A new poll suggests 80% of the public believe Maria Miller should be sacked as Culture Secretary from the Cabinet, stripped of her responsibility for press regulation and thrown out of the House of Commons.
Nearly three-quarters of 1,001 voters questioned by Survation for the Mail on Sunday said that Mrs Miller's 32-second apology to the Commons on Thursday was inadequate.
And 75% said that Prime Minister David Cameron was wrong to stand by her, compared with 14% who backed his decision to offer her his support.
Mrs Miller making her apology in Parliament on Thursday The Culture Secretary has paid back £5,800 of expenses she had wrongly claimed for a second home and made the brief apology in Parliament for her "unhelpful" attitude towards the investigation.
But she remains under pressure after it emerged the 10-member standards committee overruled the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards' findings that she should return £45,000.
The messages on the Department's Twitter feed Asked if she had his 100% backing, Conservative Party Chairman Grant Shapps told Sky News' Murnaghan show: "Yes, she does. Maria Miller is a very, very hard-working minister.
"She has accepted fully the recommendations of the committee without reservation, and she should be able to get on with her job, and the Prime Minister has said that's what he wants her to do."
David Mellor, who resigned from John Major's Cabinet amid a scandal in 1992, told the Murnaghan show: "I don't think it matters whether she resigns or not.
"She won't be missed if she goes and she won't be noticed if she stays.
Mrs Miller's second home in London for which she wrongly claimed for "What this is all about is first of all the judgement of David Cameron, and secondly the integrity of the British Parliament."
There was further embarrassment for Mrs Miller when a string of mocking messages was sent out on the Twitter feed of her own Department for Culture, Media and Sport on Saturday evening.
The first bogus tweet from the @DCMS account said: "Seriously though guys which one of us hasn't embezzled and cheated the taxpayer?? #FreeMariaMiller"
The next one, posted a minute later, said: "@Maria--MillerMP is like a modern day Robin Hood, she robs the poor to help the rich".
And the third tweet said: "Is Maria @Maria--MillerMP guilty? We will let the public decide".
Mr Cameron has been criticised over his handling of the affair A spokeswoman from the DCMS said the department had "absolutely no idea" who was responsible.
It came after former head of the Standards committee, Sir Alistair Graham, told Sky News that Mrs Miller "got off lightly" over her expenses claims.
Sir Graham told Sky News: "I'm genuinely shocked by the degree of pressure that Maria Miller seemed to be putting on the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards as she carried out her investigation.
"I think there are some pretty serious matters that have come up through the investigation and I have to say I think she's got off pretty lightly."
Mr Cameron has been criticised for standing by Mrs Miller and is under pressure from Labour to show "leadership" over the affair.
Arriving at the Conservative Spring Forum on Saturday, Mr Cameron refused to respond when asked if Mrs Miller should lose her job.
Conservative chairman Grant Shapps has called for "a line to be drawn" under the controversy.
He also defended the Culture Secretary's special adviser Jo Hindley, who was caught on tape telling a reporter investigating the expenses story that she wanted to "flag up" the fact that Mrs Miller would be meeting her editor to discuss the Leveson inquiry into press ethics.
He said he did not believe Ms Hindley's reference to Leveson amounted to breach of the special advisers' code of conduct, which requires them to conduct themselves with integrity.
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