Sentences with phrase «given cabinet posts»

They were shadow home secretary Chris Grayling and shadow transport secretary Theresa Villiers - both, intriguingly, were not given Cabinet posts when the Coalition eventually formed.

Mr Grayling is expected to be given another Cabinet post — also as a reward for his behaviour during the referendum campaign so far.

Not exact matches

That period would prove important for another reason: the government posted Kuroda for a year as special adviser to the cabinet of Junichiro Koizumi, giving the civil servant sustained exposure to politicians at the highest levels.

Tuesday's reshuffle also saw cabinet posts given to four senior members of the Public Accounts Committee (PAC)- the group overseeing the 1MDB parliamentary investigation.

Earlier, on Sunday morning, Shadow Schools secretary Michael Gove said he was prepared to give up his cabinet post to a Lib Dem.

She recounts one almost farcical encounter with Brown, in which he asked her to defend him publicly against charges of using women as window dressing, while refusing to give her, his elected deputy leader, the cabinet post that would make her title meaningful.

In my earlier post about Gordon Brown's performance at his press conference on CentreRight, I also mentioned that the Prime Minister failed to answer Ben Brogan's question about whether or not he would honour Tony Blair's previous promise to give David Cameron and the shadow cabinet access to the civil service as of the New Year.

However, in order to be taken as a serious government - in - waiting, politics has to come first and I was somewhat concerned recently to hear the following story about a member of the shadow cabinet: he had apparently already told David Cameron that he didn't want a higher profile post than that which he currently holds in advance of the general election, because he didn't want to give up other interests on account of time commitments or potential conflicts of interest involved in a different post.

In an interview with BBC Newsnight presenter Evan Davis, he said he was not going to start appointing members of a cabinet, but that he was giving a «very clear indication» about who he was likely to appoint to the post.

Last night Mr Corbyn finally filled all his shadow cabinet posts following a mass walkout last week — but had to give several MPs more than one job.

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In a news release, the groups criticized the Bush administration for delaying and discounting science advice: «President George W. Bush did not appoint John H. Marburger III as his science adviser until June 25, 2001, five months after taking office, and he did not give cabinet rank to the science post.

The Post «s editorial board today praises a move by Alice Madden, a cabinet - level adviser (think «czar») on global warming policy for Colorado Gov. Bill Ritter, to give up a $ 3,000 monthly stipend she receives from the liberal Center for American Progress.

Her own words: ««People feel betrayed to think that Gov. Romney, who went out of his way to question the character and the intellect and the integrity of Donald Trump now our president - elect would be given the most significant cabinet post of all,»

Earlier this month, former senior cabinet minister Jim Prentice told the Financial Post that he thought «environmental organizations based outside the country [should] be required to reveal who gives them funding when they participate in Canada's regulatory process to influence Canada's internal decisions.»

this post made me laugh, because i am SO that person who will stop to inspect someone else's curb dump:) what a great find here, you gave that sad cabinet a whole new life!!

Hi, I'm giving my feedback — after reading your previous post I feel compelled to:)... I didn't see your live video, so I had to google «brass cabinet grills» to see what the heck those were.