The marketing guru who should’ve known better

ANNE Marie Morris’s curriculum vitae before her foray into politics is nothing short of exceptional.

After graduating from Oxford University, she worked in several leading law firms before becoming a marketing director at a selection of global companies.

Both roles would have instilled in her the importance of using the right words when speaking in a professional capacity.

But as the Tory MP fights for her political survival, it emerged that this is not the first time she has come under fire over controversial comments.

Last month Miss Morris, 60, was forced to distance herself from comments made by her partner Roger Kendrick, who acted as her electoral agent, during her campaign to be re-elected as MP for the Devon seat of Newton Abbot. During a debate about funding in schools, Mr Kendrick said ‘the crisis in education was due entirely to non-British born immigrants and their high birth rates’.

As critics rounded on her, Miss Morris was forced to say she did not ‘share the views expressed by Roger Kendrick’.

In 2012, she suffered heavy barracking from MPs during the last Prime Minister’s Questions before the summer recess when she stepped up to ask a question about funding for technical colleges in Devon.

Her high-pitched tones were virtually inaudible, and matters got worse as Tory MPs egged her on, shouting ‘More, more!’

Clearly unable to make out the question, David Cameron replied that he got the gist of it, adding: ‘It’s very good to see the honourable lady on such feisty form.’

Clips of Miss Morris’s struggle to be heard were quickly shared on Facebook and Twitter.