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.
And she dismissed the fact Mr Corbyn has scores of empty frontbench roles - with people having to do two
shadow cabinet jobs at once - after 64 members of his top team resigned.
Jeremy Corbyn has promoted a number of his closest allies to top
shadow cabinet jobs as he vows to...
Somewhat surprisingly, the deputy leadership runner - up was not offered
a shadow cabinet job.
Alan Johnson launched a staunch defence of the Labour government's track record on civil liberties today, in a speech which all but removed him for the running for
a shadow Cabinet job.
«Senior Tory Caroline Spelman is set to keep
her shadow cabinet job after a report into the «Nannygate» affair found her guilty only of inadvertent breaches of Commons rules.
After being in Parliament for less than two years, she holds a pretty senior
shadow cabinet job and is being mentioned as the possible next Labour leader.
The only Scottish Tory MP, Mr Mundell quickly landed
a shadow cabinet job after entering Parliament in May.
Not exact matches
Lammy says he was offered a
job in Ed Miliband's
shadow cabinet but turned it down.
Jeremy Corbyn has plugged the gaps in his
shadow cabinet by handing out
jobs to three low profile...
That's my
job and it's the
job of the
shadow Cabinet.
A spokesperson for Iain Duncan Smith today said that Byrnes's figures were «nonsense» and accused him of a «last - ditch attempt to keep his
job in the
shadow cabinet» following rumours that he is to be lose his
job in a forthcoming reshuffle.
He stayed in my
shadow cabinet not because he is a friend, not because we are godfathers to each other's children but because he is the right person to do the
job.
Although the motivation behind the move is not directly linked to what many critics have called his poor performance in the
job, many Labour figures were admitting relief at the shakeup in Ed Miliband's
shadow Cabinet.
She was worried about the
shadow health secretary's
job security and wanted Miliband to publicly confirm he would continue to keep Burnham in the
shadow Cabinet.
Watson said it was «yet to be determined» if the party would ultimately end up splitting in the event of a Corbyn victory, but one of the
jobs of a new deputy leader would be to help unite the
shadow cabinet and backbenchers in an effort to stop this happening.
Jeremy Corbyn has appointed an array of new MPs to frontbench Labour
jobs as well as handing junior roles to recognisable names such as former
shadow cabinet minister Gloria De Piero and Tracy Brabin, who replaced the murdered MP Jo Cox.
Mr Cameron also rejected the argument too many members of his
shadow Cabinet have
jobs outside politics, making it appear that they are not ready to form a government.
We'll soon see how the demoted react, but for now they are still in
jobs and, mostly, in the
shadow cabinet.
Tim Farron has named his
shadow cabinet team but is no
job for Nick Clegg.According to the Lib Dems...
They point with some glee to the fact that both held senior
jobs in Miliband's
shadow cabinet.
«It may just be my imagination» one
shadow cabinet minister confided to me «but I was speaking at a fringe meeting and I had the impression there was a guy at the back whose
job it was to keep an eye on what I was saying.
The indications coming out of John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn yesterday were that the
shadow ministers would be able to keep their
jobs, with McDonnell suggesting that defiance of a three - line whip only mandated the resignation of a
Shadow Cabinet member and Corbyn stressing that he is «very lenient».
With Burnham applying for a
job in Corbyns
shadow cabinet & Kendall, Cooper & Madleson plotting to sabotage The Election any solidarity among the anti-Corbyn forces is falling apart.
Ed Balls is confirmed as
Shadow Chancellor; his wife Yvette Cooper takes his
job as
shadow home secretary; Douglas Alexander takes her former portfolio of
shadow foreign secretary; Lima Byrne becomes
shadow work and pensions secretary; Tessa Jowell to take on responsibilities
shadowing the
Cabinet Office, formerly held by Byrne.
This is the man who sulked when he lost the last leadership contest and refused to take a
job in the
shadow cabinet.
Clegg dismissed him for the key Environment
job by saying the
shadow cabinet needed someone «more emotionally intelligent».
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.
Ed Balls has called on his party to offer a clear «Labour alternative» to the coalition government's programme of spending cuts, as he made his pitch for a senior
job in the
shadow Cabinet.
As we argued last week, we favour democracy but the 300,000 plus people that put Ed into his
job carry more weight with us than the 258 people who isolated him in his
shadow cabinet.
She tweeted that it had «been an honour to serve in
shadow cabinet doing a
job I love.
After David Cameron confirmed that he would instruct frontbenchers to vote for a 1.9 % pay increase for MPs Ben Brogan asked a tough question about the fact that half of his
shadow cabinet was pursuing outside paid
jobs.
As I said to a friend last night, it's hard to get excited about a 50:50
shadow cabinet (or more) when all the big
jobs are in the hands of men.
In his eighty - second year, Paul Flynn has finally taken his place in the
shadow cabinet with not one but two
jobs.
During the hour - long press conference the Tory leader announced that from December all member of the
shadow cabinet would give up their second
jobs, and he published a list of
shadow cabinet outside interests as of 1 July.
The nominations for the
shadow cabinet will kick off from the Sunday of conference, with the coronation of the leader likely to be a side show to those MPs plotting and scheming to ensure they make the final shoot out for the big
jobs.
Corbyn's
job was to execute the decisions taken by the
shadow cabinet, in the PLP, where over 200 of our MPs backed the remain campaign, by the trade unions, and at annual conference, which voted to back the remain position.
Angela Eagle, in spite of her vote for David Miliband, should probably be seen as being on the centre - left of the
shadow cabinet and it is disappointing that she has not been given a policy
job.
It is understood there are still more
shadow junior ministerial announcements to come but the
shadow cabinet movements are now concluded, with 17 women and 14 men in top
jobs.
As a spin doctor he was combative and loyal and, after being elected as an MP in 2010, one of his
jobs in Ed Miliband's
shadow cabinet involved coordinating party presentation.
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.
David was offered a
shadow cabinet role but opted to leave British politics altogether, taking up a
job as the head of the International Rescue charity in New York, avoiding speculation about rivalry with his younger brother that would surely have followed had he stayed around.
Out of the
shadow cabinet's heavy hitters, Andy Burnham is untouchable at health, Chuka Umunna is seen as having done a good
job maintaining Labour's strained links with business, and any lateral move for Yvette Cooper would have been viewed as a demotion, enraging Ed Balls and his supporters.
He entered the
shadow cabinet as chief secretary to the Treasury and has kept the
shadow chancellor
job given to him by Michael Howard in May 2005.
Jeremy Corbyn did, just 36 hours ago, want new faces in those
jobs after bust - ups over nuclear weapons and military action in Syria, but this morning it would be a big surprise to his
shadow cabinet - even though this might be a disappointment to some of his supporters - if he did go ahead with making the changes.
Last night Mr Corbyn finally filled all his
shadow cabinet posts following a mass walkout last week — but had to give several MPs more than one
job.