Sentences with word «leanne»

The press still interview Leanne as the «naive girlie from the valleys» which she needs to overcome, and not be bullied by the hacks.
But Plaid Cymru nominated its leader Leanne Wood, and won the backing of the Tories and UKIP, while Mr Jones won the support of sole Liberal Democrat Kirsty Williams and his own party.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood has responded to Labour's leadership election result by claiming that «chaos and infighting» in the party will lead to «a decade of decline under Tory rule in Westminster.»
Other leaders were more forthright with Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood first to seize on the prime minister's absence in her opening statement.
At Plaid's Spring conference, Leanne Wood claimed a Plaid presence in government was the only alternative to «a blank cheque for further cuts» while Nicola Sturgeon has called for an end to the «cosy consensus» on austerity — something she has also described as the «depressive cuts agenda».
The constituency falls within the electoral region of South Wales Central, whose four current AMs are Conservatives: Andrew R. T. Davies and David Melding; Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood; and Liberal Democrat Eluned Parrott.
This time though, instead of «I agree with Nick», will we hear Ed Miliband agreeing with Leanne, Natalie or Nicola?
Given the higher - profile the party enjoyed thanks to Leanne Wood's participation in the debates this has to count as a failure.
And for the first time ever, Natalie Bennett, Nigel Farage, Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood were given a very public platform to debate with the main party leaders.
They merely selected a friend and also a relative of town board member Leanne Thornton.
The meeting follows an open letter from the Green Party calling on Tim Farron, Jeremy Corbyn and Leanne Wood to begin talks about working together to beat the Tories in England and Wales.
Leanne Wood has made a pitch for the votes of former Labour supporters against a backdrop of Ukip by - election victories and the possibility of a hung parliament at Westminster in May.
Speaking at a debate between five party leaders, Leanne Wood warned that «continuing on the path of austerity will deliver a very uncertain future for the next generation.»
10.35 Question Time comes from Cardiff, with guests including Queen guitarist Brian May, Peter Hain, Maria Miller, leader of Plaid Cymru Leanne Wood and Kelvin MacKenzie
Leanne Wood said hers was the «only party that will put Wales first» in the campaign for the four seats in the Wales constituency being contested in elections next Thursday.
Left Futures congratulates Leanne as a fellow socialist on her victory, and hopes that Welsh Labour will meet the challenge.
Leanne Wood has been a consistent supporter of picket lines and union rallies over the years in defence of pay and conditions for public sector workers -LSB-...]
Leanne Wood has been elected leader of Plaid Cymru with 3,326 votes compared to runner - up Elin Jones's 2,494.
More fundamentally, Leanne's victory will shift Welsh politics to the left, keeping Welsh Labour under pressure to maintain and strengthen its «clear red water» policy programme and to resist the influence of the small but highly - placed number of crypto - Blairites seeking to drag the party to the right.
Jonathan Edwards, MP for Carmarthen East and Dinefwr and a key advisor to Plaid Cymru's leader Leanne Wood, said: «We would -LSB-...]
Tagged: Leadership · Leanne Wood · Plaid Cymru · Wales
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood, the Green Party's Anthony Slaughter and John -LSB-...]
Tagged: Leanne Wood · Plaid Cymru · Socialism · Wales
Leanne Wood, the left candidate, founder member of the cross-party Celyn editorial team and occasional Labour Briefing contributor, has won Plaid Cymru's leadership election.
Nominations closed today in the race for the leadership of Plaid Cymru with Leanne Wood emerging as the 4 - 5 favourite according to online bookmaker Paddy Power.
In a separate development, Leanne Wood issued a formal apology to anyone who has complained to Plaid Cymru in the past [about harassment] and didn't have appropriate or sufficient action taken.
In the week when Labour's Liam Byrne launched his «Welfare Reform», barely distinguishable from the Tories; when Twigg set about education in a similar vein, and when Diane Abbott's loose but innocuous tweet was met by Labour with cringing apologies instead of forthright anti-racist defence, Leanne could have made more of the opportunity to put Plaid firmly at the forefront of the growing numbers that want to see politicians stand up to all this Tory tosh, lead the fight for jobs and against the cuts.
Plaid's Leanne Wood has received the backing of Mark Serwotka, General Secretary of the Public and Commercial Services Union (PCS), who called her «one of the most outstanding politicians in Wales.»
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood celebrated a famous victory after she took the seat of Rhondda from Labour in its south Wales heartlands.
Jay, 9, voted for Plaid Cymru's Leanne Wood and said: «I think she can make the world very peaceful.
The survey by First News children's newspaper put the Tory leader top, with Ed Miliband on 22 %, Natalie Bennett on 18 %, Nick Clegg on 9 %, Nigel Farage on 6 %, Nicola Sturgeon on 4 % and Leanne Wood on 1 %.
Leanne Wood, Bethan Jenkins, Helen Mary Jones and Nerys Evans have opposed the deal, describing it as an electoral liability and pointing to the Conservatives» record in Wales during the 1980s.
But I think Nick Clegg, David Cameron and Leanne Wood should form a sort of group.»
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood said Farage should be «ashamed» for trying to use terminally ill people for political gain, earning the first round of applause of the night.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood was equally clumsy in her comments linking right wing ideology to Thursday's events.
Leanne Wood, AM for south Wales central, said: I've held my republican views all my life.
Stephen Crabb represented the Conservatives, Owen Smith Labour, Kirsty Williams the Liberal Democrats, Leanne Wood Plaid Cymru, Nathan Gill UKIP and Pippa Bartolotti the Greens.
It would certainly be a surprising turn of events given Leanne Wood's apparent personal aversion to working with UKIP, a feeling shared by many of Plaid's members and AMs.
Plaid Cymru, the official opposition, having put forward Leanne Wood for election as first minister would have sought to form a minority government with its 12 AMs.
Leanne Wood has been putting Plaid's policies forward to the public - but do they stand up to expert scrutiny?
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood is under the spotlight following allegations the party approached UKIP for support.
If Nicola Sturgeon and Leanne Wood do end up representing their parties in the debates, they will take to the stage as party leaders but, interestingly, not as prospective parliamentary candidates for the actual election.
AMs representing Plaid Cymru, the Welsh Conservatives and UKIP all voted for Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood to become first minister.
Seemingly confirming that no coalition had been discussed, Welsh Conservative leader Andrew RT Davies has stated that the reason his party voted for Leanne Wood was to send a message to Labour — not because of any sort of coalition deal — adding that «Labour had no divine right to assume the first ministership».
Leanne Wood said: «Plaid Cymru strongly opposed the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan and we have tried hard to hold the former Labour government to account.»
Leader Leanne Wood asked for the first minister vote to be put off for a week but did not ask for further formal talks to take place beforehand.
How fantastic is it that three of the party leaders — Natalie Bennett of the Greens, Nicola Sturgeon of SNP and Leanne Wood of Plaid Cymru — are inspiring women, and that this photo exists?
Charlotte, 30, retweeted messages pointing out devolved regional parties have separate election manifestos and saying Plaid leader Leanne Wood's politics are closer to Corbyn's viewpoints than the Welsh Labour leader's are.
Plaid Cymru had one big win, with Leanne Wood snatching Rhondda from Labour.
Plaid Cymru leader Leanne Wood complained that while Scotland was getting the «going rate», Wales was getting third rate treatment.
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