NOUN
- a group of senior members of the political party that is out of power; these members would probably assume corresponding positions as ministers in the British Cabinet if their party was elected
How To Use shadow cabinet In A Sentence
- The Shadow Cabinet felt the full force of his left jab yesterday. Times, Sunday Times
- The speech is an attempt to regain the initiative after criticism of his handling of a shadow cabinet reshuffle. Times, Sunday Times
- Some outside the shadow cabinet resent being passed over and neglected.
- This sort of manoeuvre must have been what one shadow cabinet colleague had in mind when he privately described the politician as ‘an extremely fly operator’.
- Conservative MPs have most immediate reason to be alarmed by further advances for the Lib Dems, especially when it is coupled with an attempt to decapitate leading members of the shadow cabinet.
- Duncan Smith's uninspiring leadership and his lacklustre shadow cabinet failed to make any initial impact on the electorate.
- Allies had suggested the former party leader could land a plum role in his successor's shadow cabinet. The Sun
- His uninspiring leadership and his lacklustre shadow cabinet failed to make any initial impact on the electorate.
- Last month a selection of top grandees from the leisure industry were invited to a meeting with the shadow cabinet to discuss their concerns. Times, Sunday Times
- So you do wonder, if she knows that's the case, why David Cameron and the Shadow Cabinet have still been sent to "ginger up" her party's "lacklustre" performance North of the Border - again these are not my words, but instead the rather more scathing words of the Torygraph. Are The Tories Just A Party of The Home Counties?
