Sentences with phrase «thought of his party leader»

When Andy Burnham himself went AWOL from his own «victory celebration» it made it clear what he thought of his party leader.

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Beijing wrapped up a meeting of top Communist Party economic leaders Wednesday by endorsing a document entitled «Xi Jinping Thought on Socialist Economy with Chinese Characteristics.»

I think many British Columbians, much like Albertans, have shrunk from voting NDP because they were seen as a party of labour leaders, professors and what my father would call «parlor pinks.»

This party is incapable of mending its ways... its had 3 leaders in 8 years... I think the culture and entitlement of this party is too much baggage to carry it further....

John, I like your explanation of Jim Prentice's departure but I think Jerrymacgp is right, resigning as party leader made perfect sense.

Liberal Party President Erick Ambtman edged out Calgary - Buffalo MLA Kent Hehr in the latest blog poll asking readers of this blog who they thought should replace Calgary - Mountain View MLA David Swann as leader of his pParty President Erick Ambtman edged out Calgary - Buffalo MLA Kent Hehr in the latest blog poll asking readers of this blog who they thought should replace Calgary - Mountain View MLA David Swann as leader of his partyparty.

It sounds rather evangelical, though Avakian is, as you may have guessed, a leftist, and in fact the leader of the Revolutionary Communist Party» which seems, if we understand Revolution, the broadsheet on whose back page that quote appears, to think Mao too conservative.

Nevertheless, as a potential voter, I would prefer to think that the leaders of whichever party I favor have done everything they can to nominate a quality candidate before I have to make a choice.

If the leadership of the Tea Party / Republican Party think that they are going to score points by having their drug addict, hate mongering goon score points by attacking the spiritual leader of the Catholic Church, they have seriously miscalculated.

As for the dangers, I think religion in general, and Christianity in particular, is ill served when leaders of the Religious Right proclaim what Christians as «people of faith» are going to do if a President or major party disagrees with them, as if they have been empowered to speak for all Christians or all people of faith.

Don't you think the pastor and the leaders of the church are gonna be excited and have a similar party to the one in heaven by the angels?

Amidst all the doom and gloom around Arsenal following a typically tough and trying month of November (maybe if the Gooner leader of the Labour party ever gets elected we could petition him to abolish the month altogether) I think we all got a bit carried away by the talk of an injury crisis.

On the night of the EU referendum at the leavers» party at Millbank Tower, the UKIP leader said both privately and on camera: «I still think Remain will edge it».

Senate Democratic spokesman Austin Shafran sent a statement slamming the Republicans for being the «party of Joe Bruno» and «led by the son - in - law of President Nixon and the «Dean of dysfunction», which I think is a reference to Senate Minority Leader Dean Skelos.

«I think it's fantastic, it's great to see women leaders of the main parties in Scotland.

But, in any case, I think that what we should really focus on, is what Corbyn has achieved as leader of the Labour Party.

«I am a bit concerned that a leader of a political party would seek to make capital out of this, because it is a minor issue, it does need resolving, I'm concerned by Nigel saying that people are becoming overly sensitive to Muslim communities, I think that makes it a far more divisive issue than it needs to be.»

I don't think it would be appropriate for a serious leader of his calibre to consult somebody who has supervised the disintegration of his party, sacked persons who hold contrary views to his, supervised bloodshed in his party and breeded experts in insults, on serious national issues.Ideologically you come from different dispositions but matured politicians bury ideological inclinations when it comes to deciding on certain sensitive issues.

Poll finds fewer than half of all Labour party members think their leader will win the general election

The Working Families Party is still scrambling to find a placeholder candidate for governor in advance of its June 5 convention, and is looking for someone who will not only attract 50,000 votes but also might exploit the fact that the statewide Democratic ticket lacks diversity, a source with knowledge of party leaders» thinking Party is still scrambling to find a placeholder candidate for governor in advance of its June 5 convention, and is looking for someone who will not only attract 50,000 votes but also might exploit the fact that the statewide Democratic ticket lacks diversity, a source with knowledge of party leaders» thinking party leaders» thinking said.

Republican leaders and activists don't seem to have realized that the last two elections may actually reflect real demographic and ideological shifts, which explains their Tea Parties, the anti-gay-marriage hysteria, the flight to the Hard Right, etc.: they're playing to the heirs of Nixon's Silent Majority, which they must still think is a real political force.

He told politics.co.uk: «We support Tim Farron's sacking [of Ward] and we think it shows a leader who's in control of his party and who doesn't tolerate racist or anti-Semitic individuals on a mainstream party ticket.»

DC: I didn't sack Michael Gove, what I did is... I don't think people understand but if you are a party leader or prime minister, one of the most important people in your life, let alone your job, is your chief whip and I asked Michael to do a job that I knew he'd do really well, which was to be chief whip, and that's the job he is doing extremely well.

People know that I will take the steps that are in the national interest but I think I am perfectly entitled as the leader of a political party to say that I will spend the next 50 days fighting for a majority government.

Tony Blair doesn't think much of the new leader of the Labour Party.

We asked what people had noticed and what had passed them by, what they thought the parties were trying to tell them and how believable (or otherwise) they found it, what mattered to them and what didn't, what they made of the leaders vying for their attention, which way they were leaning and what doubts stopped them making their minds up.

I think British political leaders through out history can be fitted into the following 4 types, when it comes to the role of the state: Big Redistribution + Centralised State Big Redistribution + Decentralized State Small Redistribution + Centralized State Small Redistribution + Decentralized State The modernized wing of the labour party fit's basically in the first category, particularly post Credit Crunch.

«Well I would think as the leader of the party, that I'm asking all Democrats to support the winner of these primaries,» the governor explained.

Ditching Brown gave Labour a popularity boost of around four percentage points, but political parties rarely think strategically when choosing replacement leaders.

With the new leader of Ukip, Paul Nuttall, being spoken about as a threat to the party in the North, how does he think Labour should reconnect with its core voters?

What did you think of last night's grilling of the main party leaders?

Party leader Angus Robertson thinks his party should trump Labour, since Jeremy Corbyn no longer commands the confidence of hisParty leader Angus Robertson thinks his party should trump Labour, since Jeremy Corbyn no longer commands the confidence of hisparty should trump Labour, since Jeremy Corbyn no longer commands the confidence of his MPs.

Every week until the general election, the Lord Ashcroft Polls team will visit constituencies around Britain to find out what people from all walks of life think about the parties, the leaders and the issues as they approach their decision on 8 June.

John McDonnell said: «I would have thought the new leader of the Tory party will want to seek a mandate so we will be gearing up for that.»

«He (Ryan) is clearly one of our true thought leaders in the Republican party and I respect the work he has done in regards to the policy work and leading our conference as he has,» said Reed, R - 23rd District.

«Do I happen to think that it would probably be a eurosceptic who would be the next leader of the party?

«It is disturbing that the IDC thinks the entire state party, the DNC, Senator Kirsten Gillibrand, the entire NY Democratic Congressional Delegation, Mayor de Blaiso, Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer and many more national and local leaders are just a «small band of misfits».

Whatever you think of the man, he won three successive elections for the party - something no other Labour leader has ever managed.

The purpose of these volumes was to think about how we can assess party leaders.

Pataki, who once harbored White House aspirations of his own, said he does not think there will be a «dearth of talent» for the Republicans in 2016, noting that there are many leaders in the party — including a number of (unnamed) «former governors.»

But it is thought that in several of these files the civil servants have thought it necessary to include options that do go against the grain of what the party leaders have been campaigning on - because they are not convinced the total number of cuts can be achieved unless the politicians eat their words.

The activists who take part are slowly undergoing a journey a bit like that of the dissident - turned - conformist Winston Smith in 1984, with Nick Clegg playing the role of O'Brien, as the menacing thought police leader who explains to Orwell's hero what needs to be done to serve the party objective, namely, power.

Why would a website that claims to support The Labour Party and its aims publish an article written by the ceo of a conservative think tank where the general point of the article is, that so called Labour «moderates» must stay within The Party and continue the struggle to bring down Labour's elected leader?

Some 45 % of Labour supporters thought Mrs May was doing a good job as Prime Minister, while 39 % were happy with their own party leader's performance.

David Cameron made it very clear during the leadership election that economic stability would be prioritised over tax cuts and he was subsequently elected leader by a significant majority of the party membership, so I think anybody that expects him to abandon that position now is being a bit unreasonable to be honest.

She said: «They are putting loyalty to the Labour Party ahead of personal career or position and I think Jim Murphy should do likewise and step down as leader.

«Since taking office in 2015, John Katko has demonstrated that he is the independent, forward - thinking leader the people of Central New York deserve,» said Frank MacKay, Chairman of the New York State Independence Party.

Mike Murphy, a spokesman for the mainline Democrats, called it «disturbing that the IDC thinks the entire state party, the DNC, Sen. Kirsten Gillibrand, the entire NY Democratic Congressional Delegation, Mayor de Blaiso, Public Advocate Tish James, Comptroller Scott Stringer and many more national and local leaders are just a «small band of misfits».»

I'd like to think that the Executive Director of a political party is on the lookout for local leaders to develop for the future.

44 % of people told Populus they thought it was important for a political leader to have strong religious belief, 53 % disagreed (for the record, Tony Blair is known to be a practicing Christian who regularly attends church, Michael Howard attends a Liberal Synagogue on the High Holy feast days — not that it matters anyway, since neither of them will be leader of their respective parties by the time of the next election).