Sentences with phrase «recently been a member of his party»

He had support from both the Conservative and Labour leadership, however many backbench MPs, particularly those from the Labour Party (who held a large majority in the House at the time), viewed Young as someone who had too recently been a member of his party's front bench team and was thus not sufficiently in touch with ordinary MPs.

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You might recall reading recently about a growing number of Democratic House members who are taking a pass on the party's national convention in North Carolina, preferring to stay home on concentrate on their own campaigns rather than attend the (mostly for show) re-nomination of President Obama.

These days I am amused rather than offended when I come under attack from some Conservative backwoodsmen — one recently identified me as a member of the Socialist Workers Party: that, for advocating policies which would be considered mainstream in successful Scandinavian countries or Germany or France or even, in that socialist paradise, the United States.

The man who secured over a quarter of a million votes from Labour Party members supporters and trade unionists as recently as last September is seamlessly elided into a deranged sect leader, ordering small numbers of isolated followers to top themselves in the fastnesses of a Latin American jungle.

It is when we look, as Chris Bragg did in Crain's recently, at the precise political history of the members of the Progressive Caucus, that we understand that the Caucus represents the high water mark of the Working Families Party, circa 2009, before the implosion of Data and Field Services.

She said recently that if she had lost the support of 80 % of her MPs, she would feel obliged to step down — despite her mandate being even bigger than Corbyn's, having won 72 % of party members» votes in Scotland in August 2015.

Dropping this hint recently, Member of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu - Ekuful revealed that it has been difficult for any party member (including NPP presidential candidate) to reach out and make peace with the suspended NPP Chairman because, in her words, «Afoko has adopted a posture which makes it difficult&rMember of Parliament for Ablekuma West, Ursula Owusu - Ekuful revealed that it has been difficult for any party member (including NPP presidential candidate) to reach out and make peace with the suspended NPP Chairman because, in her words, «Afoko has adopted a posture which makes it difficult&rmember (including NPP presidential candidate) to reach out and make peace with the suspended NPP Chairman because, in her words, «Afoko has adopted a posture which makes it difficult».

In the case of the PDP, for example, many party members were unhappy that its candidate, who joined the party only recently, was imposed on them.

General News of Sunday, 13 May 2018 Source: citinewsroom.com Sydney Casely Hayford Member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely - Hayford wants Hajia Fati, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist who slapped a journalist recently to be prosecuted and jailed.

Member of pressure group, Occupy Ghana, Sydney Casely - Hayford wants Hajia Fati, the New Patriotic Party (NPP) activist who slapped a journalist recently to be prosecuted and jailed.

But the driving force behind the rebellion were members of the 2010 intake, who account for 49 % of the parliamentary party, who are normally loyal to No 10 and who recently challenged the likes of Jenkin in elections to the 1922 committee.

Speaking on the Andrew Marr Show this morning he confirmed that he is no longer a member of he Conservative Party - although the Electoral Commission figures show that he donated # 6,000 to the Conservatives as recently as October 10th last year.

Of those who left the party over the years, it is mainly the middle class members who have recently re-joined.

Members of the governing National Democratic Congress in the Volta Region, say the contents of the recently launched manifesto of the opposition New Patriotic Party (NPP), reaffirms their conviction that, the NDC is the only party that can bring real development to the reParty (NPP), reaffirms their conviction that, the NDC is the only party that can bring real development to the reparty that can bring real development to the region.

Assemblywoman Diana Richardson, a Working Families Party member who was recently elected in a special election to represent Brooklyn, stood up and walked away during Hikind's speech, remarking to people sitting nearby, «I'm allergic to a lot of things, and bullshit is one of them.»

He added that he was sure members of the forum, who were recently offered positions, would not turn against the party.

But Corbyn has been accused by some shadow cabinet members, most recently Michael Dugher, the shadow culture secretary, of sponsoring a faction rather than acting as a unifying figure in the whole of the Labour party.

Until recently Felder was joined by eight other members of the Independent Democratic Conference who caucused with Republicans, but on April 3 Governor Andrew Cuomo (allegedly spurred by attacks from primary challenger Cynthia Nixon) brokered a deal to reunite his party's caucus.

He has been a member of the Independence Party, but recently announced that he had filed paperwork to switch to the Democratic Party although that will not be effective until after the election.

When the public protested, recently, the party disclaimed the news even if it added that it was the responsibility of members to pay outstanding dues.

But his live - and - let - live approach also applies to the city's gun permitting process, which he recently told a gathering of Staten Island Tea Party members is so «extreme» that it is «almost a level of harassment at a certain point.»

He said this situation has led to some youth of the NPP in the wake of their victory over the governing NDC in the recently held presidential elections, resort to «rampaging and illegally taking - over public establishments because those running these establishments are perceived wrongly as necessarily members of the vanquished political party even at a time when the vanquished political party is still in charge of government business.»

The Guardian reported earlier on Thursday that McDonnell, the shadow chancellor, had secretly created a group of advisers, bypassing Labour's usual policymaking processes, and that two of the advisers were or until recently had been members of other political parties.

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.

The NPP has been going through turbulent times largely blamed on perceived divisions which culminated into the death of its Upper East Regional Chairman, Adams Mahama and recently, Abubakar Saddique, who was killed in the Asawase Constituency allegedly by some members of the party.

Lander, who previously ran the rules committee, is a leader of the progressive bloc of Council members that dominated the last Council and engineered the election of former Speaker Melissa Mark - Viverito, but whose influence has waned more recently as the county parties reclaimed their traditional post as kingmakers.

«In this district that has seen close races and been represented recently by members of both parties, another tight race is shaping up,» Levy said in a statement.

«He is the favorite of the more progressive members of the party,» Hillsborough County Democratic Party chairwoman Ione Townsend recently told the Tampa Bay Tparty,» Hillsborough County Democratic Party chairwoman Ione Townsend recently told the Tampa Bay TParty chairwoman Ione Townsend recently told the Tampa Bay Times.

Cuomo recently addressed the concerns from the progressive members of the Working Families Party and even his own Democratic party, saying essentially, he's the strongest candidate for their concParty and even his own Democratic party, saying essentially, he's the strongest candidate for their concparty, saying essentially, he's the strongest candidate for their concerns.

In response to Kevin Johnson statements here in Connecticut, Bridgeport native John Bagley, another former NBA star, who was recently elected to the Bridgeport Board of Education as a member of the Working Families Party, wrote a commentary piece in the CT Post responding to Johnson's ant - democracy position.

Hilton has joined in the points selling party that we've been seeing recently and has launched its latest campaign in which it's offering Hilton Honors members a bonus of up to 80 % when they purchase points.

There's a chance the leadership may listen to a retired Republican member, Sherwood Boehlert, who recently warned his party not to let partisanship get in the way of smart energy and climate policy.