Sentences with phrase «resignations over an appointment»

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Mr Reynolds and Mr Doughty cited the sacking of Pat McFadden in their resignation letters, while Mr Jones resigned over anti-Trident Emily Thornberry's appointment as Shadow Defence Secretary.

While rumors circulated — Steiner and Tisch didn't get along, he was pushed out because he had stood up to Bloomberg over the Black appointment — Steiner himself played the resignation, which is to take effect in August of 2011, as if it were part of the plan.

In late May, he named Helen Molesworth to the critically important job of chief curator — a closely watched appointment, given the furor over the forced resignation of her widely admired predecessor, Paul Schimmel, two years ago, and an appointment generally well - received.