David Mundell was branded “as spineless as a jellyfish” last night after the Scottish Secretary made a craven U-turn to back
Boris Johnson.
The Scots
Tory MP has previously been a fierce critic of the party’s new leader and was a key part of Scottish Tory efforts to keep him out of Downing Street.
But, faced with the prospect of losing the £67,505 ministerial top up to his £79,468 parliamentary salary, Mundell seems to have changed his tune.
He yesterday indicated he would be willing to serve in a Johnson cabinet and tweeted: “I congratulate Boris Johnson on his clear win in the leadership contest.
“Our party must now unite behind the new leader and Prime Minister, so we can get on with the job of delivering Brexit, whilst maintaining a strong United Kingdom