Sentences with phrase «party leadership election»

«The GMB appear to have broken the spirit of the rules guiding the conduct of the Labour party leadership election by sending out a strong recommendation for Ed Miliband together with the ballot paper for political levy payers... It may well suggest that the margin of his victory depended on votes cast in dubious circumstances.

Two nights before the Conservative Party leadership election in November 1990, he visited then Prime Minister Margaret Thatcher at 10 Downing Street.

Under first past the post William Hague would have also lost the Conservative Party leadership election in 1997.

Renzi cited his use of social networks as a contributing factor to his victory in the Democratic Party leadership election in 2013.

After Nigel Farage declared his intention to stand down she wrote a letter along with other members of the assembly urging Paul Nuttall to stand in the first UK Independence Party leadership election, 2016.

U.S. Senator Chuck Schumer (D - NY) talks to journalist after attending the Senate Democrat party leadership elections at the U.S. Capitol in Washington, DC, U.S. November 16, 2016.

Mr Miliband's support from trade unions during last year's party leadership election saw him emerge on top against his elder brother David, who won more support from Labour party members and the parliamentary Labour party.

Heath became the Conservative Party's first elected leader in 1965, a reign brought to an end by Margaret Thatcher in a tumultuous party leadership election in February 1975.

Embattled UK opposition Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn says he will stand in any new party leadership election amid calls for his resignation in light of the referendum result.

What other publication would think to link together the Conservative Party leadership election result and advances in maxillofacial surgery, and say so much as a result?

With the results of the Scottish Conservative party leadership elections expected later today, David Cameron has paid tribute to outgoing leader Annabel Goldie, and her contributions to both Scotland and the party.

In such circumstances there may not even have been an internal party leadership election, as the new leader may be chosen by acclaim, having no electoral rival (as in the case of both Brown and May).

«I look at the Labour party leadership election through the eyes of an MP who won a seat against the odds.

[4] Among the candidates for the Conservative Party leadership election there were disagreements about when this should be: Theresa May said that the UK needed a clear negotiating position before triggering Article 50, and that she would not do so in 2016, while Andrea Leadsom said that she would trigger it as soon as possible.

The 19th Communist party leadership elections are scheduled to take place in China on Oct. 18 this year.

The 2011 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Scottish Labour Party.

The September 2016 UK Independence Party leadership election was triggered after Nigel Farage, the leader of the UK Independence Party, announced on 4 July 2016, following the Leave result in the UK referendum on EU membership, that he would step down when a new leader took office.

Cameron is credited with coining the phrase «There is such a thing as society, it's just not the same thing as the state» (seen as a rejoinder to Margaret Thatcher's famous comment that there is «no such thing» as society), [27] which has been said several times by David Cameron, including in his victory speech following his victory in the Conservative party leadership election in 2005.

The next Conservative Party leadership election has not yet been formally launched.

Bookmakers got a host of major political events wrong in recent years, including the U.S. presidential election, the Brexit vote, the British Labour Party leadership election and the 2015 British election.

In the 2015 Labour Party leadership election, The Guardian supported Yvette Cooper and was critical of left - winger Jeremy Corbyn, the successful candidate.

Tony Blair has issued a dramatic warning that Labour faces «annihilation» if Jeremy Corbyn wins the Labour party leadership election.

On 28 June 2016, Osborne ruled out standing as a candidate in that year's party leadership election, stating he was «not the person to provide the unity» his party needed.

In the 2005 party leadership election, Heseltine backed young moderniser David Cameron.

In May 2015, Livingstone endorsed Sadiq Khan to be the Labour candidate for the 2016 London mayoral election, [312] and in July endorsed Jeremy Corbyn in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election.

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Or the uber - Blairites who can't cope with the fact that their era is over and their poster boy lost the party leadership election

With many on the right of the Labour Party still nursing grievances about the idiosyncratic manner of his victory over his brother in 2010 party leadership election, perhaps a job swap might appeal to both siblings.

In July 2015, Stiglitz endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the Labour Party leadership election.

I appended a forthright comment on it, not saying much about TTIP (which I consider to be one of the curses on the world being promoted by the adherents of neoliberalism), but commenting on the status of the Labour Party leadership election and the party itself.

In 1975, Thatcher defeated Heath in the Conservative Party leadership election to become Leader of the Opposition, the first woman to lead a major political party in the United Kingdom.

In July 2015, Lapavitsas endorsed Jeremy Corbyn's campaign in the UK Labour Party leadership election.

McTernan strongly opposed Jeremy Corbyn, the eventual winner, in the 2015 Labour Party leadership election, describing Corbyn's popularity as a «strange psychological emotional spasm».

An early re-run of the party leadership election would see him re-elected with a big majority — while an early general election would see him comprehensively rejected.

A re-run of the party leadership election would see Jeremy Corbyn re-elected — but an early general election would see him comprehensively rejected (Comments: 346)

Then, in the Labour Party leadership election, these vicious degenerates deliberately humiliated Woman of our Times, Liz Kendall.

Portillo was elected in the subsequent by - election and became Shadow Chancellor but his subsequent career stalled and he crashed out of the 2001 Conservative Party leadership election and returned to the backbenches.

In September 1985, the party leadership election chose Pierre - Marc Johnson as his successor.

The 1994 Labour Party leadership election was held on 21 July 1994 after the sudden death of the incumbent leader, John Smith, on 12 May.

But now that things have settled down a bit, with Mrs May in No 10, BoJo set to charm Johnnie Foreigner, and the battle - lines drawn in the Labour Party leadership election, it should be safe to resume commenting.

The 1997 Conservative Party leadership election was triggered in the British Conservative Party when John Major resigned on 2 May 1997, following his party's landslide defeat at the 1997 general election, which ended 18 years of Conservative Government of the United Kingdom.

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

The 2014 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader and deputy leader of the Scottish Labour Party, following the resignations of Johann Lamont as leader and Anas Sarwar as deputy.

The 2008 Scottish Labour Party leadership election was an internal party election to choose a new leader of the Labour Party in the Scottish Parliament, and was triggered following the resignation of Wendy Alexander following a row over donations to her own leadership campaign in 2007.

Greening replaced Nicky Morgan as both education secretary and minister for women and equalities on July 14 2016 after Theresa May won the Conservative Party leadership election and became prime minister.

In the 2015 Labour Party leadership election, The Guardian supported Yvette Cooper and was critical of left - winger Jeremy Corbyn, the successful candidate.