrats are worried about the national party's willingness to embrace centrist / moderate congressional candidates, who might, if they're elected, feel inclined to buck the party leadership and stray from its policy agenda.

DiCarlo launched his primary with the backing of 2010 Republican gubernatorial candidate and businessman Carl Paladino, who has pledged to unseat incumbent Republicans and install a new, more conservative leadership team in the state Senate.

We will be working hard to support candidates who will take bold leadership on fighting for the rights of women and children and will hold them accountable to deliver.»

Gov. Andrew Cuomo, a Democrat who during the campaign pushed for down - ballot candidates in Senate races and helped fundraise, has been pushed over the last several weeks by liberal groups and mainline conference leaders to get involved in the disputed leadership.

He is the only candidate who stood in Labour's last leadership race.

One legacy has been a membership sharply polarised by when they joined the party: in a recent YouGov poll of Labour members, Corbyn's net approval rating was -46 among those who joined before he became a leadership candidate in 2015 but +36 among those who joined after he declared — and this latter group constitutes 60 % of the total membership.

But after a private meeting with McConnell, Trump expressed the skepticism about Bannon's efforts, especially his support for GOP Senate candidates who will challenge McConnell's leadership role.

«Those who want to change Labour's leadership will have to stand in a democratic election, in which I will be a candidate.

«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State,» Diaz wrote in his «What You Should Know» email at the time.

Many of that large majority will not vote and of those who do, it is worth noting that in the last two leadership elections they have voted for candidates not supported by the majority of the PLP.

The article says candidates nominated by the Americans Elect leadership need 10,000 «clicks» from the ranks of people who have signed up to be voters in the Americans Elect primary.

Thanking family, friends and his campaign staff, the victorious candidate energized the crowed and made a «promise to bring integrity, experience and leadership» to the office — a less - than - subtle final dig at Mr. Spritzer, who was forced to resign five years ago in the wake of a prostitution scandal.

Having won the votes of only 15 MPs in the leadership contest (the other 20 MPs who nominated him did so to ensure the Left had a candidate), Corbyn has struggled to maintain his legitimacy within the parliamentary party.

That is why a Labour leader who made OMOV a central plank of his campaign for the party leadership, is now drastically curtailing its scope — by restricting the choice of candidates for the European parliament, Scottish and Welsh Assemblies, to those previously approved by leadership appointed vetting panels.

He might be best known to some readers as the outsider candidate who came third in the 1975 party leadership contest, behind Mrs Thatcher and Edward Heath, gaining only 16 votes.

Roy Hattersley, without going so far as to back the centre - left slate, caught the mood when he wrote in the Guardian on 20 August that the Labour leadership demeaned itself by defining «loyalty as uncritical agreement» and that it «diminishes the party's moral authority by endorsing candidates who promote their cause by buying advertising space in newspapers.»

They will be supported in this by John Prescott and Robin Cook — who is manoeuvring himself into the position of the next «left» leadership candidate.

The Labour leadership candidate, who has built his campaign on his ability to attract votes from the Liberal Democrats, said he would «make sure he is punished at the ballot box» for joining government with the Conservatives.

Labour leadership candidate John McDonnell also condemned the plans, telling BBC Two's Daily Politics that the Hayden Phillips review was being used for «political purposes» by people who wanted to break the union link with Labour.

On Wednesday, Rushanara Ali, the MP for Bethnal Green and Bow, dropped out of the deputy leadership race at the eleventh hour, allowing her supporters to give their nominations to other candidates who were struggling to get the 35 required to get on the ballot.

(CNN)- Despite a disappointing showing by Republican Senate candidates on Election Day, the man who spearheaded the GOP Senate election effort is poised to take the number two position in the party's leadership behind Minority Leader Mitch McConnell, several GOP aides told CNN.

In his first interview since launching his own leadership campaign, Burnham, 45, who stood in the 2010 contest only to come fourth out of the five candidates, is sympathetic to Umunna's decision.

That candidate was Kenneth Saunders, the former acting president of the college for nearly three years who was the subject of a no - confidence vote by faculty leadership this month, sources at the college told Newsday.

Nex, which used to be known as Icap and is one of the world's biggest money - broking firms, is attempting to head off a rebellion at next week's annual general meeting by announcing its chairman will personally pay back the # 25,000 used to fund the candidates, including one who ran against Lib Dem leadership contender Sir Vince Cable.

The Republican Party's leadership and membership throughout the five boroughs is committed to providing New Yorkers with a candidate who will be responsive to the issues affecting the middle class, homeowners, small businesses, those on fixed incomes and the unemployed.

The leadership of the governing New Patriotic Party (NPP) says it will punish aspiring candidates who use this weekend's national delegate's conference to campaign.

Back in 2010, Paladino, a tea - party favorite, stole the nomination from Rick Lazio, who was the chosen candidate of the GOP Establishment — and in particular of Cox, who until he assumed leadership of the New York Republican Party was probably most known for his White House wedding to Richard Nixon's daughter Tricia.

«Under the leadership of Superintendent D'Amico, the state police have shown remarkable courage and discipline in their service, and I have tasked this search committee with identifying candidates who will build on that record for all New Yorkers,» Cuomo said in a statement Thursday.

«It is further proof why we desperately need new leadership in Albany, not their handpicked candidates who will continue this dangerous trend.

«I believe that Governor Cuomo is not only working against the Democratic Party as the leader — who as the leader should be protecting and defending the party and its candidates — but I also believe that he is working against racial equality and minority opportunities by preventing Black and Hispanics from gaining positions of leadership in New York State.»