Sentences with phrase «only member of cabinet»

He is a committed Europhile, perhaps the only member of the Cabinet able to recite the French national anthem from the top of his head....

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Shulkin, a former Obama administration official, had years of experience and was the only Cabinet member unanimously confirmed by Congress.

Not only does it have the youngest prime minister in almost 200 years and the first peacetime coalition government in nearly 70, it has the first Muslim woman to be a full member of the Cabinet.

According to Minister Hawa Koomson, only 30 % of the $ 1million will be allocated to the constituencies and even that one will be done under determinations by a 10 - member team approved by Cabinet.

Six weeks later, after being asked every week to do so by Maria Eagle when she met him at shadow cabinet meetings (I wasn't a member of the shadow cabinet, only the shadow secretaries of state sit in that meeting), Jeremy finally phoned me.

But I would be willing to bet that most of the Labour Party members and union members wish that they had more say in the choice not only of the leader, but of the cabinet as well.

Ainsworth was notable as the only member of the shadow cabinet to have voted against the war in Iraq.

Bob Ainsworth (1952 - present)- Defence SecretaryThe only member of the current cabinet or shadow cabinet with any facial hair, Ainsworth has plumped for the neatly trimmed moustache.

The document recommended a chamber made up of half elected members, 30 per cent political appointees and 20 per cent non-political nominations - but Mr Straw emphasised that this was only his view and was not endorsed by the cabinet (full story).

But Cabinet members - who would be the only individuals capable of prising the prime minister's fingers from No 10 - are unlikely to try for a number of reasons.

Not only did Cuomo himself do a mini tour to launch this plan, but he also deployed members of his cabinet around the state to sing its praises.

Members of the cabinet, opposition and Labour MPs are also reportedly concerned about Mr Blair's failure to take a tougher line with the Jewish state - a failure that has only exacerbated fears that yet again, Britain is following Washington's lead too closely.

The indications coming out of John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn yesterday were that the shadow ministers would be able to keep their jobs, with McDonnell suggesting that defiance of a three - line whip only mandated the resignation of a Shadow Cabinet member and Corbyn stressing that he is «very lenient».

This «farcical moment», in the words of one present, only hardened shadow cabinet members» resolve to force their leader to back down - and he did.

When I was talking to a member of the shadow cabinet recently and was being criticised for not supporting All Women Shortlists I replied that gender diversity wasn't the only form of diversity.

PoliticsHome has also learned that Shadow Cabinet members were only given the section of the draft manifesto which specifically related to their brief, meaning none of them had access to the full document.

Energy Secretary Rick Perry is the latest member of Trump's Cabinet who has been caught flying on a private charter plane at taxpayer expense, reportedly taking a flight to Ohio, only a day before Tom Price resigned as health secretary for doing the same.

The reshuffle, which was criticised by the opposition for resulting in a cabinet with only four female members out of twenty - two, [3] ultimately shifted Cameron's government significantly to the right on business, justice, and the environment, and rid the government of perceived weaknesses, while maintaining stability at the top.

Yet, the success of President Muhammadu Buhari's proclaimed fight against corruption hinges not only on his «integrity record» or members of his cabinet but also the collective involvement of all branches of government, in particular the National Assembly and the judiciary.

Having notched up another record as the only member of the shadow cabinet and cabinet from 1997, Strathclyde broke through to the front rank when he was the beneficiary of a major internal Tory row over Lords reform in 1998.

He was believed to be the only member of Margaret Thatcher's Cabinet to snub her and vote for Michael Heseltine in the first ballot when he challenged her leadership in 1990.

Ed is faced with a shadow cabinet in which only 4 of its 19 members voted for him in the leadership election 9 months ago and which has shown itself signally unwilling to accept the message of that leadership campaign that the party wanted a change of direction.

And they will only have a chance of succeeding if they get members of the cabinet involved.

Notwithstanding the many qualities of Jon Cruddas and the excellent work carried out by other MPs — for example Gisela Stuart and Stella Creasy — in being effective voices for their members and communities and outstanding campaigners, it is, after all, only MPs who currently have the opportunity to be elected to the shadow cabinet.

Baroness Warsi is the only non-white cabinet member, and as Tory party chairperson, she has the rather nebulous role of «minister without portfolio».

Only four are female, a fair few are millionaires and of course five cabinet members are Liberal Democrats.

[Shadow chancellor John] McDonnell and a small number of shadow cabinet members are the only ones keeping Corbyn in office.

That plan had the backing of Defense Secretary Robert Gates, the only Bush Cabinet member to have been retained by the Obama Administration.

The Lib Dem AM for Brecon and Radnorshire is the only non-Labour cabinet member of the Welsh Government

Ms Williams became the only Liberal Democrat member of Mr Jones's Labour cabinet after May's assembly election.

Duncan is only one of two remaining members of Obama's original cabinet who have been with him since he assumed office in 2009.

In their rush to smear a Trump cabinet member, the media once again not only exposed their zeal to mislead readers but their breathtaking hypocrisy and shameful lack of compassion.

«How do we control the power of the first minister who picks the cabinet, picks the representative of the Crown, picks judges, picks senators, and the only people that the prime minister doesn't pick are the members of Parliament,» but he still has to approve every candidate?

IQ Office Suites offers lockable filing cabinets with many of their configurations; these are used only by the member, who has the key to their cabinet.