Sentences with phrase «living labour leader»

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Speaking later to BBC Breakfast, the new Labour leader, who is an atheist, insisted that marriage was not an essential part of a stable family life.

Roy Hattersley's Staffordshire Bull terrier cross Buster has «published» two books since he appeared in the former Labour Deputy Leader's life in 1995.

The founders of the Fabian Society lived in a palatial Hampstead residence and Labour Leader Hugh Gaitskell was buried just off Hampstead High Street under a grave that is regularly replenished with red flowers.

When a Tory Prime Minister faces a nightmare a Labour leader should be living the dream.

Michael Foot, Labour leader from 1980 to 1983, chose to live in Hampstead proper and became renowned for his walks around the Heath with his cane, and Dizzy, the dog he named after the Tory prime minister Benjamin Disraeli.

Until now, even the most eager, and unemployed, floating voter is unlikely to have seen even one of the Labour, Conservative and Liberal Democrat leaders up close and personal, let alone, as they will be in the debates, not speechifying but tested and challenged live by their fiercest rivals.

Nevertheless, in this space, I want to reflect on why the so - called «embittered sliver» — that 81 per cent of his PLP; not to mention all Labour MEPs, hundreds of Councillors, all living former leaders and all but three MSPs, and as recent polls indicate, an increasing portion of the membership — could possibly want to see the back of him.

Within living memory, two leaders of the small Labour group on the council have been convicted on criminal charges — smuggling booze and fags in one case and corruption in the case of his successor.

Labour leader seeks deal with industry leaders, vowing to «never risk» the economy in return for backing for his cost - of - living plan

He had opposed British involvement in the war at its outbreak in 1914, a highly principled position to take in the face of its huge popularity among members of his own party, resigned his position as the leader of the Parliamentary Labour Party in consequence and then had his illegitimate birth raised by the newspapers in an attempt to get him to resign his seat as an MP (they argued that as he'd used a different name during his life from that on his birth certificate he'd stood for election on false pretenses and deceived his constituents).

Within living memory, two leaders of the small Labour group on the council have been convicted on criminal charges

I have waited most of political life for a socialist to be leader of the Labour Party and here he is and I am doing everything I can to support to him.»

Speaking after the ballot count, Labour leader Ed Miliband explained that his party's strategy in the run up to next year's general election is to «focus on the economy and standards of living».

There are plenty of terrible jobs in Britain's febrile political life at the moment, but being leader of the Scottish Labour party must come high on the list.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has been speaking to supporters in Birmingham outlining his party's plan to tackle the cost of living crisis faced by many across the UK.

A strong Liberal Democrat leader whom he admired was a powerful source of pressure on the Prime Minister to live up to Labour's pre-election commitment - in the Cook Mclennan agreement - to hold a referendum on electoral reform within the lifetime of this Parliament.

The Labour leader fails to defeat the PM in today's questions on living standards, as well as the House's high spirits on high horses

«Sadly, Michael became Labour leader too late in life.

Economist and Labour life peer I have seen seven Labour leaders come and six go - Wilson, Callaghan, Foot, Kinnock, Smith and Blair.

Writer, broadcaster and life peer I'm in at least four minds as to who should be the next Labour leader.

Speaking to Radio 5 Live, Labour's «leader who never was» said that Britain was trashing its own history by going ahead with leaving the European Union.

The Labour leader was first to do so, stating that he had an email from someone called Rosie who was not his chief whip Rosie Winterton, but a younger namesake who worked «incredibly hard» but still had to live at home with her parents.

The Labour leader has previously said he is «angry and fed up» with six million people earning less than the living wage and he has been accused of losing his temper with media on more than one occasion.

It was a bizarre experience looking at the papers in the days following the election of Ed Miliband as Labour leader, an almost «Life on Mars» moment (one decade on) as I read about Labour «lurching to the left», «Labour tax bombshells» and, of course, «Red Ed».

Included in the announced list were new «working peers»: 31 new Labour life peers recommended by Tony Blair to reduce the Tory majority; Paddy Ashdown, the Liberal Democrat leader, recommended 11 new Liberal Democrat life peers; five were recommended by William Hague, the new Conservative Lleader, recommended 11 new Liberal Democrat life peers; five were recommended by William Hague, the new Conservative LeaderLeader.

And his image is brought to life when the Leader of the Labour Party speaks.

Labour leader tells the Guardian he has been campaigning for peace all his life and will put nuclear disarmament at the heart of his re-election campaign

The Liberal Democrat leader, Nick Clegg, said: «One of the saddest failings of the Labour Government has been its failure to really shift the life chances of Britain's poorest children.

Labour leader Ed Miliband has said «inequality and the cost of living crisis» is the key election issue.

Imagine if he'd turned out to be an unpopular leader who had stuck to his central message that Labour needed to move to the right, entertain radical reform of public services, tackle the deficit through cuts and be avowedly pro-business, even though many commentators and many in his party thought that the cost of living crisis and pre-distribution were more important themes.

Leader of the Labour party's pro-EU campaign tells Guardian Live debate at the London Palladium that Britain's unity depends on referendum vote

Lord Falconer, the former lord chancellor, also stepped up his attack on the prime minister, writing today's Times: «My view is that the painful step of changing our leader, a leader who has given his life to the Labour party and to public service, would be best for the party and the country.»

Corbyn hangs up his phone and starts his day, talking to students about the refugee crisis and the «national living wage», visiting a medical lab, and discussing how Labour should take on the Ukip threat with the local council leader.

He has the worst personal poll ratings of any opposition leader in living memory, Labour have been consistently behind in the polls since he took over, and in May we had the worst local election results of any opposition party in 40 years.

The interim Labour leader has insisted her party should not oppose the plans - which cut tax credits, reduce the welfare cap and introduce a «national living wage» - outright because it will not be heard on the issues it has a particular problem with.

Labour leader Ed Miliband will delve into another live TV debate tonight on ITV's The Agenda, joining actor Brian Cox, actress and comedian Katy Brand and Helena Morrissey, the CEO of Newton Investment Management.

Peak Phillips arrived in December as Julie Burchill took to the pages of Spectator Life to declare: «She's going to be leader of the Labour party one day».

The Union chief said: «We have a Labour party leader and Shadow Chancellor who are vehemently opposed to austerity, who are ready to fight for a fair alternative that doesn't attack the living standards, livelihoods and the hard won rights of working people.»

The Labour leader gave us more of the latter, barely acknowledging the announcements Osborne made, and simply pushing his party's line about the «Cost of Living Crisis».

«If people who want change, and perhaps if they want to be true to the principles of Keir Hardie [Labour's first leader], there is a party they can look to and a party that reflects the values of those who went into politics to improve the lives of their constituents.»

Malcolm Newton Shepherd, 2nd Baron Shepherd (Hereditary) and also Baron Shepherd of Spalding (Life Peerage)(27 September 1918 — 5 April 2001), was a British Labour politician and peer who served as Leader of the House of Lords under Harold Wilson and James Callaghan and member of the Privy Council of the United Kingdom.

But she was among three peers appointed by the Labour leader this week and will be entitled to a # 300 - a-day allowance each day she attends the upper chamber for the rest of her life.

They include Chi Onwurah, the former minister for culture and the digital economy, who wrote that it was «statistically interesting to say the least» that Labour's leader had made life difficult for two of the very few minority ethnic female MPs; and Pat Glass, who resigned as shadow education secretary in June two days after being appointed, in protest over Corbyn's leadership.

Deputy Labour leader Harriet Harman also told Sky News Sunday Live that she did not recognise the portrayal of Mr Brown.

Yes, the Tories had good election results two weeks ago but we are seeing a few signs of life from the Labour leader.

Andy Burnham says Labour will scrap tuition fees, renationalise railways and introduce a living wage for all ages if he becomes its leader.

Family background is the most important factor in determining the quality and length of someone's life, the Labour deputy leader will say, suggesting that class «overarches» racial and sexual inequalities.

The shadow culture secretary, Michael Dugher, one of those believed to be at risk in the impending reorganisation, told BBC 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics programme that previous Labour leaders he had worked closely with had been reluctant to «go down the path of big reshuffles».

The Labour leader later told ITV News that he would «live with it somehow» if he failed to change party policy.

The shadow culture secretary, Michael Dugher, one of those believed to be at risk in the impending reorganisation, told BBC Radio 5 Live's Pienaar's Politics programme on Sunday that previous Labour leaders with whom he had worked closely had been reluctant to «go down the path of big reshuffles».