Nadine Dorris has resigned after criticizing the prime minister. Photo: Leon Neal
Nadine Dorris accused Rishi Sunak of endangering her safety by 'igniting public frenzy' after announcing that she had finally stepped down as MP.
The former Minister of Culture said that last week the police came to her house to warn about the threat to her private life. security.
In her emergency resignation, she also lashed out at the prime minister, saying he had abandoned conservative principles.
“What exactly has been done or achieved? You hold the post of prime minister unelected, without a single vote, even from your own deputies,” she asked him.
“You don't have a mandate from the people, and the government goes with the flow. You squandered the goodwill of the nation, for what?”
Ms Dorries, a close associate of Boris Johnson, announced in June that she would be leaving her position in Mid Bedfordshire «immediately» but then backed out. do it.
She has faced growing criticism from the Tory Party for her decision not to resign amid accusations that her constituents were not adequately represented.
Her resignation means that Mr. Sunak will have to endure another difficult by-election this fall as the Liberal Democrats are already actively targeting her voters.
Stinging letter
In a letter to the prime minister, published by the Mail on Sunday, she said the prime minister's «senior allies» had «begged» her not to back down.
She said they were asking her to «wait until the next general election rather than force another devastating by-election on the party at a time when we are consistently twenty points behind in the polls.”
A former Cabinet minister accused Mr. Sunak of «humiliating his office by opening the gates to ignite a public frenzy against one of his MPs.»
She added: «A clearly planned and almost daily Personal the attacks demonstrate the deplorably low level to which your government has sunk.
«This is the modus operandi set by your allies that targeted Boris Johnson, was passed on to Liz Truss, and has now been passed on to me.»
“Attacks by people led by you have declared an open hunt for me, and in recent weeks the police have had to repeatedly visit my house and contact me because of threats against my identity.”
' are you speaking?”
Her remarks were a reference to comments made by Mr. Sunak earlier this month in which he said her constituents were not “represented properly.”
In a deeply personal attack she criticized the prime minister for his «failure» to cut immigration or take advantage of Brexit and raise taxes.
Criticizing him for failing to enact «meaningful regulatory reform». For business, she wrote: «You flashed your beaming smile in Prada shoes and a Savile Row suit from behind the camera, but you just didn't listen.»
She also accused Mr. Sunak of being that he «ditched the 2019 election victory manifesto completely and added: 'What exactly are you standing for?'
“Your actions have left about 200 or more of my fellow MPs facing an electoral tsunami and loss of livelihood because, in your impatience to become prime minister, you put your personal ambitions above the stability of the country and our economy,” she said. she. wrote.
“Bewildered, we search in vain for a great political vision that the people of this great country could cling to, that would justify all this destruction and subsequent inertia, and we find absolutely nothing. ”
'The people of Mid Bedfordshire deserve better'
Sir Ed Davey, leader of the Liberal Democrats, said: “The people of Mid Bedfordshire deserve better than this circus act that has plagued the Conservatives over the past few months.
“That is why we have put forward a strong local advocate, Emma Holland-Lindsey, who will fight for every vote and bring voters to the heart of Parliament.”
“The Liberal Democrats are the favorites of the bookmakers in Middle Bedfordshire. In the by-election behind the blue wall, we proved we were the only challengers to the failing Conservative Party.»
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