Sentences with phrase «members of the shadow cabinet on»

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn say he they are nervous about him using his platform to launch a future leadership bid, and he is being accompanied by other members of the shadow cabinet on visits to keep an eye on him.

Not exact matches

Corbyn was appearing with the entire shadow cabinet, members of Labour's ruling body and trade union chiefs at an event in central London on Tuesday,

And now we have a more explicit outlining of an emerging new Tory constitutional doctrine in an extraordinary Guardian report on Tuesday — based on anonymous briefings from «senior shadow Cabinet members» — that the Conservatives intend to mount a partisan attack on existing constitutional conventions, and the Cabinet Secretary's protocols for handling a hung Parliament, even though a primary motivation for these has been to protect the Monarchy from being dragged into party political controversy.

By 9.30 pm on Sunday a further 11 members of the shadow cabinet had left their posts.

«What weighs with him is the polling which shows what the Tories are doing on immigration is popular and it certainly weighs on other members of the shadow Cabinet.

One of the shadow cabinet's most thoughtful members suggested to me that the chances of a Lib - Lab coalition winning a referendum on PR were so slim, and the scale of the difficulties facing the next government so great, that it might be worth leaving them to face the music.

Mr Cameron said on Sunday there were many members of his shadow cabinet who attended state schools, including shadow foreign secretary William Hague, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox and party chairman Eric Pickles.

Could you elaborate on why having the members electing part of the shadow cabinet is a bad idea?

Various members of the shadow Cabinet, including Mr Osborne and foreign secretary William Hague will gather on the main stage on Sunday afternoon to discuss how the current economic climate is affecting homeowners and businesses and reveal the party's plan for a strong economy.

Footage emerged of shadow cabinet member Andrew Gwynne hinting that Labour could even switch sides on Brexit if public opinion shifted against leaving.

Mr Benn and other moderate members of the shadow Cabinet who backed British action in Syria are tipped to be moved aside in the reshuffle as Mr Corbyn exerts his grip on the party.

The Tory radar sensed danger and the party launched a pre-emptive strike last week: a blitz of speeches on the environment by seven shadow Cabinet members including Mr Cameron, William Hague and George Osborne, who suggested that householders could get «shopping vouchers» worth # 130 a year to recycle their rubbish.

The government insisted on the removal of Mr Campbell, former director of communications to Tony Blair, because he was not a member of the shadow Cabinet.

However, in order to be taken as a serious government - in - waiting, politics has to come first and I was somewhat concerned recently to hear the following story about a member of the shadow cabinet: he had apparently already told David Cameron that he didn't want a higher profile post than that which he currently holds in advance of the general election, because he didn't want to give up other interests on account of time commitments or potential conflicts of interest involved in a different post.

This close to a general election, it's time for all shadow cabinet members to thank their boards for 10 comfortable, well - paid years of outside interests and get their eyes on the prize, full - time.

After the leadership contest, we were told that it would come before the spending review, and then this morning, a member of the shadow Cabinet said on the radio, «We are not going to do an alternative to the spending review».

Given that Corbyn wants party members to have more seats on the NEC (to extend his power there), and MPs want at least some shadow cabinet members to be elected, it is not hard to see how some sort of deal could be struck.

On Saturday night, in a sign of the growing concern at the top of the party about the affair, one shadow cabinet member told the Observer: «The issue is already echoing back at us on the doorsteps.&raquOn Saturday night, in a sign of the growing concern at the top of the party about the affair, one shadow cabinet member told the Observer: «The issue is already echoing back at us on the doorsteps.&raquon the doorsteps.»

As the party was meant to be concentrating on a series of new policies announced before the conference, shadow cabinet members had to spend time denying that Labour still has a negative culture.

According to the Observer, senior members of Labour's shadow cabinet want Ed Miliband to commit Labour at the next election to an in - out referendum on the European Union.

Former shadow cabinet member and University of Kent student, Emily Thornberry MP, issued an apology on Twitter after being criticised for the tweet she posted from Rochester & Strood.

The graphic on the right from the NotW (click to enlarge) shows that membership is falling in the Associations of all shadow cabinet members.

Attack on all fronts, using as many members of the shadow cabinet as possible and give David Cameron a rest.

* 10 am: A member of the shadow cabinet has emailed me to cast doubt on the accuracy of the NotW table - pointing out that - at least in his case - the change largely reflects boundary changes.

Based on his performance in May, Alexander was the eighth hardest working member of the shadow cabinet.

We also learnt that key members of Clegg's «shadow cabinet» (not that it is a real «shadow cabinet») weren't briefed on the policy.

Ask the man on the Clapham Omnibus to name four members of the shadow cabinet and I doubt they will be able to get past Cameron, (because he is leader of the party), Hague, (because he was leader of the party and has gravitas) and Osborn, because of an unfortunate incident on an oligarch's yacht.

Its inevitable that members of the shadow cabinet are going to kick back as cuts are imposed on their budgets by Ed Balls.

«This impressive group of Republican Cabinet members and presidential economic advisers shows how bipartisan progress on climate change is possible outside the electoral shadow of the fossil fuel industry's political bullying,» Whitehouse said.