Nadine Dorries: Secretary of State for Culture, Media and Sport
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farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
And the funny thing is that she's shredding any reputation she had - not that she had any in the first place. Its just so fucking childish.
It's never a good look for something to essentially expect a peerage. It just looks tawdry and deeply self-entitled.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
bet that went down well in belmarsh...
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
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It is an extremely sad and worrying state of affairs when you realise that regardless of how despised or at least fundamentally objectionable Tory politicians of times past were to most of us, nowadays they actually come across as acceptable human beings and sufficiently honest members of a country’s political parliamentary makeup when you compare them with most of the current lot in the Tory Party.
Nine Bob Note
Self-Isolating before it was fashionable
I will laugh my fucking arse off if she clings on, fights the next GE and retains her seat 
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I agree - she is an deeply unpleasant MP.
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Books, not bombs
Self entitled. Me? In press today..
"Ms Dorries said she was standing down as the MP for Mid Bedfordshire in June but later said she would not formally resign until she got more information about why she was denied a peerage"
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
I won't. She's my fucking MP.I will laugh my fucking arse off if she clings on, fights the next GE and retains her seat
agricola
a genuine importer of owls
Government bureaucracy nowadays really is a disgrace. Now there has to be health and safety involvement, union involvement, reviews, consideration of whether or not a commercial process could be used instead and multiple layers of approval and potential redrafting before a minister signs it off.
Fifty years ago they'd have just have had some undersecretary type up "ITS BECAUSE YOU ARE A GOBSHITE, MADAM" and sent it to her as O.H.M.S
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Tried a snippily written email ? Won't achieve anything but may make you feel better. Have pondered emailing her myself and we live nowhere near her constituency !
ElizabethofYork
Old Crone
izz
Increased Leisure Citizen
Not desperately unexpected of course but I do enjoy a bit of pestering when someone's obviously being a self-obsessed dick. Commiserations, I hope you don't actually need representation in parliament for the duration.
andysays
Love and solidarity
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Books, not bombs
bluescreen
tofu eating wokerati
Ha ha
www.bbc.co.uk
'Dosser Dorries' signs 'embarrassing' - local chair - BBC News
Banners appear around a constituency criticising Nadine Dorries for failing to stand down as an MP.
www.bbc.co.uk
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Books, not bombs
If the residents of Flitwick and Sheffird want something done, why don't they go for a recall?
www.theguardian.com
Pressure mounts on Nadine Dorries as second council calls for her to quit as MP
Member of parliament for Mid Bedfordshire said she would resign in June but has yet to do so
cupid_stunt
Chief seagull hater & farmerbarleymow's nemesis.
If the residents of Flitwick and Sheffird want something done, why don't they go for a recall?
Pressure mounts on Nadine Dorries as second council calls for her to quit as MP
Member of parliament for Mid Bedfordshire said she would resign in June but has yet to do so
I think a recall petition can only be triggered if an MP is suspended by the commons for over 10 sitting days, not by the party.
Puddy_Tat
naturally fluffy
don't think she has done anything that can trigger a recall petition (more here) - an MP has to have done something specific to allow a recall, and just not turning up for x amount of time isn't one of them, nor is 'crossing the floor' and joining another party - i can see merit in both being legitimate grounds.
there is an argument for making recalls easier, but then you might get marginal seats where enough people don't like the result to set off recalls at frequent interval for no other reason, or far right groups constantly trying to start recalls against 'minority' MPs.
farmerbarleymow
I'm Petee's spirit animal
I think being Nadine Dorries is sufficient reason by itself.
A more succinct way of summarising the situation.
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Books, not bombs
She is an embarrassment if she attends the commons, she is an embarrassment for not attending.
Sir Keir says go, that's it then
www.theguardian.com
Sir Keir says go, that's it then
Starmer challenges Sunak to force Nadine Dorries out of Commons as Tory website explains how it could happen – as it happened
Article says Commons could bypass the parliamentary standards machinery after Labour leader says MP should be forced out
PR1Berske
Alligator in chains by the park gates.
"Dorries claims she is 'working daily' on behalf of her constituents as calls for her resignation continue
Nadine Dorries has said she is “working daily” on behalf of her constituents. She made the comment in a statement she released to the News Agents podcast, in response to repeated claims, including from within her own party, that she should resign because she is neglecting her duty as an MP.
The controversy has been rumbling on for weeks now, and generally Dorries has not been responding to complaints about her record, or questions from the media. She has not addressed the issue in her Daily Mail column and, even though at one point she was a hyper-active user of Twitter, her recent activity on the platform has been very limited, and more focused on hedgehogs.
But Dorries told the News Agents she has not given up on her work as an MP. In the statement she said:
'Myself and my team of four caseworkers are working daily with constituents. I understand that political opponents, such as Labour-run Flitwick town council, are choosing the summer and news hungry outlets in the summer recess to be noticed. However we are just getting on with the work.'"
Nadine Dorries has said she is “working daily” on behalf of her constituents. She made the comment in a statement she released to the News Agents podcast, in response to repeated claims, including from within her own party, that she should resign because she is neglecting her duty as an MP.
The controversy has been rumbling on for weeks now, and generally Dorries has not been responding to complaints about her record, or questions from the media. She has not addressed the issue in her Daily Mail column and, even though at one point she was a hyper-active user of Twitter, her recent activity on the platform has been very limited, and more focused on hedgehogs.
But Dorries told the News Agents she has not given up on her work as an MP. In the statement she said:
'Myself and my team of four caseworkers are working daily with constituents. I understand that political opponents, such as Labour-run Flitwick town council, are choosing the summer and news hungry outlets in the summer recess to be noticed. However we are just getting on with the work.'"
Johnny Vodka
The Abominable Scotsman
Is she in the office, writing dirty books?
Wilf
Slouching towards Billingham
Maybe the big money offers haven't exactly been rolling in. If she waits till the gen election is called (to resign), iirc the pay off is larger than if she goes now.
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