Sentences with phrase «of cabinet colleagues»

10.45 pm Mandelson described Hoon and Hewitt's move as a «monumental distraction» in an election year and that he did not have to twist any of his cabinet colleagues» arms to come out in support of Brown.

A number of her cabinet colleagues joined her on the front bench to express solidarity.

Despite the misgivings of some cabinet colleagues, the Home Secretary stuck by the government decision to offer the citizens of Poland, Hungary and the Czech Republic and five other East European nations unlimited access to the British labour market.

This particular gaffe is similar in scale to John Major's comments following an interview with ITN in which he referred to several of his Cabinet colleagues as «bastards».

Cameron himself has never been perfect and nor have all of his Cabinet colleagues (Nick Clegg, in particular, was struggling to keep a straight face).

Only two of his Cabinet colleagues is only in attendance today.

His brow was as furrowed as those of his Cabinet colleagues as they contemplated the seriousness of the action they were taking.

Education secretary Michael Gove came to the defence of his cabinet colleagues in last night's CPS Keith Joseph memorial lecture

Tony Blair will step down as prime minister «well before» the next general election, one of his cabinet colleagues has said.

Always manages to descend each question into a party political spat, though to be fair, this appears to be the tactic of most of her cabinet colleagues too.

He rejected calls for a withdrawal from some of his Cabinet colleagues, however, adding: «It's potentially very damaging to suggest rethinking in a fundamental way our relationship with the European Union.»

One year on, the policy of local ministers «having the ear of cabinet colleagues» is not working.

But while metro mayors are not able to take decisions affecting the whole area alone, they will have a significant democratic mandate and larger public profile compared to many of their cabinet colleagues.

Known as Mr. Fix - It by some of his cabinet colleagues, Kenney has pledged to bring in major reforms to the system, including beefing up the auditing powers of federal inspectors who are hunting down abusers.

I watched her squirm at a Times fringe at the Tory conference, when the new Home Secretary was asked what she now thought of her cabinet colleague.

Not exact matches

Obama's refusal to bow to Hagel's opponents, including pro-Israel groups, neoconservatives figures and some of Hagel's own Republican colleagues, signaled that the president would not allow a top Cabinet candidate to be derailed again.

In 1990 he stepped down as Prime Minister in favor of Deputy Prime Minister Goh Chok Tong yet remained in the Cabinet, first as a «Senior Minister» and then as «Minister Mentor,» vaguely defined posts that allowed him to oscillate between speaking engagements abroad while advising his ministerial colleagues on matters of state.

VICTORIA — Energy Minister Bill Bennett called his own B.C. Liberals cabinet colleagues «a bunch of nervous politicians» who don't even know what the «upper range is yet» on the cost of the proposed Site C hydroelectric project.

It is speculated that Mr. Anderson could end up with a cabinet post in early 2015, to the ire of his new caucus colleagues.

The job of the finance minister, possessing these same instincts and surrounded by colleagues in cabinet and in caucus who are idealistically impatient, is a difficult one.

He could raise the GST, but the Prime Minister has ruled that out; he could fulfill an election commitment by undertaking a serious simplification of the income tax system, which could yield substantial revenues (about $ 3 to $ 5 billion), but he seems reluctant to do that; or, he could take the easy way out and simply cut his fiscal prudence in half and «miraculously» free up $ 3billion annually for his cabinet colleagues.

Industry Minister Ian Macfarlane will submit to colleagues on Thursday a case for paying the money to Coca - Cola, but the majority of the cabinet is believed to be opposed to any form of industry assistance on the basis of the precedent it would set.

Under Gordon Brown he rose to a ministerial position at the Foreign Office, but back in Opposition he fell well short of the votes required amongst his colleagues to make the shadow cabinet.

One former Labour cabinet minister criticised the «cocky» attitude of his new colleagues.

The first key point to understand is the difference between the Prime Minister's roles as head of the Cabinet, who wields executive power via the confidence of the House of Commons, and as Tory leader, whose authority rests on the faith colleagues have in you as a general election winner.

In an article for the New Statesman, the shadow chancellor accused his former shadow cabinet colleague of echoing the tactics of the unsuccessful EU Remain campaign.

Major's former cabinet colleague Norman Fowler — now presiding over the upper chamber as Lord Speaker — recently warned in an interview with this magazine that the Lords could no longer justify its size, and must «stop faffing around» and significantly cut the number of peers.

«My concern steadily grew over what I was hearing from colleagues, such as Heidi, Thangam and Lilian, and what I was seeing at shadow cabinet meetings, where Jeremy tended to read from a prepared script, didn't respond to our questions, and didn't convey any sense of strategic direction or leadership.»

She'll then fly to Poland with some Cabinet colleagues for a charm offensive as she begins the painstaking task of building fresh strategic relationships.

Kirstjen Nielsen, the homeland security secretary, reportedly told colleagues she was close to resigning after Trump berated her yesterday in front of the entire cabinet for what he said was her failure to adequately secure the nation's borders.

«Vince Cable stunned colleagues last night by declaring that the Coalition could break up before the election and indicating that he has private «red lines» that would prompt him to walk out of the Cabinet.

He has a warning for his former cabinet colleagues: «Serious uncertainty in your trading and political relationships with the rest of the world is dangerous if you allow it to persist.»

And last year, a Labour councillor was accused of making death threats against one of his former group colleagues, Rania Khan, who now serves in Rahman's cabinet.

Settling disputes in cabinets encourages coordination of policy, which can be achieved better horizontally among colleagues than vertically by one - person from above.

Since his speech in favour of air strikes on Syria I am struck by the number of Hilary Benn's colleagues, those who have worked with him in cabinets or shadow cabinets, who tell me he has changed since the summer, finding his political voice or public definition in opposition to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

One of the best gags of Osborne's speech came when he mocked recent revelations about a senior cabinet colleague's private life.

And in all of this, it's well worth reminding ourselves of one fact: Nick Clegg has not given a single one of his five cabinet seats to a female colleague.

In his statement today, Watson said: «I was deeply disappointed to see Hilary Benn sacked in the early hours of this morning and equally saddened that so many talented, able and hard - working colleagues felt they had to leave the shadow cabinet.

Increasingly, the pressure comes from his colleagues in the cabinet who want the Cameron — and the party as whole — to take a firm stance on Britain's membership of the EU.

As Blair penned his name, my lunch table conversation with one of his former cabinet colleagues turned to the famously scrawled handwriting of his successor in No 10.

The frontrunner has previously made clear that his policy proposals are only suggestions that would have to be agreed by colleagues, but this is his clearest indication yet that the role of MPs and the shadow cabinet would be diminished.

Foot had shown loyalty to cabinet colleagues as a senior minister, so much so that his chief rival, former chancellor Denis Healey was prepared to take up the position of deputy leader.

But throughout it you could hear the steady drumbeat of pressure from his paid advisers, most of his shadow cabinet colleagues and many of his close circle.

It is well understood, of course, that prime ministers are not just accountable to their party members: they also need to retain the formal confidence of the House of Commons (and, for m practical purposes, their cabinet colleagues).

My Lib Dem colleague in the Treasury, Danny Alexander MP, has been overseeing this Cabinet Office review and as a member of the «quad» his oversight has shown how seriously we are taking this review.

Did he want a strong shadow cabinet colleague who would, on occasion, feel able to speak out against the views of his leader and perhaps the wider shadow cabinet or did he want such a big beast roaming the backbenches, taking potshots at the leadership at will?

According to him, President Mahama who is a Gonja has only the Minister of Food and Agriculture Alhaji Mohammed Muniru - Limuna a colleague tribesman in cabinet.

And with our zero - based review — a review of every pound spent by government from the bottom up — Rachel Reeves and my Shadow Cabinet colleagues have begun the work of identifying savings so that we can switch resources to Labour's priorities.

Gordon Brown downgraded the job of Chief Secretary and removed from his Cabinet colleagues their right to be involved in the overall spending decisions of government.

Paddy Ashdown has hit out at the chancellor and his Tory Cabinet colleagues» arguments against the alternative vote, as more evidence of Vince Cable's resistance from within the government emerges.