The former minister's resignation sets up a tricky by-election for Rishi Sunak
Ms Dorries, who was culture secretary under Mr Johnson and Liz Truss, hinted that she had deliberately timed her resignation to harm the Prime Minister after claiming his allies asked her to stay in the Commons until the next general election.
She told TalkTV, the news channel where she has her own show: “I was also aware this might not be a good thing to happen on the first anniversary of Rishi Sunak becoming Prime Minister in October, and all of those things were at the back of my mind. By-elections are not good for a party 20 points behind, it will be the worst defeat for a party in living history if it takes place. The first anniversary of Rishi coming to power, conference, all of these things were at play.
Asked whether she would vote Tory at the next election, she refused to answer, but insisted she backed the party’s candidate in Mid Bedfordshire. Sir Bob Neill, who chairs the Commons Justice Committee, said he was glad that the “pretty useless” former minister had finally confirmed she would resign.
The former culture secretary – already a prolific author with 16 fiction books to her name – will take her
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