Sentences with phrase «shadow cabinet member shami»

Kristin Scott Thomas stars as a shadow cabinet member hosting one of those dos at which shock revelation follows shock revelation, in Sally Potter's short, smart comedy

In fact there were two things missing from almost every shadow cabinet member's speech last week which have pulsated through every Minister's so far at Conservative conference.

A former shadow cabinet member added: «It was the Rosie thing — and that it was clear that Jeremy was just looking to fill empty chairs rather than form a shadow cabinet of all the talents — that put people off.»

Jon Trickett, Labour's election coordinator and a shadow cabinet member, agreed with the Liberal Democrats that it now looked like «the coronation of a new Conservative prime minister».

«Gordon Brown leading a union - financed election campaign,» says one shadow Cabinet member.

He is the most valuable shadow cabinet member apart from Cameron, and still you underestimate him.

Former shadow cabinet member and University of Kent student, Emily Thornberry MP, issued an apology on Twitter after being criticised for the tweet she posted from Rochester & Strood.

In a recent Labour List poll, Tristram Hunt was voted the least popular shadow cabinet member.

On Saturday night, in a sign of the growing concern at the top of the party about the affair, one shadow cabinet member told the Observer: «The issue is already echoing back at us on the doorsteps.»

It is understood that Smith will probably be called in by Corbyn's team and reminded of his responsibilities as a shadow cabinet member.

As shadow cabinet member for Local government he should be shouting from the roof tops that the EU and this government plan to abolish counties and reorganise other local authorities into regional government with sub regions and sub sub regions.

Hain's outburst may not have been the official party line, but he is still a shadow cabinet member, and his leader could have lived without this embarrassment.

Liam Fox has apparently been in a bit of a sulk ever since he made way for William Hague and David Davis didn't, and was alleged to be the un-named «senior shadow cabinet member» responsible for some divisive off - the - record briefings last year.

Most voters understandably don't distinguish between a «Top Tory», a Conservative frontbencher and a shadow cabinet member.

One former shadow cabinet member, who quit in despair at Corbyn's inability to lead in Parliament or appear a potential Prime Minister, stopped me the evening of the 184,000 surge was announced.

Former shadow cabinet member Anglea Eagle has also said she has «the support to run and resolve this impasse», and that she will do if Mr Corbyn «does not take action soon».

I have some sympathy with this Luddite shadow cabinet member.

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

One former shadow cabinet member told the Mirror that Mr Corbyn's much - vaunted «olive branch» to MPs after his leadership victory now looked like «an act of war».

Footage emerged of shadow cabinet member Andrew Gwynne hinting that Labour could even switch sides on Brexit if public opinion shifted against leaving.

The shadow cabinet member suggested Labour's ruling National Executive Committee should sack Livingstone as co-chair of the party's defence review.

«It's odd,» one shadow cabinet member told me in the middle of the week.

One shadow cabinet member says: «The old divide between Left and Right is gone.

Listen to shadow Cabinet member David Willetts discusses the thinking behind his latest book, The Pinch, in an in - depth interview with politics.co.uk:

«David Cameron wrote to him in October urging major reforms to party funding and a cap on donations, Gordon Brown refused because he didn't want to give up on the multi-million pound financing from the trade unions,» shadow Cabinet member Chris Grayling said.

The Labour MP and senior shadow cabinet member calls for a constitutional convention to wrest power from the UK's unaccountable, neoliberal elite.

Labour politicians employing family members include shadow cabinet member Kate Osomor and prominent backbenchers Jess Phillips, Caroline Flit and Michael Dugher.

A shadow cabinet member told me, «I've got issues with Ed.

(And while I understand your position on anonymous sources — it furthers your own poltical agend... sorry, I mean it's the ethical thing to do — could you at least number them so we know if the shadow cabinet member who told you things is the same one as last time, or a different one.

Former shadow cabinet member Michael Dugher — who was sacked by Mr Corbyn last year — said: «There should be alarm bells ringing.

«The old divide between Left and Right is gone», another shadow cabinet member told me, «the new divide is between the centralisers and the devolutionists».

«Who isn't writing the manifesto», one shadow cabinet member told me, «You've got Cruddas, Angela, Ed himself, Balls and his people, Torsten [Henricson Bell], Stewart [Wood], Harriet wants her say, even Axelrod is chipping in.

«It's supposed to be our answer to the fundamental question — what do you do as a party of the Left when there's no money left», said one shadow cabinet member.

Backbenchers and political journalists piled the praise on Eagle after today's performance, while a shadow cabinet member suggested that many Labour MPs preferred Eagle's «confrontational» style to Jeremy Corbyn's «calm» approach.

The second review is «unofficial», and being conducted by former shadow cabinet member Jon Cruddas.

Exhibition space has sold out and corporate chiefs are expected to flock to the business forum at party conference, where they can mix with «prominent business leaders and senior shadow cabinet members».

Many current shadow cabinet members would be unable to stomach serving as junior partners in the great Corbynite project.

The sudden appearance of cabinet and shadow cabinet members seeking to ingratiate themselves with the «Northern powerhouses» of Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds has been a sight to behold.

Labour has tried to park the issue through promising to hold a constitutional convention next year, but shadow cabinet members have struggled in media interviews to give a clear response.

And now we have a more explicit outlining of an emerging new Tory constitutional doctrine in an extraordinary Guardian report on Tuesday — based on anonymous briefings from «senior shadow Cabinet members» — that the Conservatives intend to mount a partisan attack on existing constitutional conventions, and the Cabinet Secretary's protocols for handling a hung Parliament, even though a primary motivation for these has been to protect the Monarchy from being dragged into party political controversy.

The anthem row has been particularly damaging for Corbyn in his first week, with several shadow cabinet members and Labour mayoral candidate Sadiq Khan moved to publicly criticise him.

Despite the mass resignation of shadow cabinet members, Corbyn feels emboldened to resist calls to go.

Of the other shadow cabinet members who are potential occupants of the major offices of state, Douglas Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, is probably the most concerned for the future.

It was madness to appoint separate shadow cabinet members to lead on the national policy forum and on the policy review, initially Peter Hain and Liam Byrne but subsequently Angela Eagle and Jon Cruddas.

Why do some shadow cabinet members think now's the time for Labour MPs to engage in a war with the membership

Jon Lansman, the leader of Momentum, spoke out as party sources said that up to ten shadow cabinet members are set to quit today.

Reports suggest a majority of shadow cabinet members are likely to vote in favour of airstrikes.

But there is no argument consistent with party policy for doing what some shadow cabinet members appear to wish.

The sacked shadow cabinet members may well have been genuine Labour men but nither were capable of keeping their mouths shut

Following Hilary Benn's departure there was a mass resignation of shadow cabinet members and, at the time of writing, the party's MPs have backed a vote of no confidence by an overwhelming margin.