So far, the Prime Minister seems to be playing down any potential fallout from the
crisis dogging Liam Fox. No 10 seems to be saying “if the Defence Secretary goes, it won’t be such a big issue”. Much remains to be seen about the Defence Secretary’s career
– and he may survive the crisis that is currently engulfing him. But it looks increasingly hard for him.
Evidence is emerging daily that Adam Werritty was somehow a member of the Defence Secretary’s team, closer to Fox even than junior ministers. And there may be more trips to be uncovered and more meetings that he joined. He was, for example, spotted at the Tory conference last week.
To survive the next 48 hours, Fox will need to show enormous contrition at the despatch box. Before answering any Defence Questions tomorrow, Fox will have to apologise for any errors of judgement – even before Ursula Brennan’s report has been finalised.
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