Former Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has been appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern - the arcane mechanism for leaving the Commons.
has been appointed Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern - the arcane mechanism for leaving the Commons.Tory gloom about their prospects of holding on in what is typically an ultra-safe constituency have been heightened by polls consistently showingBut there could be a glimmer of hope for the PM as the de facto Lib-Lab pact that helped defeat the Conservatives in other recent by-elections seems to have stumbled.
These posts were traditionally paid by the Crown, and whoever holds them is disqualified from sitting in the Commons.Both Keir Starmer's party and the Lib Dems are insisting they are best-placed to win Mid Beds - meaning they could split the opposition vote. She predicted he would lead the party to defeat at the next general election - and refused to say whether she would vote Tory herself.has maintained a careful silence on Ms Dorries' critique as the PM desperately tries not to fuel infighting.
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