Sentences with phrase «with members of the shadow cabinet»

There were no double - acts with members of the shadow cabinet such as Ed Balls, Harriet Harman, or Yvette Cooper — who many see at the Labour leader in waiting.

Not exact matches

Corbyn was appearing with the entire shadow cabinet, members of Labour's ruling body and trade union chiefs at an event in central London on Tuesday,

The sudden appearance of cabinet and shadow cabinet members seeking to ingratiate themselves with the «Northern powerhouses» of Manchester, Sheffield, and Leeds has been a sight to behold.

And the Scottish manifesto launch lacked the scale of events in Wales, where the shadow cabinet joined with Welsh assembly members to champion the party ahead of May's vote.

Bob Ainsworth (1952 - present)- Defence SecretaryThe only member of the current cabinet or shadow cabinet with any facial hair, Ainsworth has plumped for the neatly trimmed moustache.

«What weighs with him is the polling which shows what the Tories are doing on immigration is popular and it certainly weighs on other members of the shadow Cabinet.

He does so by ingeniously entwining Ted Heath as an MP and party whip in the 1960s with the chief of staff and his colleague in the offi ce of a member of today's shadow cabinet.

The indications coming out of John McDonnell and Jeremy Corbyn yesterday were that the shadow ministers would be able to keep their jobs, with McDonnell suggesting that defiance of a three - line whip only mandated the resignation of a Shadow Cabinet member and Corbyn stressing that he is «very lenient».

And she dismissed the fact Mr Corbyn has scores of empty frontbench roles - with people having to do two shadow cabinet jobs at once - after 64 members of his top team resigned.

He said in November 2011: «I don't think there's a single member of the shadow cabinet who'd find it easy to sit down with Nick Clegg... What Clegg did last year was so shocking.

«UDCX» needs to be reminded that Liam Fox is one of the few shadow cabinet members with ministerial experience.

The influx of new members has sometimes represented a direct challenge, with local members vocally objecting to her decision to quit the shadow cabinet.

With accusations that he didn't give 100 % to campaigning for remaining in the EU over the past few months, and resignations coming thick and fast from multiple shadow cabinet members, it's increasingly likely that Jeremy Corbyn will need to stand down as leader of the Labour party.

Jon Ashworth, the shadow cabinet minister, accused the Tories of seeking to rig the political system with planned cuts to «Short money» and new rules to discourage donations by trade union members.

A member of the shadow cabinet gasped: «I'm amazed he got away with it.»

William Hague and David Davis continue to trade places as the most rated member of the shadow cabinet with William Hague finishing top this month.

Jeremy Corbyn, who opposes Trident, is heading for a battle with much of his shadow cabinet, MPs and trade unions over the issue but the Labour leader is likely to have the support of grassroots members.

Ed is faced with a shadow cabinet in which only 4 of its 19 members voted for him in the leadership election 9 months ago and which has shown itself signally unwilling to accept the message of that leadership campaign that the party wanted a change of direction.

Unsourced briefings to several newspapers over Christmas, attributed to people in Corbyn's camp, claimed that members of the shadow cabinet — including Dugher, as well as the shadow foreign secretary, Hilary Benn, and the shadow defence secretary, Maria Eagle — could be removed as revenge for siding with the government over the question of whether to extend airstrikes against Isis to Syria.

Jon Trickett, Labour's election coordinator and a shadow cabinet member, agreed with the Liberal Democrats that it now looked like «the coronation of a new Conservative prime minister».

The shadow cabinet is nearly halved in size to 12, with some members shadowing two of Tony Blair's ministers.

Members of the shadow cabinet will instead trumpet three key messages over the weekend: that the Tories are best placed to stabilise the economy, with a credible plan to cut the fiscal deficit; that they embrace aspiration and opportunity for all; and that society needs to change.

We've already published the results from the April survey that showed rising member satisfaction with David Cameron and for most of the shadow cabinet.

The news comes as Powell, along with 15 other shadow cabinet members, have resigned in protest to Jeremy Corbyn's leadership in the wake of the referendum vote to leave the European Union (EU).