«UDCX» needs to be reminded that Liam Fox is one of the few
shadow cabinet members with ministerial experience.
Not exact matches
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».
Corbyn was appearing
with the entire
shadow cabinet,
members of Labour's ruling body and trade union chiefs at an event in central London on Tuesday,
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.
There were no double - acts
with members of the
shadow cabinet such as Ed Balls, Harriet Harman, or Yvette Cooper — who many see at the Labour leader in waiting.
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.
And the Scottish manifesto launch lacked the scale of events in Wales, where the
shadow cabinet joined
with Welsh assembly
members to champion the party ahead of May's vote.
Policy will be made by Labour
members and not the leader,
shadow cabinet, or parliamentary party, Jeremy Corbyn has said in a debate
with his three leadership rivals organised by the Guardian.
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.
«What weighs
with him is the polling which shows what the Tories are doing on immigration is popular and it certainly weighs on other
members of the
shadow Cabinet.
Why do some
shadow cabinet members think now's the time for Labour MPs to engage in a war
with the membership
His popularity
with Labour
members was at its height and he regularly topped
shadow cabinet elections.
But there is no argument consistent
with party policy for doing what some
shadow cabinet members appear to wish.
A
shadow cabinet member told me, «I've got issues
with Ed.
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.
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:
Similarly,
shadow Cabinet Office minister Jon Trickett stated: «A new political party
with # 50m in the kitty, no
members, no rule book, no ideology.
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».
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.
He said in November 2011: «I don't think there's a single
member of the
shadow cabinet who'd find it easy to sit down
with Nick Clegg... What Clegg did last year was so shocking.
The influx of new
members has sometimes represented a direct challenge,
with local
members vocally objecting to her decision to quit the
shadow cabinet.
I have some sympathy
with this Luddite
shadow cabinet member.
With accusations that he didn't give 100 % to campaigning for remaining in the EU over the past few months, and resignations coming thick and fast from multiple
shadow cabinet members, it's increasingly likely that Jeremy Corbyn will need to stand down as leader of the Labour party.
Jon Ashworth, the
shadow cabinet minister, accused the Tories of seeking to rig the political system
with planned cuts to «Short money» and new rules to discourage donations by trade union
members.
A
member of the
shadow cabinet gasped: «I'm amazed he got away
with it.»
William Hague and David Davis continue to trade places as the most rated
member of the
shadow cabinet with William Hague finishing top this month.
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.
Jeremy Corbyn, who opposes Trident, is heading for a battle
with much of his
shadow cabinet, MPs and trade unions over the issue but the Labour leader is likely to have the support of grassroots
members.
Ed is faced
with a
shadow cabinet in which only 4 of its 19
members voted for him in the leadership election 9 months ago and which has shown itself signally unwilling to accept the message of that leadership campaign that the party wanted a change of direction.
Unsourced briefings to several newspapers over Christmas, attributed to people in Corbyn's camp, claimed that
members of the
shadow cabinet — including Dugher, as well as the
shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, and the
shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle — could be removed as revenge for siding
with the government over the question of whether to extend airstrikes against Isis to Syria.
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».
The
shadow cabinet is nearly halved in size to 12,
with some
members shadowing two of Tony Blair's ministers.
Members of the
shadow cabinet will instead trumpet three key messages over the weekend: that the Tories are best placed to stabilise the economy,
with a credible plan to cut the fiscal deficit; that they embrace aspiration and opportunity for all; and that society needs to change.
We've already published the results from the April survey that showed rising
member satisfaction
with David Cameron and for most of the
shadow cabinet.
The news comes as Powell, along
with 15 other
shadow cabinet members, have resigned in protest to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the wake of the referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU).