Sentences with phrase «with shadow defence secretary»

Some around Corbyn — a lifelong opponent of nuclear weapons — say that with the shadow defence secretary, Emily Thornberry, carrying out a review, the party currently has no settled policy on Trident.

Not exact matches

Mr Cameron opted to keep leadership rival David Davis in his current post as shadow home secretary, with another former candidate, Liam Fox, moved to defence, and Mr Hague made shadow foreign secretary.

Nick Harvey, Liberal Democrat shadow defence secretary, said: «It is evident that mainstream military opinion is questioning the wisdom, necessity and affordability of replacing Trident with another nuclear system on a Cold War scale.

Eagle is also believed to be highly vulnerable as shadow defence secretary, with her pro-Trident stance leading to calls for her to be removed.

And Ed Miliband's former ally Lucy Powell becomes shadow education secretary, with Maria Eagle taking the post of defence secretary.

Responding to the attacks, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox said: «There are clearly still shortages of equipment and the government has consistently increased the tasks that it is asking our troops to carry out, yet it is not matching the commitments with resources.

Scottish Conservative leader Ruth Davidson was among those to take issue with Thornberry, suggesting that the shadow defence secretary was guilty of undermining the fight against sexism.

Responding to Mr Hutton's comments, shadow defence secretary Liam Fox told the paper that steps in favour of a European army must not harm relations with Nato.

Streeting's anti-Corbynite tendencies are well - known to his colleagues — especially shadow defence secretary Clive Lewis, with whom Streeting has history.

Earlier in the evening, shadow defence secretary Alison Seabeck dismayed trade unionists and other Labourites on the same subject, with some similar consensus - courting: «There is no doubt that now the government has picked up the gauntlet and are doing what they can for this deal.»

The shadow defence secretary antagonised a number of MPs and peers with the suggestion that Trident could one day become as obsolete as the World War II Spitfire.

Clive Lewis, 45, who was shadow defence minister, took on a new role as shadow business secretary following tensions with Corbyn's office over Trident.

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.