Sentences with phrase «members of their shadow cabinet in»

The Welsh Conservatives have replaced two members of their shadow cabinet in a surprise reshuffle today.

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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,

Cameron had used his address in the Commons to attack various members of the shadow cabinet - including the leader.

There were no double - acts with members of the shadow cabinet such as Ed Balls, Harriet Harman, or Yvette Cooper — who many see at the Labour leader in waiting.

Six weeks later, after being asked every week to do so by Maria Eagle when she met him at shadow cabinet meetings (I wasn't a member of the shadow cabinet, only the shadow secretaries of state sit in that meeting), Jeremy finally phoned me.

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.

And the Scottish manifesto launch lacked the scale of events in Wales, where the shadow cabinet joined with Welsh assembly members to champion the party ahead of May's vote.

Trickett, whose recent article in the New Statesman certainly marks him out as the most left - wing member of the shadow cabinet, will certainly improve the advice Ed gets to hear.

Ainsworth was notable as the only member of the shadow cabinet to have voted against the war in Iraq.

While it's unusual for someone seeking to become a Labour PPC to secure the support of three members of the shadow cabinet, Hayes was not alone among the candidates in getting top level backing.

The Labour leader was attacked by backbench MPs and even members of his shadow cabinet after the party lost seats in England and Wales and were humiliated in Scotland, where they finished a distant third.

Tim Collins A former press secretary to John Major and member of the Downing Street Policy Unit, he was elected MP for Westmorland and Lonsdale in 1997 and held a number of frontbench posts, including a series of roles in the shadow cabinet under three party leaders.

Reports suggest a majority of shadow cabinet members are likely to vote in favour of airstrikes.

[5][6] Press rumours of a split in the Labour Party had occurred since Jeremy Corbyn's election as leader in 2015; this intensified after pro-EU members of his shadow cabinet resigned in protest of his allegedly weak support for the Remain campaign, leading to a leadership challenge by Owen Smith.

He does so by ingeniously entwining Ted Heath as an MP and party whip in the 1960s with the chief of staff and his colleague in the offi ce of a member of today's shadow cabinet.

In an email to shadow cabinet members last night, Milne said: «David's main role is to liaise between the leader's office media team, you and your staff... and to ensure media and communications are integrated across the different parts of the operation.»

«It's odd,» one shadow cabinet member told me in the middle of the week.

I served loyally in the shadow cabinet alongside Kate, Heidi and Lisa, and witnessed first hand that they are some of the finest members of the new generation of leaders in the Labour Party.

Lord Falconer, a surprise appointment to this shadow cabinet having been a key member of the Blair government and a former flatmate of the ex-Prime Minister, quit as Shadow Justice Secretary to take the number of vacant roles in Mr Corbyn's team to 10.

Under the proposals of an unelected committee chaired by Margaret Beckett, the PLP looks set to abandon a requirement that an incoming Labour PM include elected shadow cabinet members in the new cabinet.

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.

However, since quitting the shadow cabinet in protest at Corbyn's leadership in July 2016, Alexander has come under pressure from pro-Corbyn campaign group Momentum, including some local activists who are also members of the far left Alliance for Workers» Liberty.

He said in November 2011: «I don't think there's a single member of the shadow cabinet who'd find it easy to sit down with Nick Clegg... What Clegg did last year was so shocking.

This «farcical moment», in the words of one present, only hardened shadow cabinet members» resolve to force their leader to back down - and he did.

But Corbyn has been accused by some shadow cabinet members, most recently Michael Dugher, the shadow culture secretary, of sponsoring a faction rather than acting as a unifying figure in the whole of the Labour party.

Labour has descended into crisis as several high - profile members of the shadow cabinet have quit in the past few hours.

Indeed, a deal of this kind — nothing much doing in the kitchen or the bedroom, but orderly consideration of domestic finances — sounds remarkably like a domestic equivalent of «confidence and supply»: exactly the arrangement that many Tory MPs and two then Conservative shadow cabinet members, Chris Grayling and Theresa Villiers, wanted in the first place.

Of course all members of the shadow cabinet will be travelling the length and breadth of the country during the campaign, but there will doubtless be particular interest in the constituencies which David Cameron visitOf course all members of the shadow cabinet will be travelling the length and breadth of the country during the campaign, but there will doubtless be particular interest in the constituencies which David Cameron visitof the shadow cabinet will be travelling the length and breadth of the country during the campaign, but there will doubtless be particular interest in the constituencies which David Cameron visitof the country during the campaign, but there will doubtless be particular interest in the constituencies which David Cameron visits.

The foreign secretary hit out at Conservative calls for a referendum, saying eight members of the Tory shadow Cabinet had blocked a public vote in the Maastricht treaty.

One former shadow cabinet member, who quit in despair at Corbyn's inability to lead in Parliament or appear a potential Prime Minister, stopped me the evening of the 184,000 surge was announced.

Several members of the Tory shadow Cabinet also admitted to drug taking after Ann Widdecombe called for # 100 fines for possession of cannabis in 2000.

With accusations that he didn't give 100 % to campaigning for remaining in the EU over the past few months, and resignations coming thick and fast from multiple shadow cabinet members, it's increasingly likely that Jeremy Corbyn will need to stand down as leader of the Labour party.

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.

A member of the shadow cabinet told ConservativeHome yesterday that the Tory leadership half expects Britain to be in the hands of the IMF by the time the party hopes to come to power and that an IMF regime will force a programme of cuts.

Liam Fox has apparently been in a bit of a sulk ever since he made way for William Hague and David Davis didn't, and was alleged to be the un-named «senior shadow cabinet member» responsible for some divisive off - the - record briefings last year.

Having notched up another record as the only member of the shadow cabinet and cabinet from 1997, Strathclyde broke through to the front rank when he was the beneficiary of a major internal Tory row over Lords reform in 1998.

Peace offerings being discussed include allowing Labour MPs to elect several members of the shadow cabinet, and appointing staffers to the leader's office who are respected by rebel MPs in an effort to improve relations.

Members of Labour's shadow cabinet have praised Barking and Dagenham Council for a scheme which involves naming new roads after service men and women killed in action.

After his role in the Crewe and Nantwich by - election campaign - following a successful masterminding of our local government advances - Eric shot to near the top of our regular shadow cabinet league table of members» satisfaction.

It is understood that Smith will probably be called in by Corbyn's team and reminded of his responsibilities as a shadow cabinet member.

The number of black and ethnic minority members in the new - look shadow cabinet is hugely impressive, while the appointment of former chief prosecutor Sir Keir Starmer — yes, another North London MP — give Labour some much - needed clout in the vital shadow Brexit brief.

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.»

September 17 - Mr Corbyn backs the return of elections to select Labour's shadow cabinet, but suggests members could be included in any votes.

Ed is faced with a shadow cabinet in which only 4 of its 19 members voted for him in the leadership election 9 months ago and which has shown itself signally unwilling to accept the message of that leadership campaign that the party wanted a change of direction.

The reshuffle risks deepening rifts in the party and some Labour MPs have been keen to point out that Corbyn began his leadership promising to allow members of his shadow cabinet to express differing views.

Unsourced briefings to several newspapers over Christmas, attributed to people in Corbyn's camp, claimed that members of the shadow cabinet — including Dugher, as well as the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, and the shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle — could be removed as revenge for siding with the government over the question of whether to extend airstrikes against Isis to Syria.

Eleven of the 28 members of the shadow cabinet, including Benn and Eagle, voted in favour of extending airstrikes against Islamic State to Syria, a move Corbyn strongly opposed.

Notwithstanding the many qualities of Jon Cruddas and the excellent work carried out by other MPs — for example Gisela Stuart and Stella Creasy — in being effective voices for their members and communities and outstanding campaigners, it is, after all, only MPs who currently have the opportunity to be elected to the shadow cabinet.

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.

Miliband is also under pressure to give a bigger role to other members of the shadow cabinet, and to do more to sort out decision - making structures in the leader's office.