Tory backbencher Nadine Dorries has launched a scathing attack on George Osborne, accusing him of being a “pernicious influence” on the economy and on David Cameron.
She says the Conservative Party cannot win the next election if Osborne remains in a senior role and believes “there will be” a Tory leadership contest ahead of the next general election.
In an interview with Huffington Post UK, the outspoken MP admits that her constant attacks on the prime minister and the chancellor have a “personal element” to them and are motivated by “anger”.
"Nobody wrongs me and doesn’t pay for it," she says, referring to Cameron's 2011 jibe in the Commons that the backbencher was "extremely frustrated". "There is a saying: ‘Revenge is a dish best served cold.’”