Sentences with phrase «new labour leader»

Whilst the new Labour leader finds his oversight embarrassing, it is in fact potentially more troubling than this.

One of the first steps he took as the new Labour leader was to announce a review of the party's legal aid policy.

If a Cameron - Clegg coalition collapsed quickly, the new Labour leader would face a critical early election.

Mr Miliband, who is standing against his brother — former Foreign Secretary David Miliband — in the race to be the new Labour leader, was visiting Burnley in a drive to win back seats from the Lib Dems» — The Burnley Express

«David Cameron as well as Nick Clegg is behind this week's messages from the Liberal Conference Main Michael Fallon appointed as «the thinking man's rottweiler», to take on the new Labour leader»

You can certainly expect him to be a leading voice for the party next week when one of the Miliband brothers becomes the new Labour leader.

«A new Labour leader's first task will be to fight the Liberal Democrats in next year's Scottish and Welsh elections.

Why am I so sure that the new Labour leader is an election loser?

At a Commons meeting Brown told Clegg that a new Labour leader would be in place by October, something Brown then announced later that day in front of No 10.

The London mayor accused Labour of adopting divisive tactics after the new Labour leader in Scotland, Jim Murphy, highlighted how the party's mansion tax would benefit the Scottish NHS while homeowners north of the border would make only a small contribution.

Once he was confirmed as Brown's successor, Sayeeda Warsi attacked the new Labour leader's union links.

The new Labour leader will be hampered in two ways by the fact that Brown left his party as well as the country in bad financial shape:

This made me curious: Labour are only polling a couple of points behind the Tories, so is the «Corbyn is a vote loser» line actually true, or does this narrative continue to be a fiction created by centrist and right wing media and politicians to undermine the new Labour leader?

The new Labour leader can repair the damage with a good speech tomorrow but he's not enjoyed a good start.

In a swipe at the new Labour leader, Ed Miliband, Cameron said the Labour conference had been «less Red Ed than redhead» — a reference to the former leader Neil Kinnock, who he said had dominated the Labour conference in Manchester last week.

On a personal level I was sorry that Tom was unsuccessful in the Shadow Cabinet elections and that the new Labour leader the opted against using his talents on the frontbench, so with the demise of his blog, we will have to wait and see which outlets he uses for his views and campaigns.

It's all very easy to talk tough about overpaid stars of the media such as Brand and Ross, but when will a new Labour leader learn that relationships with billionaires and oligarchs can also be «inappropriate and unacceptable»?

Does a new Labour leader use his or her fresh political capital to back Nick Clegg's dream (the Miliband brothers back AV, as does Ed Balls) or hold back a little, keep it low - key?

Corbyn urges his party to be «true to its roots» and offer «a credible alternative» as the race to become new Labour leader continues.

Labour leader speaks The Prime Minister's speech pitched him head - to - head with new Labour leader Ed Miliband who told CBI delegates the government lacks an economic plan to rebuild growth.

The new Labour leader said he would do his best to persuade his party that the # 100 billion - weapons system should be scrapped.

Not the greatest public speaker or debater, most commentators expected Cameron to wipe the floor with the new Labour leader.

However, while Corbyn's cup may not be overflowing with good cheer quite yet, there are a number of reasons for the new Labour leader to be pleased with his performance so far.

The thinktank Progress urges the new Labour leader to set out an agenda which is «post-Blair, not anti-Blair, building on the achievements of the past decade, not running away from them».

The new Labour leader is the right man in the right place at the right time.

The new Labour leader has had to contend with the usual disturbances of a shadow cabinet reshuffle, and a whole lot more

David Miliband's decision to jump ship from the Shadow Cabinet comes as no surprise, and as a stroke of fortune for the new Labour leader.

Publishing them later down the line once a new Labour leader was in place would have «dragged the party back», he insisted.

Lawson is also delighted that the new Labour leader is thinking about cultural and moral anxieties.

There is just a small picture of the new Labour leader at the bottom of page 7.

For it would be a big mistake to underestimate the new Labour leader.

In under four hours we'll know the identity of the new Labour leader.

Given this, and the fact that the Yes camp has the support of the new Labour leader, you would think that No camp would be showering Labour voters with attention.

The new Labour leader will be announced on September 25.

Labour could always sack Brown but it is too near the next General Election for a new Labour Leader to turn things round.

Sadiq Khan has provoked an angry backlash from supporters of Jeremy Corbyn after savaging the new Labour leader in a newspaper interview.

They could anger union supporters, however, given they are already wary of the new Labour leader after he mooted plans to reduce their voting influence at party conferences.

Mr Johnson used his speech in London this morning to make clear he and new Labour leader Ed Miliband remained committed to former chancellor Alistair Darling's plan to halve the deficit within four years.

He says the new Labour leader can not afford the «threat of open discontent or rebellion» to remain for too long.

Finally, the new Labour leader spoke up.

A new Labour leader and deputy leader will be elected at a special leadership conference on June 24th.

As party members vote for the new Labour leader, there has been little new wine and the candidates have been at pains to say that the old bottles, contained in the memoirs of their most successful predecessor and his consigliere Lord Mandelson, are well and truly broken.

Some will argue that a new Labour leader would be better for us; others the opposite.

The BBC is reporting that Scottish Labour MP Tom Harris «has stated his interest in becoming the new Labour leader in Scotland.».

A new Labour leader could go to the country asking for affirmation of an economic stimulation package.

Then they could they insist that Mandelson and Brown resign and a new Labour leader agree to create a government with Clegg as Prime Minister (the scenario Will Hutton advocates).

(1) The nature of the internal Labour party election and (2) the messages he emphasises as the likely new Labour leader will be the most significant influences on his standing versus David Cameron.

In the post-Miliband era, the new Labour leader will have to «speak human» appeal to «John Lewis voters», be a «friend of the north», be trusted with the economy — and have some charisma.

It could have been a bad moment for the new Labour leader.

In appointing Alan Johnson as Shadow Chancellor the new Labour leader has eschewed the full ostrich position recommended by Ed Balls but it looks unlikely that he will join Cameron's «national interest» party.