Sentences with phrase «present labour leader»

The present Labour leader owes too much to the unions for such a pose to carry conviction.

Her intention was to present the Labour leader's position as unserious.

Not exact matches

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson, Labour leader Johann Lamont and Lib Dem leader Willie Rennie were also present.

The Labour leader's ignorance about the pair was exposed after he was presented with a photograph of them by host Victoria Derbyshire.

Key figures present included Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg, former foreign secretary William Hague, Labour leader Ed Miliband and Metropolitan Police commander Sir Bernard Hogan - Howe.

It started well enough: I had presented a short film, arguing that there is more to the Labour leader than short - term tactics.

Labour insiders believe that was code for saying that the party leader is not effective at present and so must be replaced.

[4] And well over a century later, we see Paddy Ashdown, leader of the newly formed Liberal Democrats, returning to the idea of the labour - managed firm: «in some cases, the present situation will be reversed... with workers employing capital and even hiring their own management».

Following questions in the House from Labour and DUP members, the Leader of the House announced that there would be discussions with affected parties, and in March Chris Grayling presented a written statement to the Commons, detailing a much lower reduction of around five per cent in real terms.

And he said critics of the leader were «working overtime trying to present the Labour party as a morass of misogyny, anti-Semitism and bullying».

To present a fresh face and new policies to the electorate, New Labour needed more than fresh leaders; it had to jettison outdated policies, argued the modernisers.

But last week's Labour conference - and the party leader's assertion he wouldn't push the nuclear button - has presented the Conservatives with a massive «opportunity» to sweep into the centre ground of British politics.

In any case, the SNP is so confident of its popularity that the new leader Nicola Sturgeon has already presented her conditions for forming a coalition government with Labour.

A post-Ashdown Liberal Democratic party might at least present Labour with some more vigorous opposition, daring to challenge on some of the ground where the outgoing leader remained quiet.

Most of those present at the meeting - including Shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn, Shadow Defence Secretary Maria Eagle and deputy Labour leader Tom Watson - said they backed David Cameron's call for RAF air strikes.

The Labour leader did briefly come unstuck when asked which footballer past or present he would compare himself to.

The Labour leader made it clear that he plans to present himself as a champion of the powerless against political and business elites.

Eagle presented herself as the experienced, capable Labour voice, saying she had «wiped the floor» with George Osborne at prime minister's questions, when they had deputised for their leaders.

When Corbyn's team suggested that the issue be resolved after the meeting, those present made it clear that they «would not leave the room» until the Labour leader had backed down.

«Rather than finding imaginative ways for Labour to present a united front and get its message across to wavering supporters, Corbyn vetoed a planned event featuring all Labour's former leaders.

Ahead of a leadership hustings debate at the Local Government Association conference this week, Mr Miliband even pledged to invite Labour's local government leader, at present David Sparks, into the shadow cabinet if he is elected party leader.

More recently, Fallon may have chucked his dead mog in the direction of Jeremy Corbyn when he argued that the Labour leader presented a greater threat to the sovereignty of the Falkland Islands than Argentina.

Kamara also appealed to state government to consider all issues presented to it during the interactive session held between labour leaders and government.

Labour leader Ed Miliband compared the gathering to the marches against apartheid as he gave a speech to those present.

One of the most damaging charges levelled at Labour at present is that its leader looks and sounds like an other - worldly professor stuck in his North London ivory tower.

Since Mr Brown is still Prime Minister, he could present an agreed coalition programme to Parliament, win the vote and then resign to make way for another Labour leader who would become prime minister.

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Utter rubbish, Labour did quite well in the Blair years under FPTP when they had an electable leader, now it has a poor leader the system will punish it, trying to introduce electoral reform will not help it sneak through the back door, indeed on present polling a Tory - UKIP deal would be just as likely as a Labour - LD - SNP - Green one!

The Labour leader is expected to present his most comprehensive proposal for media regulation to - date at Leveson this afternoon

BPIX don't give the detailed voting intention figures, but at present Labour are 7 points ahead of the Conservatives (whatever that may mean — we don't know how people are answering the standard voting intention — when they say how they'd vote in a General Election tomorrow are they already taking into account who they expect to be the next leader?

The person who used to vote Tory but is hesitant about Cameron as Leader, the disillusioned Lib - Dem who is thinking of voting Conservative, the worker who has lost his job in the present Economic Meltdown and who used to vote Labour but wants a change.

Eagle is being presented as the «unity» candidate, where unity means members accepting the PLP's wishes and selecting a leader closer to, but crucially not seen as from, the party's «New Labour» wing.

His next step in his lead up to support for Yvette cooper is to present Jeremy Corbyn as «cheerfully disloyal to every Labour leader he's ever served under ``.

A majority of people, 57 %, think that the present economic difficulties make this the wrong time for Labour to be thinking of changing leader and, finally, 71 % think that there should be a general election if Labour change leader again.

It gets a real intellectual lift — dragging its bigger themes from Seventies history to the present day from the most unlikely source: Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.