Sentences with phrase «leadership rival»

However, apart from De Piero's appointment and the return of his former leadership rival Owen Smith to the shadow cabinet last week in the Northern Ireland post, Corbyn has shown little enthusiasm so far for bringing back any of his critics into plum posts, preferring to reward allies or promote backbenchers.

BORIS Johnson is at the centre of a vicious sex smear being spread by a key ally of Tory leadership rival David Davis.

GEORGE Osborne has had to suffer the ridicule of moving into his former leadership rival Boris Johnson's old shabby office after being sacked from Cabinet.

Apart from Davis, who it seems will back a rebellion against his 2005 Tory leadership rival David Cameron on any subject these days, the Tory critics who have called for a retreat on tax credits are not just the usual suspects.

Just behind Chuka, Caroline Flint and his potential leadership rival Yvette Cooper had contrasting months.

Labour leadership rivals Owen Smith and Jeremy Corbyn clashed over Isis and Brexit as they went...

The Prime Minister appointed her former leadership rival as Environment Secretary as she confirms her new top team.

And he was unlikely to be perturbed by the fact former leadership rival Yvette Cooper received a far more rapturous reception for her speech in tribute to the outgoing party chief.

Addressing dozens of political journalists and their other halves, the chancellor aimed several jibes at his potential Tory leadership rival Boris Johnson.

Speaking at a fringe event called Tackling UKIP, Cameron's one - time leadership rival said that the prime minister also needed to talk more about immigration.

George Osborne has bemused Tory MPs and amused leadership rivals by travelling to schmooze local Conservative associations... by helicopter.

David Cameron today warned his Conservative leadership rival of the «tone» he adopts in talking about anti-social behaviour, suggesting it was giving the party a bad name.

Mr Corbyn also backed attacks on leadership rival Owen Smith's previous job with medicines giant Pfizer.

But as leadership rivals Liz Kendall and Yvette Cooper condemned the idea, Corbyn's campaign were keen to stress that it was a proposal that could be consulted on rather than a concrete policy.

The then chancellor's freebie was paid for by property firm Countywide Developments and was said by the Guido Fawkes website to have «bemused Tory MPs and amused leadership rivals».

And they may open up a fresh battle - line with leadership rival David Miliband, who has been backed by Darling.

Clegg, who will be the first party leader to visit the constituency, expressed his sadness for his former leadership rival Huhne during weekend interviews.

This battle with his back benchers plays right into the hands of his main leadership rival, Boris Johnson.

Alberta NDP leadership rivals Rachel Notley and David Eggen (photo from Ms. Notley's Facebook page).

Justin Trudeau's Liberal leadership rival Burton says «Just watch me» Another candidate for the federal Liberal leadership rode his motor home through the streets of Toronto this morning.

While Clegg's leadership rival Chris Huhne fights for his seat in Eastleigh, the party leader is being joined by Dr Cable (he doesn't wince if you call him mister) on the election trail.

Such a strategy would have marked the end of the post-referendum descent into jingoistic insanity, and heralded a new period of responsible policy - making and practical compromise, unshackled from the cakeist, hormone - drenched neo-imperialism of her vanquished leadership rivals.

I suspect part of the motivation is a recognition that Boris remains a potent leadership rival, at 53 he still has a chance of getting the keys to No 10 after Theresa so where better to keep him than out of the country.

Meanwhile the stock of Balls's somewhat reluctant future leadership rival Ed Miliband, who also warned Brown about McBride after last autumn's party conference, remains high.

Mr Cameron opted to keep leadership rival David Davis in his current post as shadow home secretary, with another former candidate, Liam Fox, moved to defence, and Mr Hague made shadow foreign secretary.

Policy will be made by Labour members and not the leader, shadow cabinet, or parliamentary party, Jeremy Corbyn has said in a debate with his three leadership rivals organised by the Guardian.

The issue was thrust on to the agenda this weekend after two leadership rivals used separate interviews to criticise the decision to go to war, citing the impact it had had on the Labour Party.

Potential Tory leadership rivals Theresa May and George Osborne are both on 28 %, while the Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn's opinion matters to 27 % of those polled.

Last week, Yvette Cooper — a seasoned Labour hand who has had government experience both as work and pensions secretary and as chief secretary to the Treasury, and is perhaps Burnham's greatest leadership rival — suggested she agreed with Miliband's refusal to accept blame.

With less than a month to go until voting closes, the latest polling shows Corbyn's leadership rivals falling dramatically behind him.

Does David Cameron have any genuine leadership rivals these days?

In a thinly - veiled swipe at Eton - educated David Cameron, the one - time leadership rival told a meeting on grammer schools the only winners from the death of the selective education system were the public school boys who now «dominate» Britain.

May's former leadership rival added: «I'm sure if it felt that would be helpful then she would do that».

Owen Smith has challenged Jeremy Corbyn's patriotism, in the most direct personal attack on his Labour leadership rival yet.

Mr Corbyn also narrowly trailed leadership rivals Owen Smith and Angela Eagle on who was more likely to win a general election.

Speaking in Westminster after Theresa May's speech, failed leadership rival Liam Fox told the Mirror there should be no early general election.

The Daily Telegraph reports that Lord Mandelson allegedly contacted Jeremy Corbyn's three leadership rivals calling on them to quit the contest to halt the veteran's progression in the race.

Former leadership rival Angela Eagle, who pulled out of the contest, was among the 162 MPs who backed the former shadow work and pensions secretary.

Dr Fox's Tory leadership rival Teresa May had stated this week that she was ready to scrap the surplus target if it meant savage tax hikes to balance the books.

Michael Gove hits the right notes with Oasis song as Tory leadership rivals battle it out in karaoke

Former Labour leadership rival becomes shadow Northern Ireland secretary in one of four new appointments as most frontbenchers retain jobs

Meanwhile some 55 % of respondents said incoming Prime Minister Theresa May had what it takes to lead the country well — way ahead of her former leadership rival Andrea Leadsom.

He also criticised his former leadership rival Simon Hughes who recently gave him until September to prove himself.

Mr Brown was forced to retreat from his plan to sack Alistair Darling, the Chancellor, instead keeping him and Foreign Secretary David Miliband in their posts, promoting leadership rival Alan Johnson to the Home Office and effectively making Peter Mandelson deputy Prime Minister.

The pro-Brexit cabinet minister, who was Theresa May's leadership rival before pulling out on Monday, was a surprise appointment to the Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra).

In a video message, Burnham also appeared to take a swipe at potential leadership rival Tristram Hunt, who has spoken of the need for the party to appeal to the «John Lewis couple» who shop in smart department stores, as well as its more traditional supporters.

Attention will now turn to who serves in Corbyn's top team, with MPs such as John McDonnell, Angela Eagle, Sadiq Khan, Ken Livingstone and possibly leadership rival Burnham tipped for key roles.

Those comments then triggered a bitter exchange with McCluskey's Unite leadership rival, Gerard Coyne, who claimed the union chief was acting as Labour's «puppet master».

It comes after leadership rival Owen Smith criticised the Labour leader's failure to sufficiently stamp out «intolerance and misogyny» from the party.

The comments echoed an earlier row between the shadow home secretary and leadership rival Liz Kendall.