Ministers need their Werrittys

I’ve never met Adam Werritty and hadn’t even heard of him before a few weeks ago. I’m also of the belief that financial wrongdoing should not be the only test used to judge Liam Fox’s suitability for ministerial office. And I don’t think the fact that a previous government changed ministers too often is a reason to overlook inappropriate ministerial behaviour. Whether the Defence Secretary, in fact, behaved inappropriately remains to be seen. But the signs are not, at this stage, good – even if the airwaves are now dominated by “Foxies”: the Defence Secretary’s friend and allies.

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Reform is rattling the establishment

That said, I think the self-styled advisor is getting an unfair wrap, at least based on the information available to the public. As James Kirkup reported earlier this week, there have been plenty of people in the past who worked with and for ministers, but were not – at least initially – on the government’s payroll.