Sentences with phrase «supported her leadership campaign»

Instead, Corbyn's base is among the new members who flocked into the party to support his leadership campaign.

The whole economic debate has moved very much towards the left because of the work of those that supported our leadership campaign last year,» he said.

Norman Lamb said he was thrilled Williams was supporting his leadership campaign, having always had a great admiration for her.

Liberal leader Stéphane Dion made the environment one of the «three pillars» supporting his leadership campaign platform and has been stressing his record as environment minister in the former Liberal government.

Not exact matches

Topics included: early reporting on inaccuracies in the articles of The New York Times's Judith Miller that built support for the invasion of Iraq; the media campaign to destroy UN chief Kofi Annan and undermine confidence in multilateral solutions; revelations by George Bush's biographer that as far back as 1999 then - presidential candidate Bush already spoke of wanting to invade Iraq; the real reason Bush was grounded during his National Guard days — as recounted by the widow of the pilot who replaced him; an article published throughout the world that highlighted the West's lack of resolve to seriously pursue the genocidal fugitive Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic, responsible for the largest number of European civilian deaths since World War II; several investigations of allegations by former members concerning the practices of Scientology; corruption in the leadership of the nation's largest police union; a well - connected humanitarian relief organization operating as a cover for unauthorized US covert intervention abroad; detailed evidence that a powerful congressional critic of Bill Clinton and Al Gore for financial irregularities and personal improprieties had his own track record of far more serious transgressions; a look at the practices and values of top Democratic operative and the clients they represent when out of power in Washington; the murky international interests that fueled both George W. Bush's and Hillary Clinton's presidential campaigns; the efficacy of various proposed solutions to the failed war on drugs; the poor - quality televised news program for teens (with lots of advertising) that has quietly seeped into many of America's public schools; an early exploration of deceptive practices by the credit card industry; a study of ecosystem destruction in Irian Jaya, one of the world's last substantial rain forests.

His lack of experience could hold him back, but the MSP for Central Scotland is a member of the Campaign for Socialism and his support for Corbyn could see him surprise many in the leadership election.

Publicly - traded companies also contribute to party leadership campaigns (legal in 8 provinces), contribute to think - tanks that advocate for (sometimes controversial) policy positions, and run their own advertising and advocacy campaigns to generate support for policies or projects.

The most notable PAC created since the NDP banned corporate political party donations was Jason Kenney «s Unite Alberta PAC, which supported his campaign for the leadership of the Progressive Conservative Party and the United Conservative Party.

What the ex-KGB hand, Putin, has gotten done is this: He's erected a kleptocratic quasi-dictatorship on top of a crumbling civil society while murdering his political opponents, invading his neighbors, backstopping Syria's murderous Bashar al - Assad, and conducting a fantastic propaganda campaign throughout the world (supported, sadly, by the leadership of the Russian Orthodox Church)-- all of which is aimed at reversing the verdict of recent history, rebuilding Stalin's empire in a new guise, and deconstructing the West.

Alongside national leadership by governments, as described above, the breastfeeding support charities, relevant royal colleges and other similar professional bodies, campaigning organisations and interested individuals can both amplify calls for change and help to bring it about by collaborating.

The Sussex Against Privatisation Campaign originally sought support from the existing union branches on campus — Unite, Unison and UCU — but were rebuffed by what they see as a conservative leadership presiding over an ossified system.

In other words, precisely the number who supported Corbyn in his second leadership campaign.

After coming out in support of the graduate tax during his leadership campaign, Mr Miliband's favoured policy was instantly destabilised by outspoken comments from his shadow chancellor saying he still supported tuition fees, which he originally helped to bring in while in government.

Their leadership supports campaign finance reform.

A number of features stand out: gender; left - wing identity; social liberalism; campaign activism; feelings about the leadership; and the possibility that the ranks of the newer members, and those that support Jeremy Corbyn, may have been swollen by what we call «educated left - behinds» — people who, given their qualifications, might have been expecting to earn more than they currently do.

Given that the city region is a traditional Labour stronghold, Street's victory with a 50.6 per cent share of the vote (after the second round) was testament to the strength of his campaign, and to the strong emphasis the Conservative national leadership placed on supporting his bid.

But no bill will pass without the public support of Gov. Cuomo; the article finds that public campaign finance presents the governor with the opportunity «to step into the leadership vacuum and provide a rare glimpse of hope on a mission - critical progressive priority.»

Once you have done your own little bit, as you have done for months now, to damage the Corbyn campaign, by your constant nitpicking of his competence and leadership skills and policy development shortcomings, and regular defence of the «soft Left» who have so blatantly failed to support him all year, from a supposed position on the Left (so much more effective in the current battle for the dominant narrative than criticism coming openly from the Labour right), will you too finally, (sorrowfully and with much hand - wringing») declare for Owen Smith at the opening of voting, David?

Though the leadership's lacklustre performance on the EU referendum campaign trail annoyed many new members, support for Corbyn amongst members was at 55 % in mid-July, nearly a month after the result.

During the three - month Labour leadership campaign, the debate increasingly addressed the failings of New Labour and the polices needed to rebuild Labour's support.

As Jon well knows, Luke supported Yvette during the leadership campaign and his views are, broadly, supported by a wide plularity of those 40 % of the electorate that voted for Liz, Yvette or Andy — around 60 % of the then membership.

During the current Labour leadership campaign he has spoken at rallies in support of Jeremy Corbyn.

However, we also know Ed Miliband himself supports the Yes campaign and he is not alone in the party leadership.

Local Democratic Party leadership is confirming that former Secretary of State Hillary Rodham Clinton will be in Buffalo early next month to attend a fundraiser supporting her presidential campaign.

She's also strongly supported GOP leadership, giving to the campaigns of Speaker John A. Boehner and Senate Majority Whip John Cornyn, as well as to the Congressional Leadership Fund in the last cycle.

Miliband said that he was «not running a leadership campaign» and had «always supported Gordon's leadership».

[109] The Labour Party held a leadership election, in which Jeremy Corbyn, then a member of the Socialist Campaign Group, [110] was considered a fringe hopeful when the contest began, receiving nominations from just 36 MPs, one more than the minimum required to stand, and the support of just 16 MPs.

Seriously considering leading Out campaign as gain of backbench support allows real tilt at leadership.

The push from a left - wing group to bypass the need to win support from Labour MPs comes as Momentum warns potential dissenters it is «absolutely equipped» to back another Jeremy Corbyn leadership campaign.

[5][6] Press rumours of a split in the Labour Party had occurred since Jeremy Corbyn's election as leader in 2015; this intensified after pro-EU members of his shadow cabinet resigned in protest of his allegedly weak support for the Remain campaign, leading to a leadership challenge by Owen Smith.

On the other hand the Labour party's new leadership under Jeremy Corbyn has expressed its official position to support the Remain campaign, although political pundits have noted a slight reservation of Corbyn towards the EU (primarily based on his previous opinions of the EU).

Javid ended up supporting May's leadership campaign, yet has had a very cool relationship with her since.

The party leadership as well as the majority of government ministers support the Remain campaign.

In response to James» question about the Labour leadership candidates — Ed Miliband campaigned for Simon Hughes to speak out & is encouraging his supporters to call on the Lib Dems to stand up for their values, David Miliband has suggested ending the charitable status of fee - paying schools and (one of those non-monetary aspects to reducing inequality) giving representation to ordinary workers on corporate remunertion committees, Ed Balls has strongly opposed the VAT rise and is calling for a graduate tax instead of higher tuition fees, Andy Burnham has reiterated his support for a National Care Service and spoken out on the abolition of the Future Jobs Fund, Diane Abbot has called for fair taxation, cancelling Trident, and setting a timetable for troop withdrawal from Afghanistan.

Chancellor Gordon Brown began his campaign for leadership unofficially yesterday by releasing figures showing mass support for his bid from MPs, the Guardian reports.

Owen Smith did not declare any donations but Angela Eagle was given # 75,000 worth of office, staffing and other support by technology entrepreneur Anthony Watson for her quickly aborted leadership campaign.

But to many Westminster watchers Loughton is better - known for his enthusiastic support for Andrea Leadsom's Tory leadership campaign.

They are not the numerical bulk of his support, but they were his most passionate supporters when his leadership was at its lowest ebb last year, and they also bring plenty of the organisational and social media nous that were crucial in Labour's election campaign.

Last summer he donated # 75,000 to the Yvette Cooper campaign for the leadership and # 20,000 to support Rushanara Ali's doomed deputy leadership bid.

«Throughout the campaign I was also very vocal about my support for restrictions on lobbying activity, or bidding on state contracts, reform to restrictions on outside income, and term limits for our bodies» leaders, which is what we had voted on in our rules, that was the first thing that we did - eight years that we wanted for committee chairs and for leadership,» Serino says.

Howard Leigh passed on the details of donors who wished to support Fox's campaign during the 2005 Tory leadership contest.

Mr McDonnell, the Shadow Chancellor who is also chairing Mr Corbyn's re-election campaign, today challenged Mr Smith to disown the comments and suggested the leadership contender was giving «tacit support» to the calls for a split.

Among the 17 committee chairs, no fewer than 10 supported Liz Kendall's leadership campaign.

«An arms length relationship between the Tory leadership and the No campaign that meant Cameron was unable to stop the targeting of the politically toxic Nick Clegg and his broken promises Main AV could only be defeated if a large number of Labour supported voted to keep First Past The Post and from the earliest days of the campaign huge efforts were made to ensure the No campaign was genuinely cross-party»

In the recent leadership campaign, Jeremy Corbyn promised to «promote the growth of over 200 «local energy companies»» and to «support the development of 1,000 community energy co-operatives».

A HARD - LEFT group which backs Jeremy Corbyn's leadership campaign has links with an extremist group accused of anti-Semitism to boost his support among Muslims, it has been reported.

Under Governor Cuomo's leadership the state has tripled support for the tourism industry with measures including a $ 45 million tourism campaign.

Paladino expressed his support for Trump's campaign in an open letter to the state's Republicans, and urges party leadership not to be neutral, especially with state Democratic party leaders already backing Hillary Clinton.

PoliticsHome understands fresh divides have opened up between Jeremy Corbyn's office and the Momentum campaign group that was set up to support his leadership.

For New York workers and youth fed up with the status Cuomo and with the WFP leadership for supporting him, Howie Hawkins and the 15 Now campaign provide a fighting alternative.