Sentences with phrase «recent leadership contest»

Yet Johnson, a former union leader himself, has curiously decided that now is the time to rake over the coals of Labour's recent leadership contest and called for union influence over the party to be further reduced, thus proving the old adage that former poachers make worse gamekeepers.

He had been written - off by most opinion formers and a hostile press, even as his victory in the recent leadership contest was confirmed.

Leadsom had moderate Tories fearing for their party's future during the recent leadership contest.

Not exact matches

In a recent op - ed in the Edmonton Journal, Public Interest Alberta «s Larry Booi called on the new NDP government to institute campaign spending limits, lower contribution limits to $ 1,200 per year, impose much stronger rules on disclosure of contributions and spending and extend the rules on contributions and spending to cover party leadership and constituency contests.

It was telling during the recent Labour leadership contest that Corbyn's media operation improved markedly, thanks largely to the involvement of these younger, savvier operators.

As of Nick's last post on this subject, no vote had been scheduled for the leadership race, but he noted that the contest could pit a top Republican donor's family against one of the first African - American candidates the party has had run for elected citywide office in recent memory.

It needs time to think and recent leadership elections suggest a party that does so makes the right choice; Mr Cameron would not have beaten David Davis in a quick Tory contest in 2005.

He also revealed how his first vote in the recent Labour leadership contest had gone to old friend Ed Balls, not Ed Miliband.