The cross-party panel, which ultimately found Mr Johnson lied to MPs with his repeated denials of pandemic-era parties in Downing Street, accused his loyalists of a coordinated attempt to undermine its work. With all this going on, questions are being raised over how long Ms Dorries can remain as the MP for Mid Beds, with it now being more than a month since she said she would be resigning with "immediate effect". Join our community to get personalised book suggestions, extracts straight to your inbox, 10% off RRPs, and to change children’s lives.

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She knows how to suppress difficult stories whilst staying, more or less, on the right side of the rules. Discover POLITICO Pro In-depth reporting, data and actionable intelligence for policy professionals – all in one place.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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Tory MP William Wragg asked the Cabinet Secretary if he was aware of “any rather forceful communications” sent by Ms Dorries “to senior civil servants” about potentially using “the platform of the Commons and indeed her own television programme to get to the bottom of why she hadn’t been given a peerage? As to whether hiring her muddies the water over Partygate, it’s hard to see why that would trouble Labour. HarperCollins said The Plot aims to trace Mr Johnson’s rise to power with a landslide victory in the 2019 election to his prime ministerial downfall three years later.Ms Dorries said: "What began as an investigation into how Boris Johnson was removed from office ultimately revealed a corruption of democracy deep at the heart of the Conservative Party and in Downing Street. With unparalleled access, Nadine Dorries speaks to dozens of inside sources ranging from Cabinet ministers to the lowliest spads [special advisers], civil servants and party officials and through their testimony she pieces together a profoundly shocking story of powerful, unaccountable forces operating behind the scenes who became the architects of a prime minister’s downfall. Ministers already wounded by the Partygate scandal resigned en masse when Johnson was accused of being aware of sexual misconduct allegations made against an ally before giving him a government role. Nadine has turned her resignation into a psychodrama and sadly this seems more about gathering column inches for Nadine rather than a Conservative Party she claimed to be a loyal member of a few weeks ago.

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There is one scenario that would fit the available facts: Labour, desperate to keep the chaotic and toxic Johnson in Number 10 so as to completely destroy the Conservative Party, induced Gray to water down her report so that he would survive.Mr Case said: “Yes, was aware of those communications and have flagged them to both the chief whip and Speaker of the House. Speaking during a session of the Public Administration and Constitutional Affairs Committee (PACAC), he said he was also “seeking further advice” on whether the Honours (Prevention of Abuses) Act 1925 could come into play.

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HarperCollins has described Dorries’ book as a “seismic, fly-on-the-wall account of how the saviour of the Conservative party became a pariah” and will feature “unparalleled access, from multiple inside sources talking with astonishing candour”.In that contest, Labour overturned a Tory majority of just over 20,000, suggesting that even the safest seats are now vulnerable.