Sentences with phrase «quit as party leader»

Miliband's attendance at the «World Transformed» festival is significant as he was among the senior Labour figures who called on Corbyn to quit as party leader last summer.

In his first major interview since quitting as party leader, Clegg said he initially did not believe the election night exit poll which suggested his party would be cut to 10 MPs.

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Tristram Hunt quit as MP for Stoke - on - Trent today, triggering what could be a disastrous by - election for his Party - and leader Jeremy Corbyn.

A senior Labour MSP warns the party is heading for «disappearance» in Scotland unless Jim Murphy quits as leader.

Jon Lansman, the leader of Momentum, spoke out as party sources said that up to ten shadow cabinet members are set to quit today.

Labour frontbenchers will threaten to quit next week in a bid to topple Jeremy Corbyn as party leader, PoliticsHome has learned.

Mr Corbyn has so far stood firm in the face of huge pressure for him to quit, arguing he has a 60 % mandate from the party membership to remain as leader.

Earlier on Saturday, deputy Labour leader Tom Watson became the most senior figure to call for Ms Shawcroft to quit, describing her claim that the whole row over anti-Semitism in the party was simply a way to get at Mr Corbyn as «disgusting».

Two local Liberal Democrat parties have called on Nick Clegg to quit, as part of a growing grass - roots campaign to oust the Lib Dem leader.

The Labour MP - who quit as Shadow Treasury Secretary during the frontbench uprising against Jeremy Corbyn - complained to Commons Speaker Mr Bercow that an employee from Mr McDonnell's office and an aide to the party leader had gained «unauthorised entry» to her parliamentary office.

Jamie Reed, who quit the front bench when Jeremy Corbyn was elected leader, added: «Any Labour MP... who sees the party as nothing but a disposable vehicle for their own ambitions should consider their place within it.»

Derek Wyatt MP told the same programme that he hoped Mr Prescott would «see sense» and resign as deputy prime minister - although he did not call for him to quit his job as deputy leader of the Labour party, an elected post.

It wasn't enough for longtime Independence Party activist and ex-state committee member Frank Morano to quit the party and publicly lambaste it on his way out the door, now he's trying to get the organization investigated by the Board of Elections, claiming its coffers have served as a sort of piggy bank for the personal interests of its leaParty activist and ex-state committee member Frank Morano to quit the party and publicly lambaste it on his way out the door, now he's trying to get the organization investigated by the Board of Elections, claiming its coffers have served as a sort of piggy bank for the personal interests of its leaparty and publicly lambaste it on his way out the door, now he's trying to get the organization investigated by the Board of Elections, claiming its coffers have served as a sort of piggy bank for the personal interests of its leaders.

She was Shadow Health Secretary from when Jeremy Corbyn took over as leader in September 2015, before quitting in June the following year amid a string of resignations in the party.

But as Mr Corbyn pivoted from Northants to Surrey and Leicestershire, Theresa May recovered herself and started citing examples of quitting Labour council leaders and Labour activists switching to her party.

Tim Farron dramatically quit as Liberal Democrat leader tonight saying he found it «impossible» to be the boss of the party whilst holding his Christian views.

But as Mr Corbyn pivoted from Northants to Surrey and Leicestershire, Theresa May recovered herself and started citing examples of quitting Labour council leaders and Labour activists switching to her party.