The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson

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Dorries's amendment was defeated by 332 votes to 190, with a separate 22-week limit opposed by 304 votes to 233.

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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. She has previously accused Rishi Sunak of “duplicitously and cruelly” blocking her from getting a peerage.The Plot is an urgent look at how our government really operates, and I look forward to it adding to the current political discourse.

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The Tory MP William Wragg described her as the “lingering” MP for Mid Bedfordshire, during an evidence session of the public administration and constitutional affairs committee on Wednesday. It follows Rishi Sunak’s rare attack, labelling Dorries an absentee MP who is not properly representing her constituents.Flitwick Town Council wrote to Dorries on 26 July 2023, formally raising the council's concerns and frustration at what it perceived as a continuing lack of representation for the people of Mid Bedfordshire at Westminster. Leave-voting MP Nadine Dorries slams May's Brexit deal because UK won't have seats in European parliament".

Nadine Dorries reported to speaker over ‘forceful’ emails Nadine Dorries reported to speaker over ‘forceful’ emails

Shortly after regaining the whip, Dorries floated the idea of joint Conservative–UKIP candidates at the next general election in 2015, with herself as such a candidate. On 24 August, Dorries responded to the growing criticism, releasing a statement stating that she and her caseworkers were "working daily with constituents". The former culture secretary said she would resign from representing her Mid Bedfordshire constituency with immediate effect in early June when Boris Johnson stood down as an MP and she failed to secure a peerage. Cameron was criticised by feminists [171] [172] among others for the comment, and subsequently apologised.The newspaper also queried hotel bills, including one for 'Mr N Dorries': these had been disallowed by the Fees Office and Dorries said they were submitted by mistake. In February 2013, at the time of the Bill's second reading in the House of Commons, she argued that the bill avoided the issue of consummation and thus contradicted the Matrimonial Causes Act 1973, and therefore did not make gay marriage equal to heterosexual marriage. The release states that Dorries spoke to “dozens of inside sources” for the book to piece together “a profoundly shocking story of powerful, unaccountable forces operating behind the scenes who became the architects of a prime minister’s downfall. Mehdi Hasan "The Nadine Dorries Interview: On Abortion, Gay Marriage And Why She Wants 'Revenge' Against Cameron And Osborne". Dorries is yet to formally stand down as an MP, despite announcing her resignation in June amid a rowover her blocked elevation to the House of Lords.