Sentences with phrase «shadow cabinet colleagues»

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.

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?

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.

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.

One of her senior shadow cabinet colleagues played down the seriousness of the condition, saying: «Everyone, in every job, gets ill from time to time.

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.

The sacking of Michael Dugher saw shadow Cabinet colleagues fall over themselves to issue messages of support.

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.

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

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.

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.

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.

Emboldened by his crushing leadership victory Mr Corbyn moved to extend his power base by moving to axe a shadow cabinet colleague from Labour's powerful ruling executive.

As a shadow cabinet colleague, Oliver Letwin, denounced the party's «weird» reliance on white, male MPs, another measure of the desperation which grips the Tories 16 months after their second crushing election defeat came from a former party research chief.

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.

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».

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.

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.

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.