About Lightning Rod
A lightning rod or lightning conductor is a metal rod mounted on a structure and intended to protect the structure from a lightning strike.
Who is new minister without portfolio Esther McVey?
... In David Cameron s government, she served as a minister in the work and pensions department, where she became a Lightning Rod for much of the anger about cuts to benefits...
Voice to Parliament: Early voting begins in historic Australian referendum
... But the Voice proposal has become the subject of fierce debate in Australia, and a Lightning Rod for misinformation and racist abuse...
Ulez: 171 reports of vandalised cameras logged by Met Police in two weeks
... He told Mr Khan the camera was " serving as a prominent Lightning Rod towards those who are willing to take the law into their own hands"...
Angus Cloud: Euphoria star's mother says his death was 'not intentional'
... His work in Euphoria became a Lightning Rod for his generation and opened up a conversation about compassion, loyalty, acceptance and love...
Sue Gray: Inside track on an almighty row
... When it was revealed that Ms Gray was leaving the civil service to join Labour, she became a Lightning Rod for angry Conservatives, who argued it undermined her credibility and, therefore, the credibility of the Partygate report...
Gary Lineker revolt sees BBC in bigger crisis than tweet row
... Lineker has become a Lightning Rod for a much bigger debate and the BBC would like to resolve the issue as quickly as possible to stop a very public row turning in to a monumental crisis...
Cardinal Pell: No state funeral in Victoria due to victim distress
... Even before he faced charges, the cleric was a Lightning Rod for anger in Australia over the Church s failure to tackle the child sex abuse crisis...
Cardinal Pell's death brings few tears in Australia
... " There is a sense in which he became a Lightning Rod for the anger, " historian and former Catholic priest Paul Collins told the BBC...