It seems that the fruits of high office haven’t changed Nadine Dorries. The Culture Secretary, who took up her brief eight weeks ago, last night hit out at Laura Kuenssberg on Twitter after the BBC’s political editor reported receiving a text from a Tory MP at the 1922 committee which said Boris Johnson ‘looked weak and sounded weak’ and that his ‘authority is evaporating.’ Dorries responded angrily, declaring:
Laura, I very much like and respect you, but we both know, that text is ridiculous, although nowhere near as ridiculous as the person – obviously totally desperate for your attention – who sent it.
Shortly thereafter the tweet was deleted but not before numerous screenshots went viral. Dorries is well-known as a vocal critic of the Beeb, once claiming that eating ostrich anus on I’m a Celebrity was ‘more pleasant than talking to [the BBC]’ and arguing
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