Sentences with phrase «months as party leader»

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The euro hit a two - month low against the yen soon after FDP leader Christian Lindner said on Sunday that his party was withdrawing from the talks as the three would - be partners could not find common ground on key issues.

Expectations are high for the new NDP leader, as polls show her party's support has surged in Edmonton in recent months.

Today's dramatic announcement by British politician David Miliband - once widely expected to succeed Gordon Brown as leader of the Labour Party - that he is stepping back from front - line politics completes a chapter in a political psycho - drama that has transfixed the British political classes for months.

As the general election approaches, we're hoping to speak to the leaders of all the main political parties in the coming months.

At the end of last month Ed Miliband had net personal ratings of -46 % according to YouGov with 68 % of voters saying he is «doing badly» as leader of the Labour party.

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As for the accusation that Corbyn disrespected the Armed Forces by failing to sing the national anthem at this month's Battle of Britain commemoration, Lewis is clear that his party's leader has deep respect for servicemen and women.

Jim Murphy's election as Scottish Labour leader two months ago did lead to a change in the party's fortunes in the polls, but he has more recently taken some interesting strategic positions.

It has been 18 months since Jeremy Corbyn was first elected as leader of the Labour party, promising «a new kind of politics».

Speaking at a media conference after the national executive meeting, he said: «It is clear that a small minority who didn't accept my election as leader of the Scottish Labour Party just five months ago won't accept the vote of the executive today and that will continue to divide the pParty just five months ago won't accept the vote of the executive today and that will continue to divide the partyparty.

But there's no way Klein would vote for Sampson, who has been widely speculated to be on his last legs as leader for months now — a speculation that has continued despite the fact that he just presided over a campaign effort that might have returned his party to power.

There is «apparently no credible plan» as to how to replace the 490,000 public - sector jobs set to be lost, he said at Monday's CBI conference, in his first speech to business leaders since he was elected as party leader last month.

The BMG Research poll for the Evening Standard suggests a wide difference of opinion between the public at large and Labour members, who look set to re-elect Mr Corbyn as party leader next month.

The hearing concerns whether the judge should consider fresh accusations in imposing as much as 16 more months in prison on the convicted former Suffolk County Conservative Party leader.

D'Ambrosio expects to be acting chair for at least two months, as party leaders have yet to rally around one candidate.

Ed Miliband's ratings are also unchanged this month, with just over a third (36 %) satisfied with the way he is doing his job as leader of the Labour party and two in five (43 %) dissatisfied, his net score of minus 7 being better than Cameron's or Clegg's.

Pushing the line that the PM's referendum plans are for the benefit of the Tory party rather than in the national interest, which Labour strategists clearly see as their strongest retort (read: EUreka), the Labour leader insisted that, four hours after the big speech that was six months in the making, Cameron still «can't answer the most basic question of all.»

Just eight per cent said Mr Cable, who stands down as acting Liberal Democrat leader this month, was the most competent party leader.

Jacobs said he was approached several months ago by some GOP leaders about opposing DiNapoli, whom many Democratic observers view as the weakest leak on the party's statewide ticket next fall.

The 29 to 21 voted proceeded mostly on party lines, as leaders of the Senate Democratic conference pushed approval the bill, which was drafted by Gov. David Paterson and passed the Assembly late last month.

This weekend, Ukip leader Paul Nuttall was confirmed as the party's candidate to fight the Stoke - on - Trent Central by - election next month.

Due to election law, assuming he doesn't change his party registration in the next couple months, Mr. Smith needs the support of at least three of the city's five Republican county leaders in order to even wage a campaign as a Republican in 2013, which is certainly no easy task when other GOP notables are also considering throwing their hat into the ring.

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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.

In an interview with the Journal, Lhota described the allegations against Council Member Dan Halloran, a Republican, and two leaders of county - level Republican organizations in the city as a «stain» on the party — and something he would seek to address in the coming months of campaigning for mayor.

Jim Murphy says he will stand down as Scottish Labour Leader next month, despite surviving a no - confidence vote at a meeting of the party's executive today.

«When I table that report at next month's meeting of the Scottish Labour Party executive, I will also table my resignation as leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

I am half way through my 25th year on the front bench and a month ago I started my 15th year as leader of the Conservative party in the House of Lords.

Brown's appointment was the first move in a major reshuffle of the party following Corbyn's re-election as leader last month.

Dutchess County Executive Marcus Molinaro, 42, locked up the GOP nomination for governor last week, infusing a youthful vigor and adding a renewed sense of hope to a race that only three months ago party leaders were expecting to write off as a Faso / Spitzer redux.

At the end of last month, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — one of the most powerful Democrats in the Bronx and across New York State — announced his support for Blake, a sign that the once - unfriendly County machine was starting to warm up to the idea of him as a national party leader.

Corbyn had promised to unite his party following his re-election as leader last month.

At the end of last month, Assembly Speaker Carl Heastie — one of the most influential Democrats in the Bronx and across New York State — endorsed Blake, the latest sign the formerly chilly County machine was cozying up to the idea of the assemblyman as a national party leader.

Harris, the former MP for Oxford West, seems to have taken over from Hughes, the deputy leader, as a lightning rod for dissent in the party in recent months, and the two clashed over how much influence the wider party should have over future coalition policies.

A few months before the 2012 elections, local party leaders picked Joyce as their nominee after GOP Rep. Steven C. LaTourette unexpectedly announced his retirement several months after the primary.

Not only have the Liberal Democrats fallen back in the latest ComRes survey for The Independent but Nick Clegg has a lower approval rating than Ming Campbell when he was ousted as the party leader six months ago.

The polling came as the Labour leader prepared to address a Scottish fundraising dinner in Glasgow, where he warned the party faces one of the hardest battles it had ever faced in the six months to May's general election.

The B.C. government took steps earlier this month to address the issue of mandatory high heels in the workplace, a topic that has received a lot of attention recently as a result of a bill that had been introduced in March by Green Party leader Andrew Weaver to prohibit employers from requiring different footwear for different genders.