Maria Miller is losing friends, fast. Furious briefing over the last 24 hours has seen a host of Tory MPs withdraw their support for the embattled Culture Secretary – and question the judgment of the Prime Minister.
One ‘senior minister, speaking on condition of anonymity’, twisted the knife in the Telegraph:
‘In my view she has clearly behaved in a way that is incompatible with what she should be doing as a Cabinet minister. The decision to keep her on undermines the Prime Minister because he has talked about a new kind of politics.’
That outburst was followed by another Tory MP, who told the Evening Standard:
‘It’s ghastly, it’s just making us look all the same. It is setting back the reputation of parliament and MPs.’ He said he had ‘nothing positive’ to say about Mrs Miller. Adding: ‘There’s a very strong feeling that MPs should still have their own system of regulation.
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