gibe - an aggressive remark directed at a person like a missile and intended to have a telling effect; his parting shot was `drop dead'; she threw shafts of sarcasm; she takes a dig at me every chance she gets. Synonyms: barb, jibe, shaft, dig, slam, shot.
Plymouth City Council Leader hits back against budget cuts. Tudor Evans, Leader of Plymouth City Council, hits back against the cuts the budget brings to Plymouth. Tudor said: Over the last year George Osborne announced more cuts to support for local councils, saying that the gap would be made up by councils getting more business rates by 2020.
Julie Bishop Politician. Julie Isabel Bishop MP (born 17 July 1956) is an Australian politician who has been the Minister for Foreign Affairs since 2013 and the Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party since 2007. She is the first female Deputy Leader of the Liberal Party and only the third woman to have held the title of Deputy Leader of the Opposition.