Sentences with phrase «sack shadow ministers»

It is therefore perfectly logical and right that he should sack those shadow ministers who are not prepared to publicly support him without hesitation.

Sacked shadow minister Pat McFadden has warned that Labour will become «uncompetitive» unless attacks on party moderates by left - wing allies of Jeremy Corbyn are stopped.

Deputy leader Tom Watson led tributes to the sacked shadow minister, saying: «Michael Dugher is a rare politician - a talented working class MP who hasn't lost his strong Yorkshire roots.

He suggests that the sacked shadow ministers, Mr Dugher and Mr McFadden, could help to spearhead the toppling of Mr Corbyn, with «a 200 - strong army of MPs behind them».

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.

Whilst undergoing cancer treatment, Thangam Debonnaire was promoted to shadow arts and culture minister by Corbyn, before he sacked her a day later, without telling her on either occasion.

He appointed me as a shadow culture minister without my knowledge or consent while I was in the middle of cancer treatment, only to sack me shortly afterwards.

The MP for Newark was sacked as shadow homeland security minister last month after he was criticised for appearing to excuse racism in the army.

The party has been broadly united in public since the general election, though shaken over the weekend by Corbyn's sacking of shadow ministers who defied the party whip to vote in favour of an amendment to the Queen's speech brought by Chuka Umunna, committing to keeping the UK in the single market after Brexit.

The move to Out see Howard join forces with Boris Johnson - aka the man he once sacked as shadow arts minister for his affair with society hostess and writer Petronella Wyatt.

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Here's a statement given out tonight by Blairite Pat McFadden, who's been sacked as shadow Europe minister:

As well as replacing Eagle, Corbyn sacked his shadow culture secretary, Michael Dugher, and shadow Europe minister, Pat McFadden, for what Labour sources said were displays of «incompetence and disloyalty».

Diane Abbott, a former shadow minister who has been steadfastly loyal to Miliband despite being sacked last October, said: «I think that by sacking her Ed Miliband made the story bigger.

By lunchtime, three of his shadow ministers had resigned in protest at the sacking of Pat McFadden.

The trio are furious at Mr Corbyn's decision to sack shadow Europe minister Pat McFadden for criticising so - called apologists for terror.

But they were not entirely surprised after Mr Doughty said he agreed with every word Pat McFadden, the sacked shadow Europe minister, had said on terrorism.

Two days later, several shadow ministers were so cross about Benn's sacking that they resigned — some of them told colleagues what they were doing but mostly they acted as individuals.

Mr Dugher said he had spoken out over Christmas because he was «frustrated and angry» about briefings from Corbyn aides that shadow ministers such as foreign spokesman Hilary Benn could be sacked.

Within minutes of Mr Dugher announcing he had been sacked, some nine shadow ministers and numerous other Labour MPs lined up to pour scorn on the decision and throw their support behind him.