He said: «I would like to
remain as a cabinet minister.
Not exact matches
In 1990 he stepped down
as Prime
Minister in favor of Deputy Prime
Minister Goh Chok Tong yet
remained in the
Cabinet, first
as a «Senior
Minister» and then
as «
Minister Mentor,» vaguely defined posts that allowed him to oscillate between speaking engagements abroad while advising his ministerial colleagues on matters of state.
@Stuart White: The
Cabinet Office rule - book (draft of chapter 6, approved by the House of Commons Select Committee on Justice and drawn up in consultation, I understand, with the party leaders and with constitutional experts) lays it down that after an election the incumbent prime
minister has a duty,
as well
as a right, to
remain in office until there's clear and incontrovertible evidence that someone else is definitely in a position to command majority support in the house of commons.
The reason for this
cabinet minister's optimism was that the
Remain campaign's private polling is being done «face - to - face»,
as he put it, and not over the phone or on the internet.
In the first of a series of speeches by senior
cabinet ministers, Johnson wants to appeal to the instincts of those who voted
remain, but his argument will be heavily criticised by those who see the EU
as a major liberalising force.
The Wirral West MP
remains in the Department for Work and Pensions
as Minister for Employment, and will now attend
cabinet meetings.
Following the party's decision to support the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill 2017, at least three shadow
cabinet ministers, all representing constituencies which voted to
remain in the EU, resigned from their position
as a result of the party's decision to invoke Article 50 under the bill.
It was meant
as a send - up — in essence, deconstructing the argument that Baroness Warsi should
remain in
cabinet as she is the first female Muslim to serve
as a
minister (and not a non-white, male Conservative).
She will
remain as employment
minister, but will be allowed to attend
cabinet.
He faced a second attempt to launch a leadership challenge by former
Cabinet colleagues Geoff Hoon and Patricia Hewitt in January 2010, but the plot failed to gather momentum and Brown
remained as both Labour leader and Prime
Minister to lead his party into the 2010 General Election.
McVey, a former TV presenter and a member of the 2010 intake,
remains as employment
minister, although she will now attend
cabinet.