In an editorial, Pakistani newspaper "The Express Tribune" admired Warsi's decision to resign on a matter of principle. The paper also stated that her resignation was going to further aggravate internal tensions and that Tory grandees, who had long disliked and resented her, were already briefing against her, accusing her, among other things, of being a Hamas sympathiser. The paper termed her resignation over the Israeli actions in Gaza as having far-reaching implications for the British Government, and that she remained a potent figure on the UK political stage.