Sentences with phrase «made shadow foreign secretary»

But bookmakers Ladbrokes still made shadow foreign secretary David 1 - 2 favourite on Tuesday night, ahead of his younger brother on 6 - 4.

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.

Not exact matches

Mr Balls was rebutting a claim made by shadow foreign secretary William Hague about the «government's failure» over the case.

After Corbyn's spokesman suggested airstrikes made terror attacks in Britain more likely, a spokesman for shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn said: «Daesh have already killed British citizens in Tunisia, blown up Lebanese citizens and anti-war campaigners in Turkey, and murdered journalists.

Hilary Benn, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, said it was a «shameful and cowardly poster», while Nicky Morgan, the Conservative education secretary, said: «Using the tragic deaths of innocent people to make a political point is simply shameful.»

The shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, who represents Paisley and Renfrewshire South, told an audience at Glasgow University on Saturday that the time had arrived to make clear to the Scottish people that real change would follow a no vote.

Just before the confirmation, shadow foreign secretary William Hague told Mr Miliband the Tories would make an inquiry one of their first acts if they came to power.

«All he does is serve up the decisions his master makes - it is a complete betrayal of Lib Dem voters,» the shadow foreign secretary said.

However, yesterday shadow foreign secretary William Hague said that «given the pace of policy review taking place in the US, with two parallel reviews currently ongoing», the government should make a full statement on UK policy in Iraq before Christmas.

Pressed to explain why he had advanced his own candidacy, rather than that of his brother, the younger Miliband refused to be critical of the shadow foreign secretary, saying only that «David would make an excellent leader».

But Osborne also made something of a faux pas after the shadow foreign secretary had asked a serious question about terror.

The Conservative party is staying quiet on the issue, with party insiders suggesting shadow foreign secretary William Hague will not be making further statements on the issue for a couple of days.

Making her keynote platform speech, the shadow foreign secretary set the foundations for her gag by talking about how she would like to see Labour claiming a few big Tory scalps in the next general election.

«I have the novel approach of having a shadow foreign secretary who I trust and William has made the position very clear.

Emily Thornberry, the shadow foreign secretary, sought to toughen Labour's stance on Tuesday, making clear on BBC Newsnight that her party was ready to engage in «hand - to - hand combat,» as the legislation makes its way through the House of Commons, a process that could begin as soon as next week.

But we did find out that Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary, seemed to be in a good mood when he left Corbyn's office making no comment.

More than half of Labour voters (56 per cent) are pleased with Mr Corbyn's performance while just 25 per cent believe shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, who was widely lauded for a bravura Commons speech backing military action against Islamic State in Syria, would make a good replacement, rising to 42 per cent among Conservative voters.

A Labour government will make it a criminal offence to use low - skilled European workers to undercut local workers and businesses, and change the rules so that more foreign national criminals are considered for deportation, the shadow home secretary, Yvette Cooper, has said.

David Miliband, the shadow Foreign Secretary and front - runner, was first out of the traps and wanted the party to make a decision by July.