Sentences with phrase «one's time as leader»

Then they will put themselves in the shoes of an interviewer who lived at the same time as the leader; they will compose historically accurate questions and answers to those questions.

He will likely be happy if, looking back on his short time as leader, he managed to change politics.

And the image of him as weak, adopted as the preferred attack by Tory HQ, simply did not stand up to scrutiny: he showed more courage in standing up the Murdoch press than David Cameron had in his entire time as leader of the Conservatives.

The Labour leader was addressing the annual conference of the British Chambers of Commerce for the first time as Leader of the Opposition.

The problem was that... I arrived and then we were pretty much at war for my entire time as leader, if you think about it.»

Of course the links between the Government and Liberal Democrats will continue to develop both in Mr Ashdown's remaining time as leader and thereafter.»

Then I was wondering how it can be explained that ancient Egyptian text supports Joseph's time as the leader under Pharaoh or pictures have been taken of chariot wheels at the bottom of the Red Sea or even how recently the location of Sodom has been found.

Education policy (free schools, the pupil premium, etc), welfare reform (welfare - to - work programme, the benefit cap), health policy (GP - commissioning, the abolition of the PCTs, more competition), just to name a few, are all to be found in Tory Party thinking during Cameron's time as leader of the Opposition.

A petition had attracted almost 200,000 signatures to save the leader, and a protest is being planned outside parliament on Monday evening at the same time as the leader will face the vote of no confidence.

However he did endorse new leader Vince Cable who will address the Lib Dem conference in Bournemouth next week for the first time as leader.

Both sides insisted, as Tony Blair's spokesman put it, that «the links between the Government and Liberal Democrats will continue to develop both in Mr Ashdown's remaining time as leader and thereafter.»

Your Snow Cones might even demand more of your attention and time as their leader or manager.

Three MLAs crossed to the PCs during his time as leader and his leadership opponent MLA Sine Chadi waged a constant campaign to undermine his leadership.

Rev Ratzinger admitted slapping pupils during his time as leader of the choir, although slapping was a common form of punishment in Germany at the time.

It's important he uses his time as leader to bring in new talent so by the time of the next election there's a more diverse face [in charge].»

He then praised Peaks for «getting rid of those gipsies» during her time as leader of Norwich Council.

«I can't think of in my time in Queens County when that's even been done, certainly not in my time as the leader of Queens County,» Crowley said.

Miliband took the biggest gamble of his time as leader yesterday when he confirmed that only individual union members who actively opt - in to supporting Labour would contribute to the party, rather than the current system of an automatic «affiliation» fee paid by three million union members.

The resignation brings to an end another bruising period for the Conservative party, which saw them associated with a class snobbery Cameron had spent much of his time as leader trying to dispel.

Aled Roberts brings real expertise to his education portfolio from his time as the Leader of Wrexham Council overseeing dramatic improvements in GCSE attainment levels and, having spear - headed this year's successful National Eisteddfod.

In short, under Tony Blair's time as leader, Labour's right wing economics and neo-conservative international agenda lost Labour four million votes in general elections, despite economic growth at the time.

Backbench rebellions dog Miliband's time as leader, while at the same time the Conservatives, now led by the canny Blair, are looking like real challengers.

Coulson is portrayed in the book as a key figure during Cameron's first months in government and previously in his time as leader of the opposition.

When Paddy Ashdown reflected on his time as leader of the Lib Dems the last thing I expected him to reveal was that he found the chamber quite frightening.

These are often cited as the highlights of his time as leader so far.

«We used to undertake lengthy negotiations in order to take on board some of their views and amend legislation accordingly,» Baroness Royall explained, recalling her time as leader of the Lords.

We must not lose the discipline that was the key achievement of Michael Howard's time as leader.

The ridiculous thing is that it is the most modest fares cut I have proposed in all my time as leader of the GLC and as Mayor.

To be fair to Murphy, Scottish Labour's problems predated his time as leader and Labour's collapse has far more to do with what happened in the referendum campaign than anything that has taken place since he took over.

The row centred on how much Mr Hague knew about Lord Ashcroft's tax status when, during his time as leader of the party, a deal was struck which enabled Lord Ashcroft to take his seat in the Lords.

Toby assisted George Osborne during William Hague's time as leader, writing speeches.

David Cameron spent his time as leader of the opposition trying to persuade voters that his party was no longer right - wing.

... and we still need an effective Chair of the Party who has the confidence of the ordinary membership and is not a parliamentarian, but is elected by the membership, at the same time as the Leader and deputy Leader.

Throughout his time as leader there have been questions asked about his leadership, questions that only rose as he faced a resurgent Conservative Party and then a Labour government reinvigorated after the Blair / Brown succession.

Throughout his time as leader Skelos became known as a cutthroat politician, willing to make extraordinary deals to keep himself in power.

You've been a business professional for quite a while now and have learned a lot in your time as a leader in various organizations.

Portrait of Wangari Maathai, taken in 1989 during her time as the leader of the Green Belt Movement in Nairobi, Kenya.

For the past several years, Dr. Bennett has volunteered his services and time as the leader of a surgical team of students and doctors from the University of Illinois.

The options add more to the election period, and prove that it's hard to divide your time as a leader.

Berthe Morisot was celebrated in her time as a leader of the movement, and her innovative works were coveted by dealers and collectors alike.

The Firm has built a reputation during that time as both a leader in the business community and in the legal profession — leadership that continues to be recognized to this day.

«We have been active in Better Marriages — for a time as leader couples — since 1980.