Complex sentence: He later described her as "little more than a messenger of bad news" to school divisions and universities, but acknowledged that she had ability as a minister and suggested that she might be more suited to a "less sensitive portfolio".
Split into simpler sentences: He later described her as "little more than a messenger of bad news" to school divisions and universities. He nevertheless acknowledged that she had ability as a minister, and suggested that she might be more suited to a "less sensitive portfolio".