Sentences with phrase «shadow cabinet colleague»

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.

And David Cameron concealed that knowledge of his benefactor's tax status until today, when he dispatched his shadow cabinet colleague to break the news.

Deputy Labour leader Tom Watson has refused to rule out a second EU referendum - just an hour after his shadow cabinet colleague Diane Abbott said the party does not support the policy.

He stops short of publicly backing Lewis to stand this time and admits his lack of experience is a setback, but describes his shadow cabinet colleague as «a cause for optimism in the future».

Should he choose to fight the Leeds South and Outwood seat, he could find himself being pitted against shadow Cabinet colleague Hilary Benn, whose existing Leeds Central constituency would be partly folded into the new seat.

So when Ed Balls used his conference speech to signal Labour's departure from an unquestioning commitment to HS2, all eyes turned to Adonis, who as a shadow minister for infrastructure is also a shadow cabinet colleague of Mr Balls.

Their anger intensified when a picture emerged of Baroness Chakrabarti and her shadow cabinet colleague Abbott having a drink together in the Pugin Room in the Palace of Westminster.

Their shadow cabinet colleague Hilary Benn's father is Tony.

Did he want a strong shadow cabinet colleague who would, on occasion, feel able to speak out against the views of his leader and perhaps the wider shadow cabinet or did he want such a big beast roaming the backbenches, taking potshots at the leadership at will?

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.

But throughout it you could hear the steady drumbeat of pressure from his paid advisers, most of his shadow cabinet colleagues and many of his close circle.

Everyone who «knows how things are done», even your shadow cabinet colleagues, will warn against it.

He insists that he isn't the sole survivor of a very different era - shadow cabinet colleagues «like Andy Burnham, Hilary Benn, Rosie Winterton... I'm not sure that the word Blairite is used by them but we're proud of our record» - and says a period of relative tranquillity has set in amongst Labour's J - team.

He also took a thinly - veiled swipe at his shadow cabinet colleagues who had come up with various reasons why Labour lost the Copeland by - election «I thought the loss in Copeland was really serious.

On the other side of the Commons, Jeremy Corbyn» Islington North seat is scrapped, potentially pitting him against his shadow cabinet colleagues Emily Thornberry and Diane Abbott to represent a single seat.

Some MPs were relieved that a major direct confrontation between the Corbyn team and his shadow cabinet colleagues was avoided, at least until the final day nuclear showdown.

Until then, it had always been assumed - not unreasonably - that Corbyn's shadow cabinet colleagues had forced him to abandon free movement against his will.

Over recent days we've also heard my shadow cabinet colleagues, Emma Reynolds and Tristram Hunt, talk about how a Labour government will ensure we get the house building we need to strengthen our economy and improve people's quality of life, and about how we raise standards in our schools to ensure our children are equipped to succeed.

I am sure she will push her shadow cabinet colleagues further into the shadows.

With the elevation of Emily Thornberry, the Labour leader's Islington North constituency is now sandwiched in between the constituencies of two of his top shadow cabinet colleagues.

He introduces his shadow cabinet colleagues as if he were the head boy and they the prefects; he leaves no doubt that they are his underlings.

But if there is nothing dodgy about the # 487,000 received by George Osborne there is some real shock and anger amongst his shadow cabinet colleagues.

It looks like the impending round of budget negotiations between Balls and his shadow cabinet colleagues is going to be tougher than some had envisaged.

Not exact matches

Under Gordon Brown he rose to a ministerial position at the Foreign Office, but back in Opposition he fell well short of the votes required amongst his colleagues to make the shadow cabinet.

«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.»

And let me pay particular tribute to those parliamentary colleagues who stepped forward in the summer to fill the gaps in the shadow cabinet and ensure that Labour could function as an effective opposition in parliament.

Since his speech in favour of air strikes on Syria I am struck by the number of Hilary Benn's colleagues, those who have worked with him in cabinets or shadow cabinets, who tell me he has changed since the summer, finding his political voice or public definition in opposition to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership.

In his statement today, Watson said: «I was deeply disappointed to see Hilary Benn sacked in the early hours of this morning and equally saddened that so many talented, able and hard - working colleagues felt they had to leave the shadow cabinet.

The frontrunner has previously made clear that his policy proposals are only suggestions that would have to be agreed by colleagues, but this is his clearest indication yet that the role of MPs and the shadow cabinet would be diminished.

Today Mr Clegg attempted to draw a line under his rivalry with Mr Huhne, insisting he could go back to being «colleagues» with the environment spokesman, who is now waiting to hear what position he will take in Mr Clegg's «shadow» Cabinet.

He does so by ingeniously entwining Ted Heath as an MP and party whip in the 1960s with the chief of staff and his colleague in the offi ce of a member of today's shadow cabinet.

Burnham, who is not persuaded by the case for air strikes, warned that colleagues who voted against the party's proposed position would be «thrown to the wolves» and said that he would not be a part of a «sham shadow cabinet».

Another MP said: «I don't think many colleagues will go back to the shadow cabinet of their own volition.»

Ten months later he repeated this position in spades in a shadow cabinet meeting: «the shadow chancellor bluntly warned colleagues that even under a Labour government there would have to be serious cuts», perhaps referring to the Coalition's # 30 billion «hit list» being drawn up in the treasury.

But whoever serves in the shadow cabinet should have the confidence of their colleagues.

Jo Stevens, Rachael Maskell and Dawn Butler have all stood down from the Shadow Cabinet over the issue, but the fate of their shadow ministerial colleagues has yet to be decided.

The problem is partly the excessively tight control being exerted by the shadow Treasury team over all their colleagues» initiatives, but mainly that Ed Miliband is hamstrung by a shadow cabinet where a large majority didn't vote for him as their first - choice candidate.