Sentences with phrase «sack shadow foreign secretary»

The Labour leader, who was left reeling after his decision to sack the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, was followed by the resignations of 11 senior shadow cabinet members, said he would not «betray the trust» of the people who voted for him by stepping down.

Jeremy Corbyn is still being urged by his allies to sack the shadow foreign secretary, reports the Guardian's Rowena Mason, but has been warned that up to 10 of his senior team could walk out if Benn is removed.

Labour MP Chuka Umunna has said that party leader Jeremy Corbyn's decision to sack shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn is «crazy».

Not exact matches

It's now clear what happens when a shadow Cabinet minister publicly expresses their difference of opinion with the Labour leader: They either get sacked or they get told to shut up, as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has been.

Hilary Benn was sacked as shadow foreign secretary shortly before 1 am on Sunday amid reports that he was leading a coup against Corbyn.

She will apparently be joined by former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn as she launches her bid, who was sacked from his post recently after saying he had no confidence in Mr Corbyn.

Former shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has spoken to ITV News after his sacking by Labour leader Jeremy Corbyn.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is known to three quarters (74 %) of Britons whilst 60 % have heard of former shadow foreign secretary Hillary Benn (whose sacking triggered Labour's last leadership election).

Hilary Benn, who was sacked from his role as shadow foreign secretary after he told Mr Corbyn he no longer had confidence in him, weighed in, tweeting:

Emily Thornberry, who was sacked as shadow attorney general by former Labour leader Ed Milband, could replace Mr Benn as shadow foreign secretary.

The advisory group had been due to hold its first meeting with her, McDonnell and the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, but that never took place because she stepped down on Sunday after Corbyn sacked Hilary Benn as shadow foreign secretary.

Jeremy Corbyn has sacked Hilary Benn after reports the shadow foreign secretary was planning to spearhead a coup against the leader.

They demanding the sacking of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn and other «warmongers» after he rallied support for air strikes in a barnstorming Commons speech.

But it was Hilary Benn's sacking as shadow Foreign Secretary that triggered what Corbyn's supporters call a «coup».

But shadow Foreign Secretary Hilary Benn, who had also been lined up for the sack over his support for bombing in Syria, survived after Mr Corbyn was warned that dumping him would spark mass frontbench resignations.

So now, just four months on, if he embarks on dramatic changes, sacks those who have publicly disagreed with him, like the shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, there's a danger it looks like when his own authority is challenged he just can't take it.