Sentences with phrase «leadership rivals by»

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

The Energy Minister apologised to her Tory leadership rival by text - but still blames the media for the row over her comments on motherhood

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Under his leadership, Expedia's revenues grew from $ 2.1 billion in 2005 to $ 8.7 billion in 2016, and the company became the biggest online travel agency in the US by snatching up rivals Orbitz, HomeAway, Travelocity, and Hotels.com.

We have a club without leadership from owner, to board and manager, which is regressing at an alarming rate, while our most «hated» rival has leapt ahead, by having ambition, youth, backbone and new ideas, ALL of which we desperately lack.

Attlee won the party leadership in 1935, and remained leader in 1945 and 1947; partly by accident and luck, particularly because his rivals could not agree on a successor.

However, I have just fi nished Team of Rivals: The Political Genius of Abraham Lincoln by Doris Kearns Goodwin, which is a superb account of political psychology and leadership.

Coming so fast on Boris» speech to the Tory party conference, when he raised eyebrows by telling an audience of right - wingers they ought to pull themselves together on immigration, Dave will be getting much more relaxed about the leadership threat from his floppy - haired Bullingdon rival.

Party sources suggested the swing rivalled many that were seen in famous by - election wins under the leadership of Paddy Ashdown and Charles Kennedy.

But he was criticised by his leadership rivals Yvette Cooper and Andy Burnham, while then women's minister Nicky Morgan said it smacked of «segregation».

The Chancellor got plenty of laughs as he revealed his disappointment at learning his leadership rival wouldn't be executed by George W Bush.

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».

None of Corbyn's rivals in the leadership campaign tried to balance the real security imperatives with the party's obvious antipathy towards nuclear weapons by carving out an alternative.

The ballots for the Conservative party leadership close today, with David Cameron set to beat rival David Davis by as much as two votes to one.

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.

It will recount how May became the front runner in the Tory leadership race when her main rival Boris Johnson dramatically dropped out after being knifed by his ally Michael Gove.

Within twelve hours a new opinion poll of members was released suggesting Corbyn is set to win the Labour leadership by a landslide, with none of his rivals even coming close.

His rival for the top job, Owen Smith, said the High Court has «done the right thing» by backing the decision to put Mr Corbyn on the ballot for the leadership.

In such circumstances there may not even have been an internal party leadership election, as the new leader may be chosen by acclaim, having no electoral rival (as in the case of both Brown and May).

First, she is the overwhelming favourite to win the leadership, supported by many more MPs than her rivals.

The hard - left leader has been blasted by his own side for his poor performance, with leadership rival Owen Smith saying he is «just not up to the job».

«David Miliband threw caution to the wind last night by calling for a full television debate between all candidates for the Labour leadership, in a move that could help boost his rivals.»

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

I also do not believe it will be at all easy to change the leadership of Labour so soon after electing a new leader in such a short space of time - It shouldn't be discounted also that Corbyn could do very well as party leader in the next few years and stop dead in their tracks any attempts by his rivals within the party to challenge his authority.

BORIS Johnson and his Tory leadership rivals were last night racing to sign up MP supporters — after it was announced we will have a new PM by September.

UTLA Delivers No - Confidence Vote to LAUSD Superintendent John Deasy LAUSD's teachers union issued an overwhelming vote of no - confidence Thursday in the leadership of Superintendent John Deasy as he finishes his second year, while a rival survey released by civil rights groups showed strong support for his reform strategies and called for an even more aggressive...