An editor has thanked a Tory MP for putting his newspaper “on the national map” after using his regular column to launch a thinly-veiled attack on Liz Truss.

High Peak MP Robert Largan used his column in the Glossop Chronicle this week to highlight the dangers of “dumpster fires,” attracting the attention of national newspapers in the process.

Mr Largan began his column by noting he had previously warned the Government about the “precarious economic situation” and the “danger of rising energy bills”.

But he went on to say the subject of this week’s piece would be “another important and oft overlooked phenomenon: dumpster fires”.

He wrote: “Without action, dumpster fires can rage on for long periods of time, spreading quickly and causing major structural damage. For some, watching these fires rage elicits a grim fascination and the chance to speculate about just how long it will continue to burn.

“Extinguishing a dumpster fire is risky business and likely to be messy. The run-off from water used to extinguish the flames is likely to be particularly toxic and potentially damaging to the environment.”

Mr Largan, pictured, added: “The longer the fire is left to rage, the greater the danger to the integrity of the skip, as the metal starts to warp and twist out of shape, beyond all recognition, eventually becoming completely unusable.

“The act of extinguishing the flames could well be the end of the skip they originated in. But urgent action is necessary nevertheless.”

National news titles including the i and The Independent have interpreted the column as a comment on the under-fire Prime Minister, with the latter noting the “apparently innocent comments on fire management come as Tory MPs discuss whether or not to remove Liz Truss following a disastrous budget”.

The i reported Mr Largan had appeared “to have used a local newspaper column about dumpster fires to take a thinly-veiled swipe at Prime Minister Liz Truss”.

Chronicle editor Nigel Skinner told HTFP: “Robert’s column always attracts considerable reaction from our social media followers as well as to our letters pages in the Glossop Chronicle.

“There were a few raised eyebrows and a little scratching of heads as we read his latest contribution before posting online and in this week’s paper (out this Thursday), although it wasn’t too difficult to read between the lines what he was actually saying. We’d like to thank Robert for putting the Glossop Chronicle on the national map.”