‘No regrets’: sacked minister's wife defends calling Liz Truss an ‘imbecile’ on Twitter

Felicity Cornelius-Mercer criticised cabinet system after Johnny Mercer replaced as veterans minister

The wife of a sacked minister has said she has no regrets" about an online outburst in which she likened the UK's new prime minister, Liz Truss, to a muppet.

In the wake of Johnny Mercer's dismissal from government as veterans' affairs minister on Tuesday, Felicity Cornelius-Mercer launched into a tirade on Twitter, branding Truss an imbecile" and slamming a cabinet system that stinks" and treats people appallingly".