Sentences with phrase «speech as defence secretary»

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The former defence secretary, now viewed as a standard - bearer for right - wing Tories within the parliamentary party, will use a speech to business leaders in Birmingham to make the case for a change of tack, the Guardian reports.

Despite Powell's sacking as shadow defence secretary within a day of making the infamous speech, the public mood was rather different.

The prime minister's pledge to hold an in - out referendum on a relatively short timetable is the «red meat» which has prompted prominent Eurosceptics, such as the former defence secretary Liam Fox, to express satisfaction with the speech.