Nadine Dorries, Tory MP and minister of culture, was heavily criticised for sharing a meme showing Rishi Sunak trying to assassinate Boris Johnson.
This photoshop image seems to be a recreation from the assassination in 44 BC of Julius Caesar, the Roman emperor. Dorries, who, at the time the article was written, has not removed this retweet from his Twitter account pro-Boris Johnson, which now supports Liz Truss for leader.
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Dorries supported the beleaguered prime minster right up to his resignation earlier this month. It is well documented. She has now switched her support to Sunak’s opponent in the leadership race Liz Truss.
She criticized Sunak’s wearing Prada shoes on a Teeside visit this week and praised Truss’s wearing Claire’s Accessories earrings.
In response, Truss said: “I don’t have any issue with how expensive anybody else’s clothes are. I don’t know how she knows where I got my earrings to be perfectly frank about it.”
The latest chapter of the dispute between Dorries, Sunak, has led to condemnation of the culture secretary for appearing and encouraging violence, particularly after the deaths of Jo Cox and David Amess, both politicians who were both stabbed in the back by members of public.
Greg Hands, the minister she is akin to, was interviewed by Sky News on Sunday morning. He called the tweet “the tweet”. “very, very bad taste” “dangerous even.”
Indy100 reached out to Dorries for comments
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