 The "Sunday Mirror" (formerly the "Sunday Pictorial") printed Profumo's "Darling" letter.In advance of the House of Commons debate on Profumo's resignation, due 17 June, David Watt in "The Spectator" defined Macmillan's position as "an intolerable dilemma from which he can only escape by being proved either ludicrously naïve or incompetent or deceitful—or all three".Meanwhile, the press speculated about possible Cabinet resignations, and several ministers felt it necessary to demonstrate their loyalty to the prime minister.