Sentences with phrase «received conference speech»

Last month only 21 per cent thought he made a good leader, now risen to 40 per cent on the back of his well - received conference speech.

Ed's badly received conference speech, considered somewhere between impenetrable and irritating by most observers, angered the business lobby by dividing companies into goodies and baddies, while irritating the left by signing up to coalition policies on welfare.

Not exact matches

In his book Power Trip, Damian McBride recalls his frustration — and sneaking admiration for — Tony Blair's annual conference Houdini act: «Each year we'd come in with Tony under pressure, probably assisted by some unhelpful splashes from me in the Sunday papers; Gordon would make an ecstatically received speech appealing to Labour's soul and adding to the pressure; and Tony would then deliver an even better - received speech dashing Gordon's hopes and putting him back in his box.»

On 4 October 2010, in a speech at the Conservative conference in Birmingham, Osborne announced a cap on the overall amount of benefits a family can receive from the state, estimated to be around # 500 a week from 2013.

Davis was initially the front runner in the contest, but after a poorly received speech at that year's Conservative Party Conference his campaign was seen to lose momentum.

He made a rapturously received farewell speech at party conference in 2006.

D'Amato gave a well received speech before the conference, detailing his first campaign against Sen. Jacob Javits and the deployment of his mother in the now - famous «Mama D'Amato» ads.

Since the leader's conference speech last autumn, which was pretty well received, he has taken a few knocks.

McLaughlin, a freshman from Melrose, raised the hopes of conservative advocates that he would mount a run after giving a well - received speech at the Conservative Party's Political Action Conference.

Actor Tony Danza gives his acceptance speech Monday morning, June 9, 2014, after receiving an honorarium from the Conference of Italian - American State Legislators in Albany, N.Y..

The reception David Cameron has received from both The Sun's limited endorsement and the analysis of his conference speech (not terrific but had its moments and will do), contribute to an overall sense that his Conservative Party is not performing brilliantly - the poll comparisons with Labour in 1996/1997 are not favourable - but that does not matter.

Ever keen to provide comprehensive coverage of developments in the Conservative Party, here are details of some proposals outlined by shadow culture minister Ed Vaizey in a speech to the London Libraries Conference at the end of last week, but which have not received any attention in the national press.

William Hague remains the darling of the grassroots as was proved by the reception he received for his two Party Conference speeches.

Watson, who urged Corbyn to resign over the summer, received an ovation in the conference hall for his speech on Tuesday, urging his party to stop «trashing the record» of the Blair and Brown governments if it wants to win elections.

There is frustration in the Cameron inner - circle that his conference speech, while generally well received, did not win plaudits from liberal commentators.

In fact, there's a huge group of scientists who might not spot the difference between a real conference and a fake one; who might think it's a good idea to attend conferences they don't recognize, run by societies they haven't heard of; and who might think that paying to give a speech or to receive an award is standard practice.

Mr Hinds, whose speech received applause from the conference, said he recognised the financial difficulties.

In 2013 he was asked to speak at the TED Conference where he gave his very well received «Video Games — Art in Disguise» speech.

Received payment for keynote speech at Centennial College sustainability leadership conference.