Nadine Dorries has been told to "wind her neck in” by fellow Conservative ministers after making “distasteful” and “dangerous” interventions on behalf of Liz Truss in the Tory leadership contest.
The Tory culture secretary has faced a backlash after penning a “divisive, disingenuous” column on why she had mocked Rishi Sunak over his expensive taste in clothing, and for retweeting a doctored image showing Sunak stabbing Boris Johnson in the back.
Writing in a London newspaper, Dorries said she “may have gone slightly over the top” last week by comparing the millionaire former chancellor’s £3,500 suit to Truss’s £4.50 earrings from high street chain Claire’s.
