Sentences with phrase «on the labour front»

«Andy Burnham, he's a northern MP, seen him on the train, he likes football, we have good banter about that kind of thing,» he reveals when I ask about his relations with some of the other leading lights on the Labour front bench.

There is still a huge amount of unapologetic collective responsibility for Blair's Iraq and Brown's economic catastrophe on the Labour front bench.

Over on the Labour front bench, some unease might also be gathering, since both the leader of the opposition and the shadow chancellor promise what might charitably be termed «austerity lite».

Pete wishart of snp fame sitting on labour front bench and refusing to move.

An appetite for further strikes has been lost by the utter contempt displayed by the Conservative / Lib Dem coalition and the deafening silence from anyone on the Labour front benches.

Not exact matches

I have in front of me the report on labour market opinions issued for temporary foreign workers in the Windsor area, and the overwhelming majority of these LMOs were issued for industrial instrument technicians and mechanics for less than six months.

Here we see the shape of struggles to come — in the nascent alliances and tensions between the labour movement and those on the front lines of the struggle for climate justice.

The manifesto of the Labour Party has football more front and centre; while neither English football nor Labour are as uncomplicatedly working class as they once were, you're still far more likely to find a football fan on the red side of the argument.

While the party was short on detailed plans today, it made it clear the issue would be front and centre of Labour's activities after the summer recess.

The Labour leader was forced into his latest reshuffle after four front benchers — Lewis, Rachael Maskell, Dawn Butler and Tulip Siddiq — all resigned over his three line whip on the Brexit bill.

Labour offered much on the emotional front but little innovation in terms of recommendations.

The shows will be fronted by Labour special adviser - turned - comedian Matt Forde and each will be recorded on the day before transmission, to ensure maximum topicality.

Parliament just about survives despite assault on all fronts especially «Post democrats» like New Labours grand vizier.

Jeremy Corbyn and Alan Johnson put on a united front as they sat next to each other on Labour's pro-EU battle bus, which is set to visit more than 100 towns and cities across the UK.

It's Labour who are on the up, party chair Ian Lavery believes the «keys to Downing Street are basically dangling in front of our face».

Labour faced a threat on both fronts, of course, after a campaign dominated by the third party's game - changing polling surge.

And if you were in any doubt that this is anything other than a bit of Labour propaganda rather than serious research, they rather give the game away by putting an embarrassing photo of Nick Clegg on the front cover.

[4] He served on the front bench but was not invited by Winston Churchill to join the Coalition government in 1940; as one of the most senior Labour figures not in office, the responsibilities of running the party were given to him.

As with Kinnock, Corbyn spent years refusing to serve on the front bench, but only one Labour leader has had as much ministerial experience as Corbyn (that is, none): Blair.

On 1 April, the Telegraph dedicated its front page to a letter, signed by 100 business leaders, which claimed that a Labour government would «threaten jobs and deter investment».

Labour has a dark night of the soul coming, whether there's a hung parliament or not, and it would be highly unfortunate for that to take place without Umunna on the front lines of the debate.

«The Leader of the Labour Party, Jeremy Corbyn, is pleased to announce the appointment of Sarah Champion MP, who is re-joining the Labour's front bench as Shadow Home Office Minister, focusing on women, equality and domestic violence.»

The Focus E15 campaign has been on the front line of this battle for the past two years and while we congratulate Mr Corbyn on his new position, until he challenges the actions of Labour - run councils as well as government policy, we remain sceptical.

However, if Labour is to start winning over the doubters, it needs to take the initiative on these things, rather than indulge in wishful thinking about a front - loaded political deal.

In this context he has carried out extensive work on the Labour Party conference and how it has been managed by the party leadership so as to present a united front to the media and thereby the wider electorate.

Despite the permanent smiles and united front the party puts on over the next few days, Labour MPs will be jittery and potentially treacherous.

He has gone on to reinvent himself as a centrist media figure, forming an unlikely double act with Labour MP Diane Abbott on BBC 1's This Week, hosting his own discussion show (Dinner with Portillo) and fronting documentaries on capital punishment and mental health.

Interesting tally on the Cabinet member front, but the line of the Labour Party is also very important in any hypothetical «what if» scenario.

Ed Miliband and - to a lesser, possibly non-existent extent - Ed Balls wanted a judge - led inquiry (broader, independent, more «Labour - on - the - front - foot»).

«Labour revives idea of polling day referenda to wrongfoot Cameron Main If Cameron does not change course his government will face opposition on TWO fronts»

Incidentally, front runner Jim McMahon is identified as on the Labour right.

I wonder when The Independent will have a front page splash looking at Labour candidates» dependence on union money?

Labour have silenced the few of their elected members with talent and the ability to speak plainly and honestly to the electorate and been left with a bunch of incompetent, corrupt nodding dogs on their front bench.

The Sunday Times featured on its front page a more general article about the status of the Labour Party.

We all know that UKIP is a front for (Federalist) Labour - a postbox to be emptied by Brown on June 5th.

But Labour MP John Grogan rejected this argument, saying he was surprised to hear former union leader Mr Johnson dismiss the «one member one vote» system in this way, adding: «I must urge those on my front bench to resist the forces of conservatism.»

Labour's electoral coalition risks fracture on three fronts.

«Nick Clegg now agrees with Labour's argument on every front,» said shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.

The Labour MP Graham Jones has been critical of Corbyn's leadership and refused to serve on the front bench under him.

On the Assembly front, Ealing and Hillingdon has handed Labour a member.

But perhaps the coup de grâce for the Labour front bencher was the praise heaped on her by The Sun.

Newly - elected Labour MP Jess Phillips has spoken to TP about standing up to the Tories, the «lunacy» of George Osborne's welfare plans, winning back Ukip voters and why she would be «utterly rubbish» on the front bench.

Jeremy Corbyn rallied the Labour troops with a multi-pronged attack on the Tory front bench at Prime Minister's Questions.

Now Johnson has turned on Labour's front bench for not agreeing with him on the Brexit divorce bill.

The Labour leader woke up to a slew of negative headlines on the front pages of the newspapers and a sustained assault from the energy industry, which has warned of blackouts if he proceeds with plans to fix energy prices for two years after 2015.

But as Labour prepares to gather by the seaside once again, seven years on, these stories might as well be the paper party members eat their fish and chips from as they wander down the front.

I also noticed this defiant quality in him during election night when Labour were taking a pounding and he came out fighting proudly and passionately on numerous fronts including interviews on the BBC and SKY.

3 Labour MPs inc Dennis Skinner back on the opp front bench which SNP want.SNP source: «They are likely to become a feature on SNP benches»

In April 2008, on the bottom of a receipt for # 132.96, the gardener wrote: «Please let me know if you would like pots making up at front and back this year, given the relatively short time you'll be here and their labour - intensive nature.»

David Cameron did not directly answer the points, but told the Labour MP that he should «concentrate on the massive problem on his front bench».