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Nadine Dorries releasing a "tell all book" on eve of Tory conference.

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MaizieD Sat 15-Jul-23 20:28:52

She said she had “wanted to discover the forces behind the downfall of the prime minister” but instead “found a fault line within the Conservative Party stretching back decades and a history of deception fuelled by the darkest political arts”.

I'mm *really8 looking forward to these decades long fault lines and darkest political arts... 😂

Dickens Sat 15-Jul-23 20:21:29

She said she had “wanted to discover the forces behind the downfall of the prime minister” but instead “found a fault line within the Conservative Party stretching back decades and a history of deception fuelled by the darkest political arts”.

Can she be so lacking in insight that she cannot genuinely see the "downfall of the prime minister" was in large part brought about by his own unscrupulous - often deceitful - behaviour?

As for those "darkest political arts" - doesn't that read rather like a hack review of a not-very-good contemporary novel one picks up at the airport for reading on the beach on the Costa del Wherever?

She has been part of one of the worst Governments in British history by any standard, the members of which were chosen purely on their willingness to remain totally uncritical of its leader... there may have been "fault lines" but Boris Johnson's government opened up that fissure into a bloody great big crack!

Casdon Sat 15-Jul-23 19:38:55

foxie48

She's unbelievably dreadful. She's one of the few politicians that everyone, regardless of their politics, dislikes. I am very happy to enter into a "Nadine nadir" as surely this is the lowest that she can sink. I am so relieved BJ's attempt to elevate her to the peerage was blocked. Please let it be the end of "Little Dorries" and why on earth she is still picking up her pay as an MP???

You’ve got the makings of a book of your own there foxie48. Nadine’s Nadir could be your title, it would probably sell better than hers.

Farzanah Sat 15-Jul-23 19:33:34

Another destined for the pulping machine.

foxie48 Sat 15-Jul-23 18:34:10

She's unbelievably dreadful. She's one of the few politicians that everyone, regardless of their politics, dislikes. I am very happy to enter into a "Nadine nadir" as surely this is the lowest that she can sink. I am so relieved BJ's attempt to elevate her to the peerage was blocked. Please let it be the end of "Little Dorries" and why on earth she is still picking up her pay as an MP???

DiamondLily Sat 15-Jul-23 18:31:01

Germanshepherdsmum

Another of her works of fiction. I doubt Sunak has anything to fear from her.

Well, I think the Tories know the game is up anyway. It's got that feel about it, much like Majors government, and the last Labour one.

But, dear old Nad does provide a laugh when she's well lubricanted lol 😉

Germanshepherdsmum Sat 15-Jul-23 18:05:56

Another of her works of fiction. I doubt Sunak has anything to fear from her.

DiamondLily Sat 15-Jul-23 18:01:59

No, it's just light relief from Huw in his underpants, or not.😉

Grantanow Sat 15-Jul-23 17:45:24

Not more Dorries, please.

DiamondLily Sat 15-Jul-23 17:28:59

Ohhh, she's not a happy bunny after her hero was removed:

"Commenting on the announcement, Ms Dorries said she “had no idea of the journey I was embarking upon” when she began the book.

She said she had “wanted to discover the forces behind the downfall of the prime minister” but instead “found a fault line within the Conservative Party stretching back decades and a history of deception fuelled by the darkest political arts”.

“If you thought that power flowed from the people into parliament, be prepared to think again,” she added.

Harper NonFiction publisher, Adam Humphrey, who negotiated the deal, said Ms Dorries’s “unique vantage point, unparalleled access to sources, and innate storytelling ability will provide readers of The Plot with a rare opportunity to walk the corridors of power”.

“The Plot is an urgent look at how our Government really operates, and I look forward to it adding to the current political discourse,” he continued.

Ms Dorries also hit out at ITV political editor Robert Peston, who suggested the publication date of her book was deliberately timed to coincide with the Conservative Party conference in Manchester.

“I am sure it is just coincidence that [Nadine Dorries’s] book on how – in her view – Rishi Sunak and his close allies toppled Boris Johnson will be published on the eve of Sunak’s first and massively important party conference as PM,” Mr Peston wrote on Twitter.

inews.co.uk/news/politics/nadine-dorries-deal-write-untold-story-boris-johnson-downfall-2471909