Sentences with phrase «of shadow defence secretary»

Some backbenchers speculated that the hand of Damian McBride, the combative spin doctor to Gordon Brown who recently joined the team of the shadow defence secretary, Emily Thornberry, may have been behind the release of the list.

The job of shadow defence secretary was initially offered to Chris Bryant, but no deal was struck.

The post of shadow defence secretary was even mooted.

Not exact matches

«It is deeply concerning that the size of the Army has fallen yet again on this Government's watch,» Nia Griffith, Labour's shadow defence secretary, said on Thursday.

A Conservative government will stand firm against a resurgent Russia, unlike the «invisible response» of the government, the shadow defence secretary has said.

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The shadow defence secretary reacted angrily after the prime minister made a series of claims about members of the shadow cabinet.

Jim Murphy MP, Labour's shadow defence secretary, accuses the government of failing to review the facts properly in the defence review.

Nick Harvey, Liberal Democrat shadow defence secretary, said: «It is evident that mainstream military opinion is questioning the wisdom, necessity and affordability of replacing Trident with another nuclear system on a Cold War scale.

The shadow defence secretary has predicted that there would «have to be a referendum» in the UK on its membership of the EU.

Mr Cameron said on Sunday there were many members of his shadow cabinet who attended state schools, including shadow foreign secretary William Hague, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox and party chairman Eric Pickles.

And Ed Miliband's former ally Lucy Powell becomes shadow education secretary, with Maria Eagle taking the post of defence secretary.

Further senior Labour figures came out in support of No to AV today, including shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy.

Responding to the attacks, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said: «There are clearly still shortages of equipment and the government has consistently increased the tasks that it is asking our troops to carry out, yet it is not matching the commitments with resources.

Liam Fox, shadow secretary of state for defence, reaffirmed his commitment to mental health as a welfare priority and announced a post-traumatic stress treatment programme and a mental health screening for all service leavers.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson was among those to take issue with Thornberry, suggesting that the shadow defence secretary was guilty of undermining the fight against sexism.

Responding to Mr Hutton's comments, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox told the paper that steps in favour of a European army must not harm relations with Nato.

The former mayor of London has been made co-convener of the party's policy commission on defence, working alongside shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle.

When I was first made shadow defence [secretary] I remember getting loads of questions about you know «what do you know about defence», «you know nothing about defence».

Responding to the statement, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said many of the proposals had been put forward by the Conservatives in the past year.

His stance differs from that of his key allies Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis, shadow foreign and defence secretaries respectively, who revealed in a Guardian article on Saturday that they will abstain in Monday's vote.

After days of revelations and allegations about the former defence secretary's shadow political operation led by his unofficial adviser, Liam Fox's resignation was unavoidable.

Claim: Former shadow defence secretary Michael Ancram, who is the marquess of Lothian, is reported to have claimed almost # 100 for the repair of a swimming pool boiler.

The shadow defence secretary antagonised a number of MPs and peers with the suggestion that Trident could one day become as obsolete as the World War II Spitfire.

The Labour leader will be joined by three of his most fiercely loyal shadow cabinet supporters — shadow chancellor John McDonnel, shadow health secretary Diane Abbott, Jo and shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis.

Despite Powell's sacking as shadow defence secretary within a day of making the infamous speech, the public mood was rather different.

But the shadow defence secretary said when they got it right «we should support them», although he went on to ridicule a series of defence policies.

Shadow business secretary, Alan Duncan, was typically robust in his defence of senior shadow ministers retaining outside interests:

But shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle said the comments were unhelpful and said they «undermined to some degree» the review she is carrying out of the party's defence policy.

Former Shadow Secretary of State for Defence Clive Lewis has taken on a new role within the shadow cabinet as Shadow Business Secretary.

Some more detail is coming out in in terms of the rationale for Emily Thornberry going in as shadow defence secretary.

Lisa Nandy, currently Shadow Secretary of State for Energy and Climate Change, dodged the shadow defence brief before it could even be offered to her, according to John Rentoul.

He sparked controversy last month after it emerged he had been put in charge of the party's defence policy, without shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle being told.

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.

Mr Murphy was shadow secretary of sate for defence, previously serving as secretary of state for Scotland.

Jim Murphy, the shadow defence secretary, said: «It is risible to pretend that the SNP could defend Scotland on a budget just 7 % of that from which Scotland currently benefits.

But it would be wrong not to challenge what shadow defence secretary Emily Thornberry said on the radio this morning: namely, that the prospect of futuristic drone technology could soon be able to detect the Royal Navy's deterrent submarines and thus render the seas «transparent».

Pro-Trident shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle was moved to the culture brief last night and replaced by Emily Thornberry, who has called Trident the «ultimate weapons of mass destruction».

Liam Fox, the shadow defence secretary, has condemned the «flipping» of the designation of second homes by ministers.

Some around Corbyn — a lifelong opponent of nuclear weapons — say that with the shadow defence secretary, Emily Thornberry, carrying out a review, the party currently has no settled policy on Trident.

He told Sky News» Kay Burley: «I understand he was consulted on it and raised concerns around the fact you would have a leader and a shadow defence secretary in very sensitive circumstances from a certain part of North London.

Do expect new occupants of the posts of shadow Foreign Secretary and shadow Defence Secretary - in those two areas the tensions over nuclear weapons and military action have proved too much of an embarrassment for Mr Corbyn.

«Geoff Hoon, the former defence secretary, will face questions at the Iraq Inquiry about pre-war planning that left some British troops short of vital equipment when the invasion began... According to Liam Fox, the Conservative shadow defence spokesman, Mr Hoon delayed an order for body armour from September 2002 to November 2002.»

Of the junior posts, those promoted include Nicholas Soames as defence secretary, John Bercow as shadow international development secretary and Alan Duncan as shadow constitutional affairs secretary.