Sentences with phrase «speech from a labour»

15.26 - Snap verdict: this was probably the most left - wing speech from a Labour party leader in a generation.

Recent events have included a dinner celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Maastricht rebellion, a cross-party conference on «How Britain Can Exit The EU», a speech by President Václav Klaus on «European Integration Without Illusions», an «international conference» to «advocate the dismantling of the Single Currency», and speeches from Labour figures on «Britain Beyond the EU».

Not exact matches

In a speech to the Federation of Small Businesses, the Labour leader said big business was holding back # 26bn a year from small suppliers by paying their bills late.

13:31 - Frank Field falls over himself to praise Wharton's speech - and gets heckled from his own Labour benches as a result, I think by Karl Turner.

On the one hand, Miliband launched the new slogan «One Nation Labour», inspired from a famous Disraeli's speech, which has been praised as an attempt to revitalise socialism in the context of the current economic crisis, as well as criticized for flirting with rightward doctrines such as compassionate conservatism.

In his book Power Trip, Damian McBride recalls his frustration — and sneaking admiration for — Tony Blair's annual conference Houdini act: «Each year we'd come in with Tony under pressure, probably assisted by some unhelpful splashes from me in the Sunday papers; Gordon would make an ecstatically received speech appealing to Labour's soul and adding to the pressure; and Tony would then deliver an even better - received speech dashing Gordon's hopes and putting him back in his box.»

In his speech, the former prime minister says: «From now until 10 pm on 23 June, we will not rest and I will not stop explaining why nine million Labour voters have most to gain from remaining in theFrom now until 10 pm on 23 June, we will not rest and I will not stop explaining why nine million Labour voters have most to gain from remaining in thefrom remaining in the EU.

Here we reprint an email response from Labour MEP Seb Dance, who once held up a sign saying «He's lying to you» while Farage delivered a speech in the European parliament, together with a full version of the Ukip politician's original message.

This speech to the Fabian Society disproves Lammy's loyalist credentials unless he is making an inadvertent miscalulation in attacking Labour's record on social mobility — surely he must be in the wrong party to be deliberately exposing the divide between their aspiration and achievement from a position of government, and it beggars belief that a serious politician would undermine their own argument in this way after suggested he himself has been a beneficiary of the process.

The Welsh Secretary David Jones made a speech last night which resisted the constant demands from the Labour - led Government in Wales for more powers.

Cameron's speech, seen from Labour headquarters, was therefore a holding operation.

If David Lammy's speech is to have any validity, then it shouldn't have come from a member of the government and ideally not from a member of the Labour party.

Chairman Grant Shapps, a man whose charisma is so limited you would struggle to distinguish him from a whiteboard, even managed to secure some positive coverage with a speech relentlessly focusing on labour's weak points this morning.

My impression is that the vast majority of criticism has come from SNP / Yes campaign supporters eager to describe it as a problem for Labour, and to put prominent Labour women in the uncomfortable position of having to denounce his speech.

Responding to a question from Labour backbencher Gisela Stuart, who recently said Britain should leave the EU, the prime minister promised an imminent speech.

That was the approach Darling adopted in the budget today, as he did in the pre-budget report at the end of 2009, and which looks set to be part of a developing story of departmental cuts that will be announced from Whitehall this afternoon... As ever, one must guard against exaggeration and oversimplification, but the 2010 budget, which may be Labour's last for a long time, was a very Mandelsonian speech.

This means that Labour haven't sent out an advance text of his speech, presumably to stop mischievous journalists like myself from trying to work out which bits he forgets.

4.25 - Labour MP and former soldier Dan Jarvis is receiving extremely warm responses for his speech backing action in Syria, both from Labour and Tory supporters and MPs.

Before Labour get their hopes up, read Hughes» speech from the Special Conference where he was the main drive behind bringing the party behind the coalition:

Mr Lansley confidently defended his proposals against attacks from the Labour benches, but a speech minutes earlier by Mr Cameron effectively pulled the rug from under him by offering major concessions on his bill.

Mr Leonard's speech was his first as Scottish Labour leader, after he took on the job from Kezia Dugdale in November 2017.

With its acceptance of Tory spending plans, adoption of the language of division, i.e. «scourgers», «shirkers» etc. and Jim Murphy's plans for «humanitarian» war in Africa (delivered in a speech to the right - wing Henry Jackson Society), the current Labour shadow cabinet is all but indistinguishable from the Tories.

This evening Ed Miliband will make speech mentioning Labour's great unmentionable, a policy area that has been mothballed since Tony Blair's departure from Number 10: public service reform.

The Welsh Labour Conference has got underway at the Brangwyn Hall in Swansea, with a speech from First Minister Carwyn Jones.

Meanwhile Matthew Offord, who gained Hendon from Labour, spoke about the need to instill in people a sense of aspiration in his first Commons speech:

On Tuesday, Simon Reevell — who gained Dewsbury from Labour's Shahid Malik — gave his maiden speech in the Commons.

In the Commons debate to decide the issue, Mr Corbyn opened from the Labour front bench to speak against intervention before Mr Benn won widespread plaudits for his closing speech making the opposite case.

In his maiden speech in the Lords, Labour's former election strategy chief Spencer Livermore said it was a «curious anomaly» that the bill would leave trade unions as the «only organisation in Britain prohibited from harnessing technology to modernise their own democratic procedures».

In his victory speech, Paddy Ashdown's successor distanced himself from New Labour, pledging to fight for a «fairer Britain» and saying he wanted his party to stand above all for social justice.

Mr McDonnell made the comments in the Q&A after a speech outlining Labour's position on Britain's exit from the EU.

Labour MP John Woodcock was quick out of the traps to accuse the Labour leadership of distracting from the growing Tory unease over tax credits, as articulated by Heidi Allen in her maiden speech:

In a series of blistering speeches on Tuesday, several Jewish Labour MPs spoke of the horrific anti-Semitic abuse they have suffered — and called on Corbyn to do more to eradicate it from the party.

V funny speech from Corbyn at his first Labour media drinks, thanks Mail for overanalysing his xmas card + Indy for telling him what he thinks

If Labour's clowns make Corbyn leader after this speech from Cooper, they deserve every defeat he will bring themhttps: / / t.co / IqLeVQrZKu

In a speech at the Lowry in Salford, Burnham appeared to borrow from Tony Blair's 1997 Labour conference speech, when the then prime minister spoke of turning Britain into «a beacon to the world».

So when Ed Balls used his conference speech to signal Labour's departure from an unquestioning commitment to HS2, all eyes turned to Adonis, who as a shadow minister for infrastructure is also a shadow cabinet colleague of Mr Balls.

In his speech to the Labour party conference, McDonnell promised a «radical departure» from previous Labour economic policies.

In his speech, Hutton didn't miss the opportunity for a jibe at old lobby pal Patrick Hennessy, who is now running Khan's communications having moved across from Labour HQ.

The new justice secretary expressed his objections to short sentences during a speech earlier this month, triggering dismay from right - wing Tory MPs, glee from Liberal Democrats and disdain from Labour.

But that hasn't stopped her taking pot shots at his elder brother, David, whose speech demanding Labour never forgets the middle classes was met by a sarcastic laugh from the Hackney North MP.

Luciana Berger (Lab, eligible) wants Cameron to adopt Labour policy on energy companies, reciting Miliband's policy from his speech yesterday.

The four day annual Labour Party Conference takes place in Brighton and is expected to attract thousands of delegates with keynote speeches from influential politicians and over 500 fringe events.

In a speech setting out how Labour would move on from an election defeat that remained «very raw», Ms Harman stressed that the influence of the unions over the decision on leadership had been altered by the move to a «one person, one vote» electoral system.

Gauke, whose speech was constantly peppered with shouted objections from the packed Labour benches, said universal credit was «working and the rollout will continue and to the planned timetable.»

The former Labour Councillor and Trade Union representative thanked his family and said he was honoured to have made Stoke his home as he made his victory speech from the stand.

Denis McShane told the Parliamentary Labour Party meeting that Ed Miliband's was the shortest speech that he had ever heard from a Labour leader, whereupon the PLP chairman Tony Lloyd interjected and told the occasionally long - winded McShane:

That was not too difficult to work out, for the phrase pops up at the end of a piece headlined «Mandelson sets out Labour's election line on spending cuts» and it is clear from reading the piece that Stratton has benefited from an eve of speech briefing either from the good Lord himself, or someone close to him.

The chancellor backed the scheme in his Tory party conference speech on Monday, but the shadow chancellor said last week there would be no blank cheque from Labour for the project.

«Rather than making a clear and passionate Labour case for EU membership, Corbyn took a week's holiday in the middle of the campaign and removed pro-EU lines from his speeches.

while Brown was making his speech, was manhandled from the room by Labour activists.