Sentences with phrase «other shadow cabinet members»

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.

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.

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

Lavery joined other shadow cabinet members, such as Richard Burgon, in describing the Cumbrian seat as «marginal» despite it always being held by Labour previously.

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.

The Leader of the Opposition (and other shadow cabinet members) get to respond first to government statements or speeches.

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

Other shadow cabinet members are frustrated that the book may overshadow their efforts to embarrass Liberal Democrat MPs into voting this week to protect pensioners from the rise in VAT.

But despite weeks of speculation, all other shadow cabinet members kept their jobs including shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.

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).