The National:

NADINE Dorries once wrote to Jacob Rees-Mogg to call him a “f***wit”, it has been reported.

The news of the clash between the now Culture Secretary and Leader of the House of Commons comes from a column written by Nigel Farndale, a writer and senior editor at The Times.

In it, Farndale notes comparisons between putting Pogues singer Shane MacGowan in charge of a swear box and putting Nadine Dorries in charge of a new bill to fight hate on social media.

He says he has a “sneaking admiration” for the Culture Secretary’s confrontational style, which he connects to her “impeccable working-class credentials”.

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Farndale - who is well known for his interviews - then relates a story of one he conducted with Dorries during the days of the Tory-LibDem coalition at Westminster.

“She told me she had written a letter to a fellow Tory backbencher who had said that there aren't many MPs from the working classes because they don't know how to write letters.

“Her letter to him, in its entirety, read: 'Dear Mr Rees-Mogg, you are a F***wit. Yours sincerely, Nadine Dorries.'"

Dorries certainly has form for using the term, having used it to attack LBC host James O’Brien and others on social media in the past.

Unlike many journalists and authors - including Dorries herself - Farndale isn’t too active on Twitter.

One of the most recent posts he shared was from the famed author of Fatherland, Imperium and other historical novels, Robert Harris.

“I have dragged my sorry ass across the earth for 64 years, only to find this woman appointed Secretary of State for Culture,” Harris wrote.

The author also shared a Dorries tweet from 2013, in which she asked “could a sister marry a sister” following a gay marriage bill...