Sentences with phrase «party after the resignation»

As it turned out, Miliband's carefully choreographed return to frontline political life provoked the merest flicker of interest — drowned out by the political maelstrom that engulfed the Conservative party after the resignation of Iain Duncan Smith, and the fatal terrorist attacks in Brussels.

Not exact matches

Despite Abe's slide in popularity, the opposition Democratic Party has been unable to gain support, prompting the resignation this week of party leader Renho Murata after 10 months at the Party has been unable to gain support, prompting the resignation this week of party leader Renho Murata after 10 months at the party leader Renho Murata after 10 months at the helm.

In 1993, after the Liberals won their largest vote share with 39.7 % and 32 seats, a group of MLAs and party members were not satisfied with official opposition status called for his resignation.

In September 2009, Corey Hogan became Executive Director of the Liberal Party after filling a vacancy left after the resignation of long - time Executive Director Kieran Leblanc in 2008.

This comes few weeks after he took to his facebook page to announce his resignation from the People's Democratic Party, PDP.

From the Prime Minister's morning - after resignation on 24th June the country was mired in political chaos, with almost every political institution challenged and under question in the aftermath of the vote, including both Conservative and Labour parties and the existence of the United Kingdom itself, given Scotland's resistance to leaving the EU.

A former aide to Hillary ClintonHillary Diane Rodham ClintonTrump Jr. met with Gulf adviser who offered help to win election: report Voters Dems need aren't impressed by anti-waterboarding showboating After year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE criticized Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandOvernight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Dem senators ask drug companies to list prices in ads Gillibrand to publish children's book about suffragists MORE on Thursday after the New York Democrat became the first of many senators to join a successful push to force the resignation of Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - MiAfter year of investigation, Trump can rightly claim some vindication MORE criticized Sen. Kirsten GillibrandKirsten Elizabeth GillibrandOvernight Health Care — Sponsored by PCMA — Trump hits federally funded clinics with new abortion restrictions Dem senators ask drug companies to list prices in ads Gillibrand to publish children's book about suffragists MORE on Thursday after the New York Democrat became the first of many senators to join a successful push to force the resignation of Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Miafter the New York Democrat became the first of many senators to join a successful push to force the resignation of Sen. Al FrankenAlan (Al) Stuart Franken100 days after House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Miafter House passage, Gillibrand calls on Senate to act on sexual harassment reform Eric Schneiderman and #MeToo pose challenges for both parties Senate confirms Trump judicial pick over objections of home - state senator MORE (D - Minn.).

The Tory chief whip offered David Cameron his resignation after his lack of support in the Conservative party made his position untenable.

Miller's resignation had become irresistible after she lost widespread support in both the Conservative party and more broadly.

David Cameron became Prime Minister on 11 May after Gordon Brown's resignation and the Liberal Democrats formed a coalition government with the Conservative Party, with Nick Clegg as Deputy Prime Minister and other Liberal Democrats in the cabinet.

Eric Joyce has tendered his resignation from the Labour party, after pleading guilty to assault.

Filling a Vacancy on the National Ticket: In the event of death, resignation or disability of a nominee of the Party for President or Vice President after the adjournment of the National Convention, the National Chairperson of the Democratic National Committee shall confer with the Democratic leadership of the United States Congress and the Democratic Governors Association and shall report to the Democratic National Committee, which is authorized to fill the vacancy or vacancies.

Speaking in public for the first time since his resignation as party leader a day after the general election, in which the Lib Dems lost 48 of their 56 MPs, Clegg said his successor deserved the party's «undivided unity and support».

The former work and pensions secretary, whose resignation from the cabinet and criticism of Gordon Brown last June nearly toppled the prime minister, has told his constituency Labour party in Stalybridge and Hyde he will be standing down as their MP but that his decision is personal and, after 20 years in the Westminster political system, no reflection on Labour's chances at the next general election.

The jostling over the minor party's ballot line is just one twist in the scramble for attorney general, following Mr. Schneiderman's abrupt resignation last Monday after The New Yorker detailed four women's accusations of being physically assaulted by him.

The inquiry is part of measures by Brown to try to regain the initiative after he headed off a rebellion in his ruling Labour Party following disastrous European elections and several cabinet resignations this month.

Shadow business secretary Chuka Umunna has said it is «too early» to say if he will be running for leadership of the Labour Party after Ed Miliband's resignation.

The Liberal Democrats lost 48 of their 56 seats in May's general election, a result that triggered the resignation of the party's leader, Nick Clegg, the morning after polling day.

The pair announced their intention to stand within a week of Nick Clegg's resignation speech the day after the general election, in which the party lost 85 % of its MPs and two - thirds of its voters.

«We have got to look deep in our souls, but we shouldn't open our veins,» said Harriet Harman, the acting leader of the Labour party, as she implored her colleagues to stop bloodletting after the party's loss and the resignation of Ed Miliband.

Mr Miliband, who retained his seat in Doncaster North, announced his resignation on Friday after what he had described as a «very disappointing and difficult... for the Labour party».

Conservative MP Alun Cairns said it would be an «extremely interesting» by - election with a battle between the two coalition parties for the Eastleigh seat in Hampshire after the former energy secretary announced his resignation.

Gut Check Full Service... Local Democrats call for his resignation, too: «We are not here to determine guilt or innocence,» party Chair Francine Busby said after emerging from the closed session where the committee voted 34 - 6 for resignation.

The party is also looking to recover from a ministerial resignation - Brooks Newmark had stepped from the cabinet, after a newspaper alleged the Conservative minister for civil society had sent an explicit photograph of himself to an undercover reporter posing as a female party activist.

After the resignation of George Lansbury in 1935, he was elected as Leader of the Labour Party and Leader of the Opposition in the subsequent leadership election.

«It was The Sun wot won it», boasted Britain's highest - selling tabloid newspaper immediately after the result; and, in his resignation speech, Neil Kinnock said that «the Conservative - supporting press has enabled the Conservative Party to win yet again».

Since former GOP Rep. Michael Grimm announced his resignation last week after pleading guilty to tax evasion, Donovan has secured the backing of key local leaders like Staten Island Republican Party Chairman John Antoniello.

Tony Blair originally formed the Blair ministry in May 1997 after being invited by Queen Elizabeth II to form a new government following the resignation of the previous Prime Minister, John Major of the Conservative Party, as a result of the Labour Party's landslide victory at the 1997 general election.

Meanwhile, Tory MP Heidi Allen said of Duncan Smith's resignation: «This could be the slap to the face we all need... we are the party that should be looking after everybody.»

Nigel Farage is a «great man» who will do «whatever is in the best interest of Ukip», the party's chairman insisted after the shock resignation of Diane James.

Following Blair's announcement of his resignation and Brown's bid for leadership, the Labour Party rose in popularity in the polls, gaining three points after months of low polls and trailing behind the opposition Conservative Party.

The party leader will now have to carry out a fresh shadow cabinet reshuffle, just a few months after he filled the posts vacated by a wave of resignations over the summer.

[65] Damian McBride, a former senior Labour Party strategist, was shifted from being Gordon Brown's political spokesman to Number 10, after criticism of the way he handled Ruth Kelly's resignation.

In a statement after Wednesday's resignations, Corbyn said: «MPs have a duty to represent their constituents as well as their party, and I understand the difficulties that MPs for constituencies which voted remain have in relation to the European Union withdrawal bill.»

But the prime minister indicated it might be held sooner during a tense meeting of the parliamentary Labour party last week where he faced calls for his resignation after a week of cabinet resignations and the European election drubbing.

Simmering tensions within Labour over Mr Corbyn's role in the Remain campaign are threatening to boil over, just as senior Tories are preparing to fight for the party leadership after David Cameron announced his resignation on Friday.

On 17 February 2009, following clashes within the party and only a day after a heavy defeat of the Democratic Party in a local regional election in Sardinia, [18] Veltroni announced his immediate resignation from his leadership party and only a day after a heavy defeat of the Democratic Party in a local regional election in Sardinia, [18] Veltroni announced his immediate resignation from his leadership Party in a local regional election in Sardinia, [18] Veltroni announced his immediate resignation from his leadership post.

The resignation of Florida Republican Party Chairman Jim Greer today — a decision that came after weeks of calls for his head from conservatives — raises the question of whether Gov. Charlie Crist's already embattled Senate candidacy has sustained a blow from which it can not recover.

She became the third and final leader of the main opposition parties to quit in the wake of their crushing defeat after Iain Gray and Tavish Scott, her Labour and Liberal Democrat counterparts, announced their resignations at the weekend.

After announcing resignation in Downing Street, he then spoke to activists at Labour HQ where he confirmed he would be standing down as party leader.

Negotiations between the Liberal Democrats and the other parties resumed today after yesterday's dramatic events which saw Gordon Brown announce his resignation and the Conservatives offer a referendum on electoral reform.

David Cameron's resignation honours list has reportedly been held up after the independent panel blocked his attempt to hand a peerage to a former Conservative party treasurer.

The leadership contest was triggered after Mr Farron's surprise post-election resignation, in which he said he could not reconcile his Christian beliefs with leading the party.

Following David Cameron's resignation due to the result of the EU referendum, Theresa May won the Conservative party leadership race after Andrea Leadsom dropped out on 11 July.

(CNN)- Just hours after Gov. Mark Sanford held a news conference Thursday to fight back against Republican legislators seeking his ouster, the South Carolina Republican Party dealt him another blow by formally calling for his resignation.

Varadkar became prime minister, or Taoiseach, earlier this month after winning a party leadership election following the resignation of Enda Kenny.

Shortly after his resignation the News of the World published allegations that Sheridan had attended swingers parties, Sheridan sued for libel and won, despite members of the SSP tesitfying against him.

Murli Manohar Joshi has submitted his resignation after an Indian court implicated him and other leaders of the ruling Bhartiya Janata Party (BJP) in connection with the 6 December 1992 attack on the Babri Mosque in Ayodhya.

Labour's shadow education team has lost more than half of its members after another flurry of resignations linked to the party's leadership crisis.