Sentence examples for split cabinet from inspiring English sources

Asked whether the issue might split cabinet, the prime minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said cabinet would consider the issue on Thursday.

No such plan exists, because the split cabinet could not possibly agree even a vague outline to satisfy both Liam Fox and Damian Green.

Downing Street's immediate task is to get her deeply split cabinet to unite around the final unresolved element of a potential deal with the EU: the legally complex issue of how to avoid a hard border between Northern Ireland and the Republic after Brexit.

The country seemed to let out a collective cheer as Mwai Kibaki, the president, and Raila Odinga, the top opposition leader, sat down at a desk in front of the president's office, with a bank of television cameras rolling, and signed an agreement that creates a powerful prime minister position for Mr. Odinga and splits cabinet posts between the government and the opposition.

A decision to go ahead will split the cabinet.

And Mr. Tsvangirai is willing to split the cabinet posts between his and the governing party.

Letwin told Thatcher, using a helpful table showing just how deeply split the cabinet was on the issue.

The government has suffered more significant defeats to its Brexit legislation in the House of Lords as the row over membership of the customs union threatened to split the cabinet.

KwaZulu/Natal, the province worst afflicted by AIDS, will make antiretroviral drugs available immediately to all pregnant women, whatever their infected status, Home Affairs Minister Mangosuthu Buthelezi told Parliament, in an open split with cabinet colleagues.

She must face the likelihood that both the Commons and the Lords will focus on securing single market access in ways that could split the cabinet and provoke resignations.

After pressure from the US and a personal phone call from Obama to the prime minister, Tony Abbott, Australia rejected a request from China that it sign on as a founding member of the bank, citing concerns about governance and transparency – although the issue split the cabinet.