Sentences with phrase «time leadership rival»

In a thinly - veiled swipe at Eton - educated David Cameron, the one - time leadership rival told a meeting on grammer schools the only winners from the death of the selective education system were the public school boys who now «dominate» Britain.

His one - time leadership rival, Chris Huhne, is one of a number of coalition government ministers busily creating a packed legislative timetable.

Not exact matches

It was a pledge originally made in his leadership election campaign at a time when his victory over rival David Davis was far from certain.

In spite of a strong performance in a BBC Question Time head - to - head debate in the final stage of the leadership contest, Davis could not match his rival's general popularity.

Andrea Leadsom tells Times journalist Rachel Sylvester that being a mother gives her the edge over Theresa May, her rival in the race in the Conservative leadership contest.

Theresa May's leadership campaign will go down as one of the most successful of all time — not only did it achieve its aims long ahead of schedule, it also raised a six - figure sum while rivals failed to secure a penny.

But despite his party's poor showing, a separate YouGov poll for The Times today gave Jeremy Corbyn a 24 - point lead over his leadership rival Owen Smith.

I also do not believe it will be at all easy to change the leadership of Labour so soon after electing a new leader in such a short space of time - It shouldn't be discounted also that Corbyn could do very well as party leader in the next few years and stop dead in their tracks any attempts by his rivals within the party to challenge his authority.

These last four years, under the leadership of Governor Phil Bryant, Lt. Governor Tate Reeves, and Speaker of the House Philip Gunn, Mississippi has enacted a wide array of strong, student - centered education reform measures that rival what any other state in the nation has done during the same time.

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