Johnny Mercer paid a gushing tribute to his spouse as he admitted to having a "brutal week".

The Tory minister and Felicity Cornelius-Mercer have been embroiled in a Twitter spat with Carol Vorderman.

The former Countdown star, who's a vocal critic of the Conservatives, has taken purpose at Mr Mercer over his feedback that navy personnel shouldn't be utilizing meals banks.

Ms Vorderman has additionally hit out at Mrs Cornelius-Mercer's wage for managing his workplace branding the couple "grifters".

Taking to Twitter right this moment, Mr Mercer stated: "I love my missus and I’m super proud of her. She’s far better than me, and pours her soul into Plymouth. Proud she works for me, proud we get to do this together. Thanks for all your support to her."

In a remark piece for Plymouth Live, Mr Mercer admitted it has been a "pretty brutal week".

He stated: "Politics is a rough game, deliberate misrepresentation and misinterpretation of what you say is now commonplace, and I must do more to keep a positive attitude towards it and keep going on all the things we have achieved for Plymouth over the years.

"I’ve discovered that folks aren’t silly, and can make up their very own minds about me.

"Not a single person has said anything negative to me in public at all. Not one. Online hate is just that – online, and damaging, but also not real."

The Twitter feud has seen Mr Mercer model Ms Vorderman "grim" and a "deeply unpleasant person" after she seized on his foodbank feedback.

Meanwhile, Mrs Cornelius-Mercer accused the previous Countdown star of being a "celebrity attack dog" and "inciting people to hate all Tories” during an appearance on Rachel Johnson's Difficult Women podcast earlier this month.

The row made it to the Commons on Tuesday when Conservative MP Siobhan Baillie accused Ms Vorderman of "snobbery" over her remarks about the Mercers not having degrees.

Ms Vorderman had shared an Electoral Calculus prediction and said of the couple: "Plymouth Moor View predicted Labour win at GE. Gosh, what are conceited Johnny Mercer and his spouse going to do for a joint revenue of £160,000+ plus huge bills?

"Not a degree in sight in spite of expensive private education! So who'd employ them?"

In the most recent trade, Ms Vorderman accused Mr Mercer's spouse of "harassing me for months on Twitter".

The former Countdown presenter shared a reel of tweets she had been tagged in by Mrs Cornelius-Mercer.

She wrote: "I've been harassed by Johnny Mercer's wife for months. This is from just one day in April and much more abuse elsewhere. I didn't respond at all. Until he mocked military using food banks. She's paid c£45k on MP expenses (+200 percent pay rise) to do this?"

But Mrs Cornelius-Mercer insisted she was solely tagging Ms Vorderman in tweets to point out the "hateful comments" despatched to her because of the celeb's anti-Tory rants.