Sentences with phrase «other shadow cabinet»

The news comes as Powell, along with 15 other shadow cabinet members, have resigned in protest to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the wake of the referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU).

Eagle and a host of other shadow cabinet ministers including Benn and the deputy leader, Tom Watson, believe that supporting Trident renewal is a vital part of assuring centrist voters that the nation's security would be safe in Labour's hands.

Other than himself and Ed Balls, all other shadow cabinet members were gifted a positive rating.

«All summer long when other shadow cabinet members were bitching about him behind the scenes, I was loyal to him in public and private.»

Ed Balls, the shadow chancellor, said it was advisable to keep receipts, but other shadow cabinet members tried to play down his remarks, which were condemned as absurd by Iain Duncan Smith, the work and pensions secretary.

Many other shadow cabinet members are said to have made it clear that they would not leave the room until Corbyn had backed down, while Hilary Benn complained about being silenced and suggested he would have to speak from the backbenches.

Of the other shadow cabinet members who are potential occupants of the major offices of state, Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, is probably the most concerned for the future.

Not exact matches

Though the eight - hour meeting failed to resolve the main issue of how to choose the shadow cabinet, it did help to clear the air on one other matter.

Mr Letwin is just one of two shadow cabinet ministers to sit in David Cameron's leadership suite - the other being George Osborne.

When Jeremy was elected he invited everybody who was in the existing shadow cabinet to come and play a role including people like Caroline Flint and others.

But even if other party members are not being brought to the fore, Miliband is supported by a [large shadow cabinet](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32222519](http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/election-2015-32222519).

He stayed in my shadow cabinet not because he is a friend, not because we are godfathers to each other's children but because he is the right person to do the job.

«What weighs with him is the polling which shows what the Tories are doing on immigration is popular and it certainly weighs on other members of the shadow Cabinet.

Caroline Flint today became the latest Labour MP to say publicly that she would not serve in Corbyn's shadow cabinet, following in the footsteps of Chuka Umunna, Tristram Hunt, Yvette Cooper and others.

On the other side of the Commons, Jeremy Corbyn» Islington North seat is scrapped, potentially pitting him against his shadow cabinet colleagues Emily Thornberry and Diane Abbott to represent a single seat.

The website has grown too, it's now got information on how to vote, a key terms glossary and even a who's who guide to the cabinet and shadow cabinet amongst other things.

«Andy said he persuaded others to join the shadow cabinet because he felt that the party needed to unite behind Jeremy.

We have blogged on this frequently at DemocracyFail and hope others will support our call to the shadow cabinet to do whatever needs to be done to prevent this takeover.

By voting to elect all shadow cabinet members against the advice of former Ministers like Jack Straw and Phil Woolas and most speakers at the PLP meeting other than Frank Dobson, Labour MPs voted to be treated as more than just voting fodder.

Mr Benn and other moderate members of the shadow Cabinet who backed British action in Syria are tipped to be moved aside in the reshuffle as Mr Corbyn exerts his grip on the party.

The others are not significantly higher calibre than existing shadow cabinet members so not worth recalling them.

I suggested that Jon Cruddas, who is leading the shadow cabinet policy review, should be invited to NEC meetings, so that his review is integrated with other party structures.

Other than Cameron, Osborne, Fox and Hague, the shadow cabinet are a bunch of complete nobodies to the vast majority of people.

However, in order to be taken as a serious government - in - waiting, politics has to come first and I was somewhat concerned recently to hear the following story about a member of the shadow cabinet: he had apparently already told David Cameron that he didn't want a higher profile post than that which he currently holds in advance of the general election, because he didn't want to give up other interests on account of time commitments or potential conflicts of interest involved in a different post.

To be thrown into the shadow cabinet before any other member of the 2005 intake when she had been an MP for less than six months was a huge test for Ms Villiers.

Although other envious shadow cabinet candidates may have regarded that as an exploitation of her opportunity for self - promotion in the contest, there was a serious purpose: this shadow cabinet contest is the first test of just how real is the promised inclusiveness of «next» Labour.

The Tory grassroots, who had become increasingly sceptical of George Osborne's qualities, decided he was as effective as the other top members of the shadow cabinet, David Davis and William Hague.

After paying tribute to the four other leadership candidates for their comradeship and collegiality during the campaign, and thanking the broad range of people who nominated her (from Phil Woolas to John McDonnell), she announced her intention to stand for the shadow cabinet.

Power is an inheritance to them and an entitlement and as long as they retain their safe seats they still get shadow cabinet jobs and dosh to do absolutely nothing other than wait for more morally driven activists to sell ideas that do not exist on doorsteps.

Several other key shadow cabinet members, including Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary, Lucy Powell, the shadow education secretary, and Maria Eagle, the shadow culture secretary, were listed in the second most disloyal category, «core group negative».

The other five Shadow Cabinet figures tested by ComRes were recognised by only three or four in 10 voters, suggesting that the Opposition team is struggling to be noticed and many Shadow Cabinet members remain in the shadows.

«For other people, I think he can choose who he wants to have in his shadow cabinet.

As shadow cabinet member for Local government he should be shouting from the roof tops that the EU and this government plan to abolish counties and reorganise other local authorities into regional government with sub regions and sub sub regions.

The only other challenger who has come forward so far is Angela Eagle - who served on the government front benches under Tony Blair and Gordon Brown as well as holding shadow cabinet positions under Ed Miliband and Jeremy Corbyn.

Allies of Jeremy Corbyn say he they are nervous about him using his platform to launch a future leadership bid, and he is being accompanied by other members of the shadow cabinet on visits to keep an eye on him.

«Islington is a very different place to lots of other parts of the country,» says Dugher, who was asked by Cathy Newman about Thornberry's «white van man'tweet which cost her place in Labour's shadow cabinet under Ed Miliband.

To others in the shadow cabinet, support for Trident is a sign of a party that is serious about winning power by reassuring voters about the nation's security.

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.

Miliband is also under pressure to give a bigger role to other members of the shadow cabinet, and to do more to sort out decision - making structures in the leader's office.

But despite the tough action taken against other MPs embroiled in the expenses scandal, Mr Duncan has not been sacked from the shadow cabinet.

Mr Cameron said he was «really proud» of his shadow cabinet team: «I'm proud of the fact that we work together, that we work with each other.