Sentences with phrase «with labour mps»

What they regret is the partisan way he has been elected, with some Labour MPs backing Bercow, not because they thought he was the right reforming Speaker, but because they knew it would anger the Tory benches.

For instance, he favours nationalisation of Britain's railways and some utilities over their present near - monopoly status, harbours a visceral hatred of many Tories, and has had several conversations with Labour MPs about wooing them over to the populist Momentum - style movement that he intends to launch in the coming months.

«Lib Dems defeating Tories» is, therefore a curious situation; a situation made all the more curious when Lib Dem MPs (in government) join forces with Labour MPs (in opposition) to «defeat» Conservatives (in government) who on the whole voted against the amendment.

@ madasafish of course starting with his Labour MPs, and then hopefully the idea will catch on.

His views are out of step with Labour MPs, only a tiny number backed Jeremy's nomination out of genuine conviction, and his hundreds of rebellions against the party whip place him -LSB-...]

Meanwhile, Russell, who has previously threatened to vote against the Budget in its entirety, has dismissed an Independent on Sunday report that the rebels have secretly agreed to co-operate with Labour MPs as «poppycock» and «Labour mischief - making».

She had travelled to the Berlaymont, the European commission's HQ, with the Labour MPs Chuka Umunna and Chris Leslie, and David Cameron's one - time attorney general Dominic Grieve.

Critics of the planned Lib Dem - Labour deal said there had not been enough consultation with Labour MPs.

Jeremy Corbyn is plunged into fresh civil war with Labour MPs after their backbench chief accused him of acting in bad faith during failed peace talks.

With Labour MPs backing the referendum campaign, Mr Brown could find himself grateful for Lib Dem support in parliament - where ministers say the treaty should be approved.

Notes to Editors * The coalition of MPs and unions is being brought together by the Trade Union and Labour Liaison Organisation (TULO), the body which brings together Labour Party affiliated unions with Labour MPs.

Click here for the full audio file of interviews with Labour MPs Laura Moffatt and Mike Gates, and Lib Dem health spokesman Norman Lamb.

Meanwhile, there have been moves afoot in Labour's mayoral race, with Labour MPs Diane Abbott and Sadiq Khan officially entering the contest today.

There is also concern that not everyone has to play by the rules, with Labour MPs grumbling that Diane Abbott seems to have had «free rein to say what she liked on the airwaves».

One of the reasons Mr B's encounter with Labour MPs «went well» was that no member of the left - wing Campaign Group of MPs was called to ask a question.

Sky News is reporting that Tony Blair's meeting with Labour MPs went well.

John McDonnell: Runway 3: The PM is said to have been near to tears as he pleaded with Labour MPs to vote for the third runway

Even leaving aside the issue of Lords reform (where they were not formally defeated but withdrew the legislation in the face of certain defeat) they had previously gone down to defeat in December 2011 on the motion that the House had considered the economy — as a result of an old fashioned Labour ambush, with Labour MPs hiding until enough Conservative MPs had gone home.

The Greater Manchester city - deals provide a good snapshot of this nascent «politics of new English regionalism», with some Labour MPs publicly raising concerns about the process, transparency and democratic - accountability of «Devo - Manc».

Not exact matches

(Islington is the spiritual home of Britain's «chattering classes», a borough of London studded with multi-million dollar houses owned by well - to - do Labour MPs).

Seventy - five per cent of respondents were very or somewhat concerned that the deal is being negotiated in secret with no input from MPs, labour leaders, environmentalists or other experts.

«Most Canadians have no idea that this deal is being negotiated in secret under the guidance of multinational corporations with no input from labour leaders, environmental experts or even MPs,» O'Hanlon said.

Pressure is mounting on the Prime Minister and Chancellor to relax austerity, with several Tory MPs calling for an end to the pay cap after the party disastrously lost its majority in the General Election to anti-austerity Labour, which has pledged to scrap the 1 per cent ceiling.

For example, MPs with an agricultural background are less Eurosceptic, as agricultural interests are likely to lose out from Brexit because of a loss of CAP payments and EU migrant labour.

This is worth bearing in mind when you see the countless vox - pop interviews with working class voters who used to support Labour, saying they feel the party's MPs are nothing like them.

I do not know who I would vote for, now John has stepped down, Abbott carries a lot of baggage with her, telling Blair about his kids going to private school while hers did as well, on the whole I suspect I would vote Abbott, sadly it makes little difference, it does look as if David Miliband will win this one, he is new labour, the new Mp's are mainly new labour, it does look like the days of the working class are over, perhaps one day we will get a party I some how doubt, it, so where does labour stand, we have the Conservative party big business, we have liberals not to sure, we have New labour big business Tory Tory and Liberals.

Conservative MPs Patrick Mercer and John Bercow will advise Labour ministers, along with Liberal Democrat backbecher Matthew Taylor.

When news of the email to Labour MPs emerged, my colleague at Left Foot Forward, Shamik Das, put together a picture of Hoon looking down the barrel of a gun and Hewitt giving a goofy smile with the dumb and dumber logo.

It broke through wonderfully only once as they dedicated A Message to you Rudi doubly - first announcing that it was renamed Fuck the BNP, eliciting a huge roar of approval from the crowd, and then juxtaposing the irony - heavy delivery of the first lines «stop your messin» around better think of your future time you straighten right out causin trouble in town» with a preface that «the Labour MPs rip you off, the Conservative MPs rip you off».

Hunting became a particularly high - profile political issue in the late 1990s, with the election of Tony Blair's Labour government, which in its 1997 manifesto promised MPs a free vote on a ban on hunting with hounds.

Livingston says MPs are out of touch with rest of Labour Party.

He's hated by the Labour MPs in front of him, treated with suspicion by the Liberal Democrats beside him and disrespected by the Tories behind him.

Labour has now committed to staying in the single market during transition, so they may whip their MPs into opposing it (although with Jeremy Corbyn in charge it's hard to tell).

The intervention triggered an immediate backlash from Labour MPs, with more than 20 calling on Corbyn to take immediate action against his close ally.

His move is widely derided as a kamikaze mission for forcing 49 Labour MPs to rebel so soon, many reluctantly compelled to traipse into the division lobby after promising constituents to champion the Remain cause, with the ploy angrily denounced as suicide politics when the stand mustered a mere 101 MPs and precipitated a frontbench resignation and dismissals.

In recent weeks, many Labour MPs have credited the Shadow Brexit Secretary with holding Jeremy Corbyn's often - shambolic Brexit policy together under extremely difficult circumstances.

She has a good relationship with several Labour MPs who have been critical of Jeremy's leadership, including Conor McGinn and Vernon Coaker.»

As Labour MPs voted with Tories, the Liberal Democrats claimed that the two parties were «holding hands towards a hard Brexit».

Support for Smith is understood to be growing among Labour MPs, with some who had nominated Eagle's leadership bid already switching sides to back her rival.

Woolfe argues Labour MPs have «basically disowned» the party's members, with Ukip set to profit at any future election.

Blame lies with every section of the Labour Party: the leadership's lack of compromise; MPs failing to accept the mandate; and members abusing anyone and everyone.

So Labour is stocked with MPs who don't understand communications, who's message is petty and who aren't even able to come across as human.

The Labour leader duly obliged - despite the fact both parties believe the far likelier scenario is that Scottish MPs could support a Labour minority government in keeping with their ambition to support a «progressive» government in London.

It showed four moderate Labour MPs wrangling with an election that saw them start the campaign fearing for their jobs and end it with gigantic majorities courtesy of a leader they all regarded as a nincompoop.

As Kuenssberg's treatment was widely ridiculed by fellow journalists on social media, Labour MPs also expressed their disgust — with one even warning that the party's events could soon resemble Donald Trump rallies.

Jeremy Corbyn has confirmed that Labour MPs would vote with the Conservatives and support Theresa...

Labour, whose frontbench is divided on the issue, is still officially committed to leaving the single market (allowing Corbyn and McDonnell to make big state aid commitments) and ending free movement (a key concern of MPs with pro-Brexit seats).

With Jeremy Corbyn expected to remain in place as Labour leader, the job could be the most influential position open to centrist Labour MPs for some time.

Labour MPs are all over the place on Brexit, but the Lib Dems have triumphed in Richmond with a clear line on what should happen next.

Theresa May today angered Labour MPs and also failed to impress Westminster journalists with a...