Sentences with phrase «leadership hustings last»

Corbyn had declined at a leadership hustings last week to rule out campaigning for a no vote on the grounds that David Cameron was intent on «trading away workers» rights» in his EU negotiations.

There was a similar reluctance to speak about this subject during a leadership hustings last year.

Asked during a Labour leadership hustings last night, whether he would defend a Nato ally invaded by the Russians, he replied instead that he would seek to avoid any such conflict happening in the first place.

Not exact matches

Arron Banks spoke out after last night's leadership hustings during which one candidate called for the death penalty for paedophiles, but not if the child «looked 18».

Ed Balls was in good form at last night's Labour leadership hustings at the TUC conference, producing a string of jokes which rather suggested that he thinks the contest is all over as far as he's concerned.

The last Labour leadership contest was dull, dull, dull: dominated by seemingly endless staid hustings where contenders took it in turns to answer one worthy question after another from audiences made up of loyal party members.

But in a letter to Mr Corbyn and Mr McNicol last week, Mr Smith called for leadership hustings to be staged in each region of the UK.

The leadership candidates now have one last televised hustings on Question Time this Thursday to put their case to become Labour leader to members.

-LSB-...] 11.35 am: The New Statesman held a hustings for the Labour leadership candidates last night.