Sentences with phrase «remains as a backbencher»

Mr Varoufakis said that he will remain as a backbencher in the Greek parliament, where he has «a lot more room to manoeuvre and speak the truth».

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Now, not only does this give fuel to the theory that Cameron did not enforce a hard - line on last week's vote (one person described it as a «nudge, wink» approach), but it is also likely to annoy many of the backbenchers who did remain loyal.

Many Tory backbenchers have contemplated a third possibility, in which the Lib Dems drop down to a «confidence and supply» arrangement in which they allow the Conservatives to remain in power as a minority government for the 12 months before May 2015.

He would remain as MSP for Orkney until the 2007 election, but would serve his time out as a backbencher.

Labour denied reports of a heated telephone conversation between Brown and Clegg, and support among Brown's Cabinet colleagues remained strong, but one backbencher, John Mann, urged Brown to step aside as Labour leader before the party conference in September, arguing that Brown's continued leadership «rules out the credibility of a Lib / Lab pact».