Sentences with phrase «shadow foreign secretary»

As shadow foreign secretary, I have been as clear in my support for the government when it does something we agree with as I am in highlighting that which we oppose.

But the former shadow foreign secretary and final speaker did not neglect the crowd - pleasing fighting talk.

No evidence is given of the usually mild - mannered shadow foreign secretary having done so.

Labour's shadow cabinet agreed on Monday that MPs would be given a free vote, despite Corbyn's public opposition to strikes, to avert a threatened rebellion by pro-bombing members such as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.

Labour's shadow foreign secretary says leaving the EU would play into Russia's hands.

«Nick Clegg now agrees with Labour's argument on every front,» said shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.

Mr Balls was rebutting a claim made by shadow foreign secretary William Hague about the «government's failure» over the case.

Ms Lipman's attack came after shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry admitted she had been approached in the street by anti-Semites claiming to be Labour supporters.

«We asked to meet with Jeremy on his own and John McDonnell barged in a couple of minutes in,» Smith said of the meeting held in the wake of Corbyn's sacking of shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn and at the start of mass frontbench resignations.

Mr Cameron met the Chinese leader for 45 minutes on Sunday morning, accompanied by shadow foreign secretary William Hague and shadow chancellor George Osborne.

This was the fate that befell Patrick Gordon Walker as shadow foreign secretary in the 1964 election.

Labour was less supportive with shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander saying Mr Cameron was being «forced to backtrack».

The attack came after shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry (pictured on Marr today) admitted she had been approached in the street by anti-Semites claiming to be Labour supporters.

But despite weeks of speculation, all other shadow cabinet members kept their jobs including shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn.

Labour MP Chuka Umunna has said that party leader Jeremy Corbyn's decision to sack shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn is «crazy».

His most recent comments on Pakistani counter-terrorism efforts earned him a damning assessment from shadow foreign secretary David Miliband, who compared the PM to «a cuttlefish squirting out ink».

Meanwhile, a number of Corbyn supporters on Twitter also insisted that Labour's low standing under the current leader is a result of what they call the «chicken coup» — a reference to the flurry of resignations that was triggered by Hilary Benn standing down as shadow foreign secretary on 26 June.

But bookmakers Ladbrokes still made shadow foreign secretary David 1 - 2 favourite on Tuesday night, ahead of his younger brother on 6 - 4.

I listened to Cooper, now shadow foreign secretary, on Woman's Hour the other day and was struck by how successfully she's now softened her edges.

In Monday's shadow cabinet meeting, MPs agreed that Corbyn would open Labour's argument in Wednesday's Commons debate by opposing airstrikes while shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn will close the debate with an argument in favour of the government's motion.

The new shadow foreign secretary told ITV's Peston on Sunday: «I think the future of the country is at stake here.»

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.

Douglas Alexander, who was shadow foreign secretary under Ed Miliband and Labour's 2015 election co-ordinator, was perhaps the most obsessive US politics watcher of all that generation.

London Mayor Sadiq Khan is known to three quarters (74 %) of Britons whilst 60 % have heard of former shadow foreign secretary Hillary Benn (whose sacking triggered Labour's last leadership election).

Although Mr Balls was always the chief Brownite aide, Mr Miliband and Douglas Alexander, the new shadow foreign secretary, were also senior advisers in the camp.

The comments reiterate deeply - held Conservative opposition to the idea, with some reports suggesting shadow foreign secretary William Hague said it would be «a hostile act» against an incoming Tory government for the EU to select him.

Labour's shadow foreign secretary commented on the government's handling of the Libyan crisis on the BBC's Question Time last night:

Emily Thornberry, MP for Islington South and shadow foreign secretary shares her road in Islington with Margaret Hodge, MP and former leader of Islington Council.

He dismissed shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry's comments yesterday that Labour would likely vote for the deal even if it only amounted to «blah, blah, blah» and insisted Labour won't support it.

The Guardian reports that Lieberman will also meet shadow foreign secretary, William Hague, and members of «a humanitarian and environmental charity» called the Jewish National Fund.

«Tony Blair's EU presidency has been historically inept and a wasted opportunity,» said shadow foreign secretary Liam Fox.

Why would he stifle his conscience and remove his own freedom of speech in order to become a puppet shadow foreign secretary now?

Hilary Benn was sacked as shadow foreign secretary shortly before 1 am on Sunday amid reports that he was leading a coup against Corbyn.

Some of Jeremy Corbyn's close allies remain angry with the former shadow foreign secretary since he argued against the Labour leader and in favour of airstrikes against Islamic State in Syria from the opposition frontbench.

Benn was then sacked from his role as shadow foreign secretary amid claims that he was encouraging colleagues to resign as part of an attempt to replace Corbyn as leader.

Even the usually super-loyal shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry declared in the Commons that there was «prima facie evidence» against Russia, and supported all the measures announced by the government in response to it.

Labour shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander struck a similar tone, saying: «The recent rocket attacks into southern Israel that have led to this latest response deserve our categorical condemnation but Israel must at all times act in accordance with international law.»

However, yesterday shadow foreign secretary William Hague said that «given the pace of policy review taking place in the US, with two parallel reviews currently ongoing», the government should make a full statement on UK policy in Iraq before Christmas.

Conservative shadow foreign secretary William Hague is in Washington to build bridges with the White House.

No, it is William Hague, the famously Eurosceptic shadow foreign secretary, sitting in his modern corner office with its bow - window view of Parliament Square and delivering a carefully calibrated message of reassurance to the Guardian and the world.

Despite opposition from its left wing the Labour party supported British nuclear weapons but opposed tests, and Labour Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell and shadow foreign secretary Aneurin Bevan agreed with Sandys on the importance of reducing dependence on the American deterrent.

I was going to predict that Ed Miliband would lead on Syria, which shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander has been particularly vocal about recently.

His comments come as a series of emails leaked to The Sunday Times suggest some Conservative MPs blame shadow foreign secretary William Hague for trying to scupper the pledge by briefing the press that it can not be done.

The aid pledge came on the same day shadow foreign secretary William Hague addresses the conference.

Jeremy Corbyn's warnings on Iraq, Libya and Syria have proved right, and now Iran looks like the next battleground, writes shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry

The weeks of speculation over Hilary Benn's sacking / non - sacking / neutering as shadow foreign secretary obscures the fact that Jeremy Corbyn clearly wants to make foreign policy a priority under his leadership.

Influential union leader foresees shadow foreign secretary taking over should vacancy arise, sources say

Despite weeks of speculation shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn kept his job in a purge of top - level critics.