Sentences with phrase «of frontbenchers»

It would be possible to get around the problem of excluding Scots (or Welsh or NI) from the major offices of state by enabling each party to have a proportionate number of frontbenchers from the devolved regions, who would be able to vote on matters related to their own departments.

As we have explained elsewhere, the degree of competition in the system for the election of committee chairs and members is limited by a number of factors that inhibit the potentially transformative effect of the 2010 reforms — including the absence of frontbenchers from candidacy and electorate, the fact that candidates from opposing parties can not compete against one another, and the large number of uncontested chairs.

Some of the problem also has much to do with the scale of frontbenchers» outside interests... but that's a subject we've addressed enough already.

He is a protest politician, trapped in the body of a frontbencher.

Media coverage is not, of course, the only way of judging the impact of frontbenchers although Iain Dale's «Media Tarts Lists» are always worth a scan.

There must be equal weighting on providing a new, media - friendly generation of frontbenchers to break properly from the shadows of Brown's premiership, and relive their 1997 landslide.

Former deputy leader Anas Sarwar and a clutch of frontbenchers including Jenny Marra, Iain Gray and Jackie Baillie are among those topping the regional lists for Scottish Labour at the Holyrood elections.

A number of frontbenchers think Labour should take from the Brexit vote that people want stronger controls on immigration.

So many of his frontbenchers have quit that Labour is simply no longer functional as a parliamentary opposition.

Speaking to Sky News after a tense shadow cabinet meeting during which a number of frontbenchers argued for a free vote, he said: «It will be a clear decision that we want all of our MPs to support the Article 50 vote when it comes up next week.

But the YouGov poll for The Times shows Mr Corbyn's support within the party's membership remains strong - despite the resignations of scores of frontbenchers and an overwhelming vote of no confidence in his leadership from Labour MPs.

This morning, at a 9 am meeting of frontbenchers, the leadership was confronted with one MP describing Cable's idea as «complete codswallop».