Sentences with phrase «sit around the cabinet table»

It is true that a lot of the day - to - day work is done by other bodies — you've got the Arts Council, English Heritage, BFI, Sport England, UK Sport, museums... DCMS itself is quite small now and a lot of it is writing cheques, but what is important is that nonetheless it has a representative sitting around the cabinet table who is going to speak up for those industries.

The numbers above do not cover all those who sit around the cabinet table, such as the new chief whip Michael Gove.

«I think it's really difficult for folk here in Brussels and in other European capitals to get used to the idea that, you know, to all intents and purposes, the British government now looks like a bunch of muppets sitting around the cabinet table.»

It's not good journalistic form to get starry - eyed, but interviewing the PM while sitting around the cabinet table is not a bad way to spend a Thursday afternoon.

Nigel might co-operate on confidence and supply, but would Nick be prepared to sit around the cabinet table with him or Douglas Carswell?

Some critics have said that Warsi's resignation last week as Foreign Office minister and the first Muslim to sit around the Cabinet table was calculated.

Beckett's legacy of blunders is still being felt in the countryside today, yet she still sits around the Cabinet table.

A big promotion for Ms Bradley, who was a junior Home Office minister under May, and will be sitting around the Cabinet table for the first time in her career.

Nick Herbert and Chris Grayling and Theresa Villiers and other senior Ministers from the party's centre - right tradition do not even sit around the Cabinet table.

But now he's foreign secretary, sitting around the cabinet table making a lot of seemingly important trips... and he's the bookies favourite to take over if Theresa's toppled as leader.

He sits around a cabinet table with three previous education ministers.

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As a former Cabinet Minister and Deputy Premier, Clark sat around Gordon Campbell's cabinet table for some of the Cabinet Minister and Deputy Premier, Clark sat around Gordon Campbell's cabinet table for some of the cabinet table for some of the most...

Concrete floors and ceilings make a smooth, understated background for the open - plan great room, which has a relaxed sitting area with stone - like accent tables, a dining area with plenty of seating around a live - edge table and a fully equipped kitchen with trendy white cabinets and open shelving.

While I have found other creative spots around the house to keep things I use for the dining room (the dresser in our entry, for instance), recently I was able to find an additional couple of small scale cabinets that could fit right in my dining room and yet would still leave plenty of room for sitting around the table.