Sentences with phrase «embattled culture secretary»

The Lib Dems» abstention, outlined by leader Nick Clegg to MPs at a meeting in Westminster earlier this week, has frustrated Conservative MPs keen to shield their embattled culture secretary from further criticism.

But it is not just in the abstract that Mr Clegg shows himself to be devoid of good sense, but also the detail, because his speech is widely believed in Westminster to be an attempt to heap yet more pressure on the embattled Culture Secretary, Jeremy Hunt.

Jeremy Hunt's senior civil servant has refused to explicitly back the embattled culture secretary.