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...A row is erupting between the government and former culture secretary Nadine Dorries over her refusal to submit the manuscript of her “damning” new book about Boris Johnson’s downfall for review....
...But a new book published on Friday by former culture secretary Nadine Dorries is a clear sign there is little unity inside Britain’s ruling party....
...Among them: fond former colleagues and exasperated advisers; political allies Jacob Rees-Mogg and Nadine Dorries; adversaries such as Jeremy Corbyn; and ex-lovers Petronella Wyatt and Jennifer Arcuri....
...The Tories, who have held Mid-Beds since 1931, had a majority of 24,664 under Dorries, the former culture secretary and ally of ex-prime minister Boris Johnson....
...Nadine Dorries, a staunch Boris Johnson ally, said the partygate report had “over-reached” and warned that Conservative MPs who vote in its favour could face deselection....
...Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has finally carried out her threat to quit as an MP, denouncing Prime Minister Rishi Sunak in a withering resignation letter....
...A campaign to force “absentee MP” Nadine Dorries to attend parliament or face a by-election this autumn is being spearheaded by the chair of the Commons standards committee....
...Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has announced she is quitting parliament, triggering a by-election in her Mid Bedfordshire constituency that will cause a headache for Rishi Sunak....
...That left Sunak facing three highly problematic by-elections for Conservative-held seats after Boris Johnson, former prime minister, and Nigel Adams, a Johnson ally, also announced they were quitting....
...Eleven minutes before my lunch with Nadine Dorries is due to begin, it is cancelled. The message comes by phone....
...Nadine Dorries, a former minister and friend of Johnson, said the story was “rubbish” and had been planted by Number 10 to try to placate rightwing Tory MPs following Anderson’s defection....
...Nadine Dorries, one of former prime minister Boris Johnson’s staunchest allies, has said that the Tory victory in Uxbridge, his former seat, proved that the idea that his legacy was weighing on the party...
...Johnson’s was the second shock parliamentary resignation of the day, after his close ally Nadine Dorries announced she was quitting the Commons “with immediate effect”....
...Seven Conservative MPs, including former cabinet ministers Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries and Dame Priti Patel, were called out for “some of the most disturbing examples of the co-ordinated campaign...
...Conservative MPs Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, Nadine Dorries, Dame Andrea Jenkyns and Dame Priti Patel, as well as Lord Zac Goldsmith, were called out for “some of the most disturbing examples of the co-ordinated...
...Sunak’s Conservative party will also have to defend the seats previously held by Johnson and another of his supporters, Nadine Dorries, who both resigned as MPs on Friday....
...The cabinet secretary also told MPs he had reported Nadine Dorries, the former minister who failed to gain a peerage in Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list, for her “forceful” complaints over the perceived...
...Sunak is facing three challenging by-elections in the coming weeks after two of Johnson’s allies — Nigel Adams and Nadine Dorries — followed his lead and said they were quitting the Commons....
...Mid Bedfordshire has been one of the Tories’ safest seats, held since 1931 and most recently occupied by Nadine Dorries....
...Step forward Boris Johnson? “The idea of Boris moving to Nadine’s seat is absolutely what people are talking about — 100 per cent,” said one senior Tory official....
...Mordaunt said she hoped that her Commons colleagues criticised in the report — Rees-Mogg, Dame Priti Patel, Dame Nadine Dorries, Mark Jenkinson, Sir Michael Fabricant, Brendan Clarke-Smith and Dame Andrea...
...Sunak on Wednesday introduced the legal writs required to trigger the contests to be held in Uxbridge and South Ruislip, Boris Johnson’s former seat, and Selby, the seat held by Johnson’s ally Nigel Adams...
...The announcement means UK prime minister Rishi Sunak is now facing two challenging by-elections this autumn, given the recent departure of former culture secretary Nadine Dorries as MP for Mid Bedfordshire...
...Two former MPs who had expected to receive peerages from Johnson — Nadine Dorries and Nigel Adams — have announced they are also quitting the Commons, prompting three parliamentary by-elections....
...A subsequent episode about the Johnson government — or rather the Cummings one, as various contributors imply — broadly consists of familiar phrases such as “casual attitude”, “conditional loyalty” and “...
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