Sentences with phrase «clear heir apparent»

There is no clear heir apparent should Skelos step aside.

In 1955 he had been the obvious successor to Churchill, but this time there was no clear heir apparent.

Both have very unstable quarterback situations with no clear heir apparent.

Last April's departure of former Disney (dis) COO Tom Staggs, a long - time exec widely speculated to be the next in line to current CEO Bob Iger, left the company without a clear heir apparent — at least not an internal one.

Not exact matches

Speaking on the eve of the referendum, Sir Alan tells the BBC's reporter: «I've always thought that Boris's wish was to lose by one so that he could be the heir apparent without having to have all the... you know, s - h - i - t of clearing up all the mess.