Tory MPs turn on Steve Hilton over resignation honours row – ‘pompous arse’

As David Cameron continues to receive flak over his resignation honours list, yesterday his old pal Steve Hilton stuck his head above the parapet to make his criticism be known. Not content with going against his old boss on the EU, Hilton — who is Cameron’s former director of strategy — says the honours system is ‘corrupt’.

Alas it turns out not everyone on the Tory benches is so happy about Hilton sharing his views from across the pond. Richard Benyon, the former environment minister, took to Twitter to call Hilton a ‘pompous arse’:

Oh joy. I thought we had heard last of @SteveHiltonx but he's back from his Californian think yurt to patronise and amuse us #pompousa**e

— Richard Benyon (@RichardHRBenyon) August 4, 2016

It turns out that Hugo Swire — who coincidentally received a knighthood in the aforementioned resignation honours — agrees with Benyon. Meanwhile, Lord Barker — who coincidentally received a peerage from Cameron last year — has also joined in.