Sentences with phrase «shadow foreign secretary commented»

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«Ruling out a referendum one day and then ruling it back in again the next looks like a prime minister spending more time managing his party than leading the country,» shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander commented.

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.

Douglas Alexander, shadow foreign secretary, commented on the UN security council's resolution:

That is the implication of tonight's comments by William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary and the man who pushed Lord Ashcroft's peerage through.

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.

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.

But we did find out that Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary, seemed to be in a good mood when he left Corbyn's office making no comment.

Clegg's comments on Iraq came during an exchange with Labour's shadow justice secretary, Jack Straw, who was Tony Blair's foreign secretary when the US - led offensive began.