The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson

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Dorries tweeted on 9 June that she was standing down “with immediate effect”, but more than a month later has not formally done so. Case said he was “aware of those communications” and had “flagged them” to the chief whip, Simon Hart, and Commons speaker, Lindsay Hoyle. It comes as it was confirmed that the Ms Dorries has written a book titled The Plot: The Political Assassination Of Boris Johnson. In your role as the acting member of parliament of Mid Bedfordshire, residents of Shefford feel that, due to your scant interest in your constituency, your aversion to attending local events or services and your lack of a maintained constituency office, the local area has been ‘abandoned’ by yourself. In January 2010, it was reported that Dorries was still being investigated by John Lyon, the Parliamentary Commissioner for Standards, regarding her claim for second home expenses.

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Dorries's criticism of Cameron's policy shift was supported by some commentators such as Cristina Odone, [167] who shared her concerns.Several Conservative MPs also publicly criticised her for continuing as an MP despite her statements about resigning. On 14 May 2020, Dorries was criticised after she retweeted a doctored video from a far-right Twitter account which falsely claimed that Labour leader Keir Starmer obstructed the prosecution of grooming gangs while he served as Director of Public Prosecutions. As part of an article discussing the introduction of a burka ban in Denmark, Johnson said that Muslim women who wore burkas "look like letter boxes" and the garment gave them the appearance of "bank robbers", although the point of the article was to condemn governments who tell "a free-born adult woman what she may or may not wear, in a public place, when she is simply minding her own business". Senior party figures had made clear to local dignitaries that they would like the seat to go to a woman and presented the constituency with a shortlist of seven women and five men to underline the point.

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In a debate on Woman's Hour, broadcast on 22 August 2001, Dorries (as Nadine Bargery) had advocated all-women shortlists if the behaviour of Conservative selection committees did not change. In the Channel 4 Dispatches documentary, "In God's Name", Dorries was asked how closely she worked with Williams and Dorries replied, "Closely? The all-party standards committee said that she should never have agreed to such a clause in her contract.Her resignation paves the way for another potentially awkward byelection for the Conservatives in what should be an ultra-safe Tory seat.

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You may want to read Twitter’s cookie policy , external and privacy policy , external before accepting. Nadine Dorries could use the names of characters from James Bond films to disguise her sources in her tell-all book on Boris Johnson’s downfall. George Osborne reportedly objected to her regaining the parliamentary whip, [77] [78] while commentators speculated that, should she not be readmitted, Dorries might join UKIP, [79] [80] [81] which had made gains from the Conservatives in the previous week's local elections. Asked if there was frustration over the delay, the prime minister’s press secretary said in June: “It’s obviously unusual to have an MP say they will resign with immediate effect and for that not to take place. Referring to her main home being in Gloucestershire, [61] she said: "I have always been aware that should my personal domestic arrangements become the knowledge of my political opponents, they would be able to exaggerate that to good effect.The series began on 11 November 2012, but on 21 November, Dorries became the first contestant to be voted off the show. Dorries says she witnessed "botched" abortions on two occasions, [13] [150] an experience that influenced her campaign to lower the point during a pregnancy at which an abortion can be performed. In Johnson's cabinet reshuffle in September 2021, he promoted her to Secretary of State for Digital, Culture, Media and Sport.