Sentences with phrase «ranks with labour»

Shadow Defence Secretary Nia Griffith has broken ranks with the Labour leadership over the recent military action taken by Theresa May in Syria...

This week, trade unions broke ranks with Labour to call for a vote.

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Roberts cites an observation by labour historian Jan Kainer: «Women's labour organizing contributed significantly to the building and sustaining of rank - and - file participation, developing new democratic structures such as women's caucuses, organizing the unorganized, and forging political alliances with non-labour groups.»

Labour website LabourList said its readers ranked Ms Cooper as the most popular of Mr Miliband's team, with shadow chancellor Ed Balls, shadow education secretary Andy Burnham, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander and shadow international development secretary Harriet Harman all well - liked.

Of the 634 voters it spoke to who ranked Labour as their first preference, 49 % said they would prefer a minority government, compared to 30 % who wanted to see a coalition with the Liberal Democrats.

This seems an eminently sensible appraisal, but I feel that the Lib Dem hierarchy and a large proportion of their rank - and - file can identify with the Conservatives on just as many economic issues as they can (identify) with Labour.

Neither Labour or the Tories went into conference with much momentum, but where Miliband failed to give the Labour ranks anything in the way of bounce David Cameron has sent his party home in buoyant mood.

Further, some of his critics have argued that Corbyn has destabilised relations with the Parliamentary Labour Party by inviting rank - and - file members to apply pressure against MPs who back intervention in Syria.

Blair and Mandelson know that their political project — to eliminate trade union and rank and file influence from the Labour Party and move it towards coalition with the Liberals — and the government's economic policies, notably the goal of cutting social spending, will collide with successive layers of the labour movLabour Party and move it towards coalition with the Liberals — and the government's economic policies, notably the goal of cutting social spending, will collide with successive layers of the labour movlabour movement.

The Conservatives, who fear Labour will make an arrangement with the SNP to lock David Cameron out of Downing Street, will be concerned to see that Plaid might further bolster the nationalist ranks at Westminster.

Indeed, the parliamentary Labour party has been conspicuously loyal to Miliband, with only minor figures breaking rank.

The Tories attacking Labour on sleaze, while at the same time refusing to get involved in arriving at a cross-party consensus solution, and with their own skeletons in the closet, strikes me as rank hypocrisy.

Many rank - and - file Lib Dems have been vocal in criticising what they see as a cosy and consensual relationship with Labour, especially those in areas where the two parties are engaged in cut - throat local politics.

There is still a prominent Blairite faction within the senior ranks of the Labour Party, with Miliband himself holding Minister for the Third under Blair.

«Consequently, both have been sentenced to reduction in rank; from Corporal to Private Soldiers and 21 days imprisonment with hard labour (IHL) respectively, which includes forfeiture of 21 days pay to the federal government of Nigeria.

Voting closed on Wednesday in the complicated electoral college race, where MPs and MEPs have one - third of the vote, with rank - and - file party members and up to three million trades unionists who pay a political fee to Labour sharing the rest.

Sixty - seven Labour MPs broke ranks with their leader — and defied a campaign of abuse by left - wing trolls - by backing military action.

Given the recent polls, and the views of the PCS rank and file, Unite's long term relationship with the Labour party is now looking increasingly tenuous.

The London Labour selection this summer, as with the leadership contest, is decided by an «alternative vote» ballot, where you rank candidates in order of preference.

Labour, which agreed the details of the emergency legislation in behind - closed - door meetings with the Liberal Democrats and Conservatives, broke ranks and demanded two amendments before the bill was passed.

This morning Mr Smith broke ranks with the party and said a public vote on the Brexit deal was the way «Labour can properly serve our democracy and the interests of the people».

The shadow chancellor's move has caused concern in Labour ranks because two of his new advisers are or have recently been members of other political parties, with which Labour is not meant to engage under its constitution.

Owen Smith has broken ranks with Jeremy Corbyn to reopen the question of whether Brexit is «the right choice for the country», and urge Labour to offer the public a referendum on the final deal.

«Coalition of the defeated» The idea of a Lib - Lab deal has met with opposition amongst Labour ranks.

The Labour leader, Ed Miliband, on Tuesday became the only front - rank politician to disclose the meetings he has held with newspaper proprietors in the runup to the Leveson report.

Tomorrow a new Speaker will be elected, with signs that the previous favourite - Tory MP John Bercow, who has overwhelming Labour backing but almost no support within his own ranks - may have been weakened by the surprise candidacy of Margaret Beckett, a former cabinet minister.

«And the focus is... on whether or not a particular document that was CC» ed to a particular address was then put in a particular box at a particular time - and we know it wasn't - is intended to distract from the difficulties that the Labour Party faces with handling prejudice in its own ranks.»

A former Gordon Brown adviser has described the mood in the Labour Party as «pretty black», with rank paranoia and invented plots in Ed Miliband's office.

Debating some of the key issues with local people are three cabinet - ranking politicians from the major parties: - Labour chief whip Geoff Hoon - Michael Gove, shadow secretary of state for children, schools and families, and - Liberal Democrat treasury spokesman Vince Cable.