Sentences with phrase «with shadow foreign secretary»

In an exchange with the shadow foreign secretary Emily Thornberry, he opted to call her by her «married» name of Lady Nugee; a name he initially couldn't remember, until he was prompted by one of his Tory colleagues.

Labour was less supportive with shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander saying Mr Cameron was being «forced to backtrack».

«Credible» is a word often associated with the shadow foreign secretary.

The Tories joined calls for an inquiry, with shadow foreign secretary William Hague dedicating one qustion to it during today's prime minister's questions.

Not exact matches

Labour website LabourList said its readers ranked Ms Cooper as the most popular of Mr Miliband's team, with shadow chancellor Ed Balls, shadow education secretary Andy Burnham, shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander and shadow international development secretary Harriet Harman all well - liked.

Aid drops which Corbyn's shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, who was on stage with him has been calling for for over a year.

The shadow foreign secretary said: «The Brexit train is threatening to pull away from the station with Nigel Farage, Boris Johnson and Michael Gove in charge, taking us down a track that can only lead to disaster.»

It's now clear what happens when a shadow Cabinet minister publicly expresses their difference of opinion with the Labour leader: They either get sacked or they get told to shut up, as shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn has been.

Meanwhile Starmer and the shadow foreign secretary, Emily Thornberry, will write to Davis on Wednesday with a list of 170 questions that they say remain unanswered by the government on Brexit — one for each day until article 50 is triggered in late March.

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.

Deep divisions at the top of the party will be exposed when shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn wraps up the 10 - hour debate with a speech supporting airstrikes.

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.

As shadow foreign secretary, I have been as clear in my support for the government when it does something we agree with as I am in highlighting that which we oppose.

We'd usually follow this with some tired suggestions about why it's not her opposite number, Theresa May, rather than the shadow foreign secretary asking the questions.

In his interview with Dermot Murnaghan on Sky, Hilary Benn, the shadow foreign secretary, also said that he would not be sharing a platform with any Conservatives during the referendum campaign.

She then debated her film in the Daily Politics studio with former Conservative leader Lord Howard and shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.

In an interview with the Evening Standard, the shadow foreign secretary said the levy would raise # 1.7 billion to fund housing benefit for the least well - off.

His remarks are supplemented by a warning from the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, that Cameron is in danger of putting a long - term question mark over the UK's relations with its largest trading partner at a time when the country is desperate to secure growth.

However, the shadow foreign secretary, Douglas Alexander, is adamant Labour could not afford to spend the first two years of government wrestling with a referendum on Europe, pointing to the energy it had expended on the near - disastrous no campaign for the Scotland independence vote.

Danny Alexander, the shadow foreign secretary, said Labour was not happy with the status quo but believed from conversations with the German chancellor, Angela Merkel, that reform was possible without the threat of a referendum hanging over talks.

The shadow foreign secretary will today seek to build momentum with a call to turn Labour into a «living, breathing movement for change» when he addresses supporters at a Westminster rally.

With Andy Burnham as shadow home secretary and Hilary Benn as shadow foreign secretary, the five most senior positions in Corbyn's shadow cabinet will be filled by men.

Mr Cameron and shadow foreign secretary William Hague announced last month that they had struck a deal with the moderate Czech Democrats, but would not join forces until 2009.

«Nick Clegg now agrees with Labour's argument on every front,» said shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander.

«Buy shares in Emily Thornberry,» was the verdict of one former Tory special adviser after the shadow foreign secretary impressed onlookers with searching questions and pithy one - liners.

Labour shadow foreign secretary Douglas Alexander struck a similar tone, saying: «The recent rocket attacks into southern Israel that have led to this latest response deserve our categorical condemnation but Israel must at all times act in accordance with international law.»

The shadow foreign secretary, tipped for many years to be Labour's next leader but beaten by his younger brother by a margin of just 1.3 % on Saturday, sought to demonstrate his mood with two jokes.

However, yesterday shadow foreign secretary William Hague said that «given the pace of policy review taking place in the US, with two parallel reviews currently ongoing», the government should make a full statement on UK policy in Iraq before Christmas.

Conservative shadow foreign secretary William Hague is in Washington to build bridges with the White House.

No, it is William Hague, the famously Eurosceptic shadow foreign secretary, sitting in his modern corner office with its bow - window view of Parliament Square and delivering a carefully calibrated message of reassurance to the Guardian and the world.

Despite opposition from its left wing the Labour party supported British nuclear weapons but opposed tests, and Labour Opposition Leader Hugh Gaitskell and shadow foreign secretary Aneurin Bevan agreed with Sandys on the importance of reducing dependence on the American deterrent.

asks the shadow foreign secretary with a grin as he appears at the door of his office, a banana in hand.

The Labour leader and the shadow foreign secretary will now advocate opposing positions from the frontbench when MPs meet, with Corbyn opening and Benn closing.

He added his concern the shadow foreign secretary would, like Brown and Blair before him, treat the unions with condescension:

The comments reiterate deeply - held Conservative opposition to the idea, with some reports suggesting shadow foreign secretary William Hague said it would be «a hostile act» against an incoming Tory government for the EU to select him.

The Conservative party is staying quiet on the issue, with party insiders suggesting shadow foreign secretary William Hague will not be making further statements on the issue for a couple of days.

Facing him was shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, who tried to bring the chancellor out of his comfort zone with questions on terror, ISIL and migrants.

The political fallout from last week's Syria vote has continued with a Cabinet minister saying the results would be a matter for Ed Miliband's conscience and the shadow foreign secretary admitting he was not comfortable with the position Labour now finds itself in.

The advisory group had been due to hold its first meeting with her, McDonnell and the party leader, Jeremy Corbyn, but that never took place because she stepped down on Sunday after Corbyn sacked Hilary Benn as shadow foreign secretary.

William Hague, the shadow foreign secretary, said: «Given that many key decisions and events were in 2002 and 2003, it is vital that an inquiry starts work with all possible speed.

It was a good choice — I think Crosland would be my (somewhat pointy - headed) choice, too — though the shadow foreign secretary seemed irked with it and to want to withdraw it once the four other candidates had chosen actual as well as lost leaders of the party.

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.

Clegg's comments on Iraq came during an exchange with Labour's shadow justice secretary, Jack Straw, who was Tony Blair's foreign secretary when the US - led offensive began.

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.

Michael Ancram is also staying as shadow foreign secretary and deputy leader, with Lord Strathclyde remaining Tory leader in the Lords.

So now, just four months on, if he embarks on dramatic changes, sacks those who have publicly disagreed with him, like the shadow foreign secretary Hilary Benn, there's a danger it looks like when his own authority is challenged he just can't take it.