Sentences with phrase «leadership frontrunner»

The leader of Spanish anti-austerity party Podemos has thrown his support behind Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn, portraying him as a potential ally in efforts to change Europe.

Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn arrives at the QEII conference centre in London surrounded by supporters singing The Red Flag.

Home Secretary and Tory leadership frontrunner said: «It is clearly important for all leadership candidates to be open and transparent about their tax affairs.»

Ukip leadership frontrunner Steven Woolfe has resigned from the party just weeks after collapsing in the EU parliament following an altercation with a fellow MEP.

Labour leadership frontrunner Andy Burnham has used a speech to focus his campaign on apprenticeships and technical education.

There is no Tory inquiry into anti-Muslim prejudice, just as there was no inquiry into Tory mayor and leadership frontrunner Boris Johnson attacking Barack Obama through his «half - Kenyan ancestry» or describing black people as «piccaninnies» or bandying around «watermelon smiles» or publishing articles, while editor of the Spectator, suggesting black people have lower IQs.

In an assured performance likely to cement his credentials as the Labour leadership frontrunner (and the one most feared by the Tories), he said:

Labour leadership frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn said:

Labour's deputy leadership frontrunner Tom Watson is ramping up his campaign with a special event at the West Ham United football stadium.

At one point in the evening, a senior journalist talking to Cameron noted that Labour leadership frontrunner Andy Burnham had vowed to watch his beloved Everton play every home match even if he makes it to Number 10.

Lib Dem leadership frontrunner Tim Farron has suggested that he would be equally happy for his party to do a post-election deal with Labour or the Conservatives.

The Daily Telegraph reports that at least two thirds of the shadow cabinet would be left unfilled, with as few as 30 MPs willing to work for the Labour leadership frontrunner.

As the attacks from Labour party grandees on the leadership frontrunner continue to grow, so too does his support base.

Conservative leadership frontrunner David Cameron has insisted there would be no place for Jeffrey Archer in a party lead by him.

People who go from fledgling MP to Cabinet secretary to leadership frontrunner in five years rarely are.

As the Lib Dem leadership frontrunner strolls around the centre of his constituency on a bright spring afternoon, progress is slow due to the number of people he keeps stopping to talk to.

Not exact matches

Ukip has provided the most entertainment this week after the frontrunner in its leadership race, Steven Woolfe, was barred from standing due to a late application.

Tony Blair decided it would be helpful to wade into the Labour leadership debate this week, with an attack on surprise frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn.

Harman says unions will not dictate leadership vote, while frontrunners to succeed Miliband urge party to re-emphasise aspiration and fiscal discipline

The frontrunner for the Labour leadership has some good ideas that were rejected by voters when they elected Margaret Thatcher.

It was only a matter of days between Nigel Farage winning the referendum to him resigning; a matter of hours between the results being announced and David Cameron resigning; and a matter of minutes between Boris Johnson being about to launch his campaign for the Conservative leadership as the presumptive frontrunner to falling victim to rapidly shifting allegiances in his party.

Frontrunner in party's leadership contest gives clearest indication yet that role of MPs and shadow cabinet would be diminished

Earlier, the frontrunner for the leadership, Jeremy Corbyn, dismissed fears about Tory infiltration of the process as a «lot of nonsense» and suggested people excluded should be given a right of appeal.

It is just a week into the Labour leadership contest and Andy Burnham, the frontrunner according to the bookies, admits that it already seems to have «lasted for ever».

As the Labour leadership election picks up pace, and some of the dividing lines between the candidates are beginning to emerge, I feel that it is becoming increasingly necessary for the some of the so - called frontrunners to revisit the career of Barbara Castle.

The Liberal Democrat leadership campaign last night moved into overdrive as frontrunners in the scramble to succeed Paddy Ashdown discreetly accused each other of fabricating claims to be edging into the lead in the final lap.

Supporters of Charles Kennedy's bid for the Liberal Democrat leadership are increasingly concerned that the frontrunner to succeed Paddy Ashdown has not done enough to clinch victory in the first count - and may face a dangerous run - off against the rising challenge of Simon Hughes.

And now they have another leadership election to enjoy, with a frontrunner many of them find very sympathetic.

Jim Murphy, the frontrunner in Scottish Labour's leadership election, is clear about what this means.

A source close to Jeremy Corbyn, the current frontrunner in the race for the Labour leadership who has been Islington North MP for 32 years, said Burnham's comments carried a «hint of ageism».

The frontrunner in the Liberal Democrat leadership race has vowed to make the party a viable electoral force within the next two or three elections.

The frontrunner for the Conservative leadership said these would amount to «the best possible terms» but that single market access would have «priority».

Andy Burnham, the current frontrunner for the Labour leadership, has said he will abstain from today's main vote on the government's welfare plans if a Labour amendment does not pass.

Mr Reid has yet to officially rule himself out of the subsequent leadership race and reacted cryptically to questions related to the clear frontrunner in the leadership race, the chancellor Gordon Brown.

Labour's acting leader Harriet Harman is struggling to squash claims that the party is «purging» supporters of Jeremy Corbyn, the surprise frontrunner in its leadership contest.

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

Mr Burnham, the favourite for leadership after the surprise withdrawal of former frontrunner Chuka Umunna, admitted the deficit was too high when Labour was last in Government.

On the Labour leadership David Miliband remains the clear frontrunner, with 23 % naming him as the person they think would make the best leader.

Despite a fiercely contested race, Péladeau was the frontrunner for much of the campaign, causing Jean - François Lisée to drop out in January 2015, Bernard Drainville to drop out on April 22, 2015, [32] and Pierre Céré to follow Drainville only five days before the leadership election.

Senior figures hope MEP enters leadership contest after frontrunner Steven Woolfe quit party and called it ungovernable

«All the frontrunners for Labour's leadership are insipid - looking, clean - shaven boys from the suburbs.

The one time frontrunner for Prime Minister briefly entered the political wilderness for all of one week after his one time ally Michael Gove scuppered his leadership ambitions.

Labour's Liz Kendall has conceded that fellow leadership candidate and frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn's is «doing really well.»

We were here for the second leg of Labour frontrunner Jeremy Corbyn's four - city tour of Scotland, a place where he has much work to do if he wins the leadership election — and where Scottish Labour is about to announce its own new leader in a contest that has had much less attention than this one.

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.

Mr Miliband has emerged as an early frontrunner in the contest, and was frequently regarded as a possible challenger to Mr Brown in the event of a forced leadership contest.

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 - Diane Abbott: more than a token Labour candidate - Labour leadership: the «squabble» for power - Will Straw: leadership will be decided by Balls voters

He is setting out his stall ahead of the former London Mayor and the other frontrunner for the Tory leadership Theresa May.