Sentences with phrase «won the leadership battle»

I went along once to what was due to be a speech by Jacob Zuma (at the time he'd just been won the leadership battle and was president - inwaiting).

Ladbrokes cut the odds on Ed Miliband winning the leadership battle from 7/4 to 6/4 after yesterday's result amid a general sense of momentum building up behind the younger sibling.

He also warned that the party risked «receding into irrelevance» if Mr Corbyn won the leadership battle.

Not exact matches

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(Although since then Scottish Labour has again left the field with Kezia Dugdale quitting the leadership for love triggering a leadership battle between Richard Leonard and Anas Sarwar that's increasingly unseemly even though left wing Leonard has already all but won thanks to the now normal Labour practise of signing up lots of union members on the cheap.)

The changes that we have brought to our party, the hard - won battle to be the modern and progressive force in British politics, and the leadership we have be shown by David Cameron - should give us the confidence to say to the British people: if you give us the chance, we will not let you down.

Corbyn, however, who won a convincing victory in the leadership battle with 62 % of the vote, will seek to consolidate his grip on Labour policymaking.

Continue reading «Although Ed Miliband is less popular with Labour supporters than David Miliband, he insists his leadership is «winning the battle of ideas»»»

And it plunged Labour into a leadership battle which could split the party for good just 10 months after Mr Corbyn won an overwhelming victory backed by more than 250,000 members.

He accepts there have a «few harsh words» exchanged during the leadership battle but there will an intensive effort to win back those MPs who resigned from the frontbench earlier this summer.

Smith and Schneiderman were longtime colleagues in the State Senate, with Smith winning out over Schneiderman in a leadership battle following Senator David Paterson's election to lieutenant governor.

«Andy Burnham is set to win enough support to battle for the Labour leadership.

Mark - Viverito declared the backing of 30 of her fellow members Wednesday night in the hotly - contested battle that has deeply split the Council, or five more than she'd need to win a leadership vote of the 51 - member body on Jan. 8.

But she faces a battle to win enough nominations to get her name on the leadership ballot.»

Nick Clegg's political journey has seen him win a bitter Liberal Democrat leadership battle, rise to become deputy prime minister, and face furious criticism over his U-turn on tuition fees.

«Ed's career from the moment he joined Gordon to the moment he emerged as more likely to win the leadership than Ed Balls has been a battle to remain relevant and stop Balls from squashing him.»

Second, in the glory days of the American labor movement, under the visionary leadership of Walter Reuther and others, UAW fought epic battles that helped win working men and women the right to bargain collectively and helped make this a middle - class country.