She additionally mentioned that Johnson was a ‘nice chief’ and that she was ‘very upset’ he can be stepping down.
Tradition secretary Nadine Dorries has doubled down on her declare that Boris Johnson was eliminated in a ‘ruthless coup’ which she says was largely led by Rishi Sunak.
Dorries made the feedback throughout an look on the Immediately programme. She additionally mentioned immediately that Johnson was a ‘nice chief’ and that she was ‘very upset’ he can be stepping down.
Her feedback drew a right away backlash from one among her personal fellow Tory MPs. Sir Roger Gale tweeted: “Loyalty is a effective factor Nadine Dorries however Mr Johnson was not eliminated by ‘a coup’. He was pressured to resign when too a lot of his Ministers and backbenchers like myself made it plain that we have been not ready to tolerate his informal relationship with the reality.”
One other social media consumer wrote: “Nadine Dorries is the Marjorie Taylor Greene of Tory get together.”
Lionel Barber tweeted: “Nuclear grade tosh from Nadine Dorries who claims Johnson was eliminated in a “ruthless coup”. Reality: Boris Johnson was pressured to resign by elected members of his personal get together in Parliament who had had sufficient of the obfuscation, lies and incompetence.”
Dorries additionally informed Sky Information that Johnson had ‘helped to take us into financial progress out of the pandemic’, fully ignoring the truth that the UK is predicted to have the slowest progress within the G7 subsequent yr, in accordance with the IMF. Inflation can also be hovering, youngster poverty is predicted to hit a document 5 million subsequent yr and UK households have the best tax burden for the reason that Forties, however nonetheless Dorries thinks it’s worthwhile to reward Johnson for his financial efficiency.
Basit Mahmood is editor of Left Foot Ahead
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