Sentences with phrase «while shadow foreign secretary»

Shadow defence Secretary Maria Eagle told the BBC that Cameron «demeaned his office» while shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn labelled Cameron's remarks «disgraceful».

In Monday's shadow cabinet meeting, MPs agreed that Corbyn would open Labour's argument in Wednesday's Commons debate by opposing airstrikes while shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn will close the debate with an argument in favour of the government's motion.

Not exact matches

«I've said that it's right that we fully support our intelligence agencies in the work they do to keep us safe, while recognising that they must always operate within a framework of legality and accountability,» shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander said.

Hilary Benn, Labour's shadow foreign secretary, said it was a «shameful and cowardly poster», while Nicky Morgan, the Conservative education secretary, said: «Using the tragic deaths of innocent people to make a political point is simply shameful.»

Emily Thornberry, the shadow Foreign Secretary, then went on to claim that while the two leaders had very different values there were «similarities» between them.

Things have got so bad in the shadow cabinet that ministers are having to double up; Dave Anderson is minding both Scotland and Northern Ireland while Emily Thornberry is now both shadow foreign secretary and shadow minister for Brexit.

More than half of Labour voters (56 per cent) are pleased with Mr Corbyn's performance while just 25 per cent believe shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, who was widely lauded for a bravura Commons speech backing military action against Islamic State in Syria, would make a good replacement, rising to 42 per cent among Conservative voters.