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'''[[w:Angela Eagle|Dame Angela Eagle]]''' DBE (born 17 February 1961) is a British [[w:Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician serving as the [[w:Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[w:Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency)|Wallasey]] since 1992. Eagle served as the [[w:Minister of State|Minister of State]] for [[w:Department for Work and Pensions|Pensions and Ageing Society]] from June 2009 until May 2010. Eagle was [[w:2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election|elected to the Shadow Cabinet]] in October 2010 and was appointed by [[Ed Miliband]] to be Shadow [[w:Chief Secretary to the Treasury|Chief Secretary to the Treasury]]. She resigned from the Shadow Cabinet of [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in 2016 and briefly attempted to challenge him for the Labour leadership. Eagle remains a backbencher. |
'''[[w:Angela Eagle|Dame Angela Eagle]]''' DBE (born 17 February 1961) is a British [[w:Labour Party (UK)|Labour Party]] politician serving as the [[w:Member of Parliament (United Kingdom)|Member of Parliament]] (MP) for [[w:Wallasey (UK Parliament constituency)|Wallasey]] since 1992. Eagle served as the [[w:Minister of State|Minister of State]] for [[w:Department for Work and Pensions|Pensions and Ageing Society]] from June 2009 until May 2010. Eagle was [[w:2010 Labour Party Shadow Cabinet election|elected to the Shadow Cabinet]] in October 2010 and was appointed by [[Ed Miliband]] to be Shadow [[w:Chief Secretary to the Treasury|Chief Secretary to the Treasury]]. She resigned from the Shadow Cabinet of [[Jeremy Corbyn]] in 2016 and briefly attempted to challenge him for the Labour leadership. Eagle remains a backbencher. |
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* It is for the Prime Minister]] to decide whether he expressed himself appropriately in the Commons. It is up to him as to whether he wants to annoy 51% of the population. |
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** [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/politics/david-cameron/8477941/Angela-Eagle-responds-to-David-Camerons-calm-down-dear-taunt.html "Angela Eagle responds to David Cameron's 'calm down, dear' taunt"], ''The Telegraph'' (27 April 2011). |
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** In the [[w:House of Commons of the United Kingdom|House of Commons]], [[David Cameron]] had [https://www.theguardian.com/politics/2011/apr/27/david-cameron-calm-down-dear told the then] [[w:Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury|shadow Treasury chief secretary]] to "calm down, dear" at [[w:Prime Minister's Questions|Prime Minister's Questions]]. |
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* This year, the Tory party has given us five Education Secretaries, four Chancellors, three Prime Ministers, two leadership coups—[Interruption.] And, Mr Speaker, the partridge has had to sell the pear tree to pay the gas bill. [Laughter.] Is it not the case that, after a year of Tory chaos, incompetence and self-indulgence, the best Christmas present the Prime Minister could give to the British people is a general election? |
* This year, the Tory party has given us five Education Secretaries, four Chancellors, three Prime Ministers, two leadership coups—[Interruption.] And, Mr Speaker, the partridge has had to sell the pear tree to pay the gas bill. [Laughter.] Is it not the case that, after a year of Tory chaos, incompetence and self-indulgence, the best Christmas present the Prime Minister could give to the British people is a general election? |
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** [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-12-14/debates/2BAC9549-BFA2-4338-BC5B-7482D9220384/WestMidlandsEconomy "West Midlands Economy"] ''Hansard'' Volume 724 (14 December 2022) quoted in [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/12/14/rishi-sunak-pmqs-live-keir-starmer-channel-migrants-strikes/ "Starmer 'weak' for failing to condemn strikes, says Sunak"] ''The Telegraph'' (14 December 2022) |
** [https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2022-12-14/debates/2BAC9549-BFA2-4338-BC5B-7482D9220384/WestMidlandsEconomy "West Midlands Economy"] ''Hansard'' Volume 724 (14 December 2022) quoted in [https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2022/12/14/rishi-sunak-pmqs-live-keir-starmer-channel-migrants-strikes/ "Starmer 'weak' for failing to condemn strikes, says Sunak"] ''The Telegraph'' (14 December 2022) |
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** Comment to the prime minister [[Rishi Sunak]]. |
** Comment to the prime minister [[Rishi Sunak]]. |
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Revision as of 18:23, 21 March 2024
Dame Angela Eagle DBE (born 17 February 1961) is a British Labour Party politician serving as the Member of Parliament (MP) for Wallasey since 1992. Eagle served as the Minister of State for Pensions and Ageing Society from June 2009 until May 2010. Eagle was elected to the Shadow Cabinet in October 2010 and was appointed by Ed Miliband to be Shadow Chief Secretary to the Treasury. She resigned from the Shadow Cabinet of Jeremy Corbyn in 2016 and briefly attempted to challenge him for the Labour leadership. Eagle remains a backbencher.
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Quotes
- It is for the Prime Minister]] to decide whether he expressed himself appropriately in the Commons. It is up to him as to whether he wants to annoy 51% of the population.
- "Angela Eagle responds to David Cameron's 'calm down, dear' taunt", The Telegraph (27 April 2011).
- In the House of Commons, David Cameron had told the then shadow Treasury chief secretary to "calm down, dear" at Prime Minister's Questions.
- This year, the Tory party has given us five Education Secretaries, four Chancellors, three Prime Ministers, two leadership coups—[Interruption.] And, Mr Speaker, the partridge has had to sell the pear tree to pay the gas bill. [Laughter.] Is it not the case that, after a year of Tory chaos, incompetence and self-indulgence, the best Christmas present the Prime Minister could give to the British people is a general election?
- "West Midlands Economy" Hansard Volume 724 (14 December 2022) quoted in "Starmer 'weak' for failing to condemn strikes, says Sunak" The Telegraph (14 December 2022)
- Comment to the prime minister Rishi Sunak.
