Sentences with phrase «shadow cabinet»

Many thanks for this article which has been most helpful as I tried to understand the movements in shadow cabinet.

He said he would be open to a return of shadow cabinet elections if the new leader thought it was right.

But it turns out that she is not the only shadow cabinet member with a penchant for using colourful language to dismiss a key plank of Labour policy.

In opposition he has served as a shadow minister and shadow cabinet minister in a number of positions.

«I'm not keen on shadow cabinet elections in the form that they were before,» he said.

This «democratic revolution» could entail democratic elections for shadow cabinet positions and digital consultations for members on policy.

However, most of the 35 already occupy senior shadow cabinet positions.

It was made worse by the fact that that someone was a senior shadow cabinet minister who I have quite a large crush on.

But, in the cold light of day, the new shadow cabinet doesn't seem overly different to the old version.

His popularity with Labour members was at its height and he regularly topped shadow cabinet elections.

«The big issue is the unions,» says one shadow cabinet source.

This suggests a debate will be held at the first meeting of the new - look shadow cabinet early next week.

This is an excellent opportunity to give shadow cabinet ministers some real opportunities to develop policies in their portfolio areas.

However, MPs spoke against being whipped; it was more effective for the entire shadow cabinet and almost all the parliamentary party to vote freely and in favour.

Here is the full list of the current shadow cabinet.

There's no doubt many shadow cabinet members regard it as a significant intervention.

Nine previous members of the 32 - strong shadow cabinet have not made it to the new cabinet.

Instead, she is understood to have been offered the chance to attend shadow cabinet - but only when they discussed «youth affairs».

There has no doubt been a generational price to pay, resulting in some weak performance / activity / engagements (or leadership, shadow cabinet candidates).

Such a decision is supposed to be made after consultation with the wider shadow cabinet.

He then said he wouldn't be part of a sham shadow cabinet.

Labour must pick its next leader from the emerging generation of MPs and long - term shadow cabinet favourites for the job should stand aside, a former cabinet minister has said.

Never mind that this is the most diverse shadow cabinet ever.

Whether these talks translate into the emergence of a more wide - ranging shadow cabinet that uses a larger portion of the party's parliamentary talent remains to be seen.

This includes at least three days of campaigning per shadow cabinet member during recess.

Out of desperation I called a senior Labour source about whether we can expect the new - look shadow cabinet tonight.

It is time at least fifty per cent of shadow cabinet are women, and rejection of the urgency of that ambition on the basis that members should be appointed on merit is nonsense.

There is no reference to the topics under discussion or which shadow cabinet members are making speeches.

«This could be the day that he won,» one shadow cabinet minister told me afterwards.

In this new shadow cabinet he moves from finance to natural resources.

Supporters rally round party leader after mass resignations from shadow cabinet in wake of UK vote to leave EU

Former home secretary questions ability of leader as in - fighting begins again over shadow cabinet reshuffle

He is backed by shadow cabinet office minister Jon Trickett and Sheffield South East MP Clive Betts.

In an article for the New Statesman, the shadow chancellor accused his former shadow cabinet colleague of echoing the tactics of the unsuccessful EU Remain campaign.

Labour leader removes Owen Smith from shadow cabinet after he called for a second EU referendum.

Dugher ran Andy Burnham's leadership election campaign and it was reportedly Bunham who insisted on Dugher being included in Jeremy Corbyn's first shadow cabinet as a condition for Burnham serving as shadow home secretary.

That raised eyebrows from former shadow Cabinet colleague Philip Hammond, now defence secretary, who said it could be difficult for Evans to remain in the job.

Every other shadow cabinet post remains the same, with Diane Abbott expected to return as shadow home secretary when she recovers from illness.

«My concern steadily grew over what I was hearing from colleagues, such as Heidi, Thangam and Lilian, and what I was seeing at shadow cabinet meetings, where Jeremy tended to read from a prepared script, didn't respond to our questions, and didn't convey any sense of strategic direction or leadership.»

It wasn't good enough for the leader to read his position from a typed up script at shadow cabinet meetings discussing the prospect of military action against Isis in Syria or the EU referendum.

Some posts have been vacant since a wave of shadow cabinet resignations in the aftermath of June's EU referendum, with some MPs taking on multiple portfolios.

Bob Ainsworth (1952 - present)- Defence SecretaryThe only member of the current cabinet or shadow cabinet with any facial hair, Ainsworth has plumped for the neatly trimmed moustache.

Lavery joined other shadow cabinet members, such as Richard Burgon, in describing the Cumbrian seat as «marginal» despite it always being held by Labour previously.

Miliband was trying to take Labour in the right direction and I admire his convictions, but he did not seem to have the courage of them and was unable to get many of his own shadow cabinet on message.

«There were plenty of spaces to fill in shadow cabinet if Nick Brown wanted one.

Today pressure was also growing on former Labour shadow cabinet members who had refused to serve under Mr Corbyn to take up duties again.

Table 1 also shows that half of the chairs now had ministerial experience, with nine having had earlier cabinet or shadow cabinet roles — a testimony to the increasing salience of these chairing roles (which also attract a salary addition for the MPs involved).

Under the proposals of an unelected committee chaired by Margaret Beckett, the PLP looks set to abandon a requirement that an incoming Labour PM include elected shadow cabinet members in the new cabinet.

Power is an inheritance to them and an entitlement and as long as they retain their safe seats they still get shadow cabinet jobs and dosh to do absolutely nothing other than wait for more morally driven activists to sell ideas that do not exist on doorsteps.