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He told Sky News» Kay Burley: «I understand he was consulted on it and raised concerns around the fact you would have a leader and a shadow defence secretary in very sensitive circumstances from a certain part of North London.

A left wing MP who only entered Parliament last May is being tipped to succeed Maria Eagle as shadow defence secretary in Jeremy Corbyn's «revenge reshuffle», which is expected in the next few days.

When Coaker was promoted to shadow defence secretary in Miliband's next reshuffle, he had no hesitation in telling McGinn that he wanted him to come too.

Not exact matches

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«Just as many RAF personnel will be thinking about returning home having performed heroics in Libya, ministers are drawing up their P45s,» shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said.

Emily Thornberry says «bollocks» after David Cameron describes her as «a shadow Defence Secretary who doesn't believe in defence&Defence Secretary who doesn't believe in defence&defence».

Mr Cameron opted to keep leadership rival David Davis in his current post as shadow home secretary, with another former candidate, Liam Fox, moved to defence, and Mr Hague made shadow foreign secretary.

Jim Murphy MP, Labour's shadow defence secretary, accuses the government of failing to review the facts properly in the defence review.

Commenting, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said: «Labour has created a defence black hole which is not only impacting on current operations in Afghanistan but threatens to provide an ongoing defence crisis for years to come.

It's an open secret within the Labour party that shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy MP was key among those alleging wrong - doing in Falkirk.

Experts have little confidence in the government's ability to tackle today's challenges,» shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy said.

«We want the government to be clearer on what stresses and strains operations in Libya are making on the core defence budget, and whether our standing commitments are or will be affected by the ongoing conflict,» shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy commented.

The shadow defence secretary has predicted that there would «have to be a referendum» in the UK on its membership of the EU.

In any case, I hope Liam Fox will be thinking that being Defence Secretary is a lot better than being shadow any - job.

The unpopular Miliband was a disastrous front man for the No campaign and Lord Farage, Boris Johnson's shadow defence secretary, had urged voters to use the referendum to send the PM a message about Labour's record in office.

Corbyn has repeatedly and correctly condemned Russia's involvement in Syria and its actions in Aleppo, as have shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry and shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith.

Further senior Labour figures came out in support of No to AV today, including shadow defence secretary Jim Murphy.

In an interview on BBC Radio 4's Today programme, shadow defence secretary Nia Griffith insisted Labour supported the government's actions and «fully accepts that Russia is responsible».

Conservative shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said that «in more honourable times» Mr Browne's resignation would have been «inevitable».

Jim Murphy, Labour's shadow defence secretary, said that whilst previous decisions had been taken «in good faith» those responsible had not been correctly informed.

Responding to Mr Hutton's comments, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox told the paper that steps in favour of a European army must not harm relations with Nato.

Responding to the statement, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said many of the proposals had been put forward by the Conservatives in the past year.

To the south in Islington South and Finsbury is Thornberry, his newly - installed shadow defence secretary.

Abandoning the wartorn country too soon would be a «shot in the arm for every jihadist globally», the shadow defence secretary warned.

His stance differs from that of his key allies Emily Thornberry and Clive Lewis, shadow foreign and defence secretaries respectively, who revealed in a Guardian article on Saturday that they will abstain in Monday's vote.

Earlier in the evening, shadow defence secretary Alison Seabeck dismayed trade unionists and other Labourites on the same subject, with some similar consensus - courting: «There is no doubt that now the government has picked up the gauntlet and are doing what they can for this deal.»

In addition to former shadow home secretary Davis and former defence secretary Fox, prominent MPs backing the group include Dominic Raab, Priti Patel and Robert Halfon.

Shadow business secretary, Alan Duncan, was typically robust in his defence of senior shadow ministers retaining outside interests:

The shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle, led the charge as she described Corbyn's comments as unhelpful — prompting a rebuke in turn from Diane Abbott, the shadow international development secretary.

Some more detail is coming out in in terms of the rationale for Emily Thornberry going in as shadow defence secretary.

He moved Maria Eagle, who supports Trident, from her role as shadow defence secretary to shadow culture secretary in his January reshuffle, installing Thornberry instead.

Conor Pope at LabourList, who is also running a live blog, thinks Lisa Nandy, the shadow energy secretary, is unlikely to move to defence to replace Maria Eagle because «she is happy in her current brief and would be reluctant to move.»

A place in a future leadership election would have been secured for a candidate on the left, such as the shadow defence secretary, Clive Lewis.

He sparked controversy last month after it emerged he had been put in charge of the party's defence policy, without shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle being told.

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.

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.

Do expect new occupants of the posts of shadow Foreign Secretary and shadow Defence Secretary - in those two areas the tensions over nuclear weapons and military action have proved too much of an embarrassment for Mr Corbyn.

Jim Murphy, the shadow defence secretary - described as «thoughtful» by Benedict Brogan in the Telegraph this week - is not just that.

At the time, the shadow defence secretary said Unite had «well and truly overstepped the mark» in the constituency where there had «clearly been some external interference».

This group, effectively led by shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, has its firmest support within the shadow cabinet, counting shadow defence secretary Maria Eagle, deputy leader Tom Watson, shadow health secretary Heidi Alexander, shadow culture secretary Michael Dugher and shadow education secretary Lucy Powell among those planning to vote in favour.