Sentences with phrase «successors as party leader»

Sadly for the Conservatives, not one of her successors as party leader (notably the current holder) can match her political skills, strengths and service.

He went on to be a special adviser to Douglas Hogg, the Minister of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food, and worked at 10 Downing Street as well as for Prime Minister John Major's campaign team in the party's unsuccessful 1997 general election campaign, before becoming a speechwriter and political secretary to Major's successor as party leader, William Hague.

Ed Miliband last week won the key support of ex-leader Lord Kinnock as well as the backing of Baroness (Elizabeth) Smith, widow of John Smith, Lord Kinnock's successor as party leader.

Not exact matches

It would be a mistake to imagine that Pope Francis were somehow endorsing the policies of his predecessor as perhaps the incoming leader of a political party might wish to be seen as the anointed successor to this or that great political figure.

One of many tipped as a Corbyn successor, he perhaps lacks the warmth to charm the party members and trade union leaders.

Speaking in public for the first time since his resignation as party leader a day after the general election, in which the Lib Dems lost 48 of their 56 MPs, Clegg said his successor deserved the party's «undivided unity and support».

Tuesday's moves were seen as May preparing for a potential successor as Tory leader from the party's next generation, after media reports about senior ministers such as Boris Johnson and David Davis eyeing up the role.

About 650 people were invited to the party, including her successor as Conservative prime minister, John Major, former party leader Michael Howard, and Tony Blair.

So what are we to make of the news that Brown's successor as leader of the Labour Party couldn't even be bothered to add his name to his child's birth certificate?

David Cameron needs to act now and for years to come if he wants to ensure that the parliamentary party inherited by his successors as Tory leader will represent his socially progressive conservatism.