Nadine Dorries backtracks on resignation as she demands answers about peerage The delay could prolong Rishi Sunak’s by-election challenge The Independent UK · Jun 15, 2023
Nadine Dorries demands answers about peerage before she resigns The delay could prolong Rishi Sunak’s by-election challenge. The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
Boris Johnson 'must have known' he had broken lockdown rules, Partygate report will find The Privileges Committee is expected to conclude that the former PM deliberately misled Parliament over lockdown-busting gatherings in Downing Street Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023
Call for House of Lords to be scrapped to end 'grubby horse-trading' for peerages Campaigners have renewed calls to scrap the House of Lords following controversy over Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list... The National (Scotland) · Jun 14, 2023
Nadine Dorries has still not resigned as an MP - days after saying she would She said on Friday that she was stepping down with immediate effect Nottingham Post · Jun 14, 2023
Nadine Dorries has yet to formally resign as an MP - days after saying she would She said on Friday that she was stepping down with immediate effect Wales Online · Jun 14, 2023
Nadine Dorries could prolong Sunak’s by-election challenge with ‘unusual’ delay The Prime Minister would welcome ‘certainty’ for her Mid Bedfordshire constituents as the Tory MP holds out on handing in her notice. The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
Nadine Dorries vows to hold Rishi Sunak to ransom over resignation Dorries ‘barely seen in Commons for six months’, says Sunak ally – as Tories say she must quit now The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
Starmer claims Sunak ‘weak’ for failing to block Boris Johnson’s honours list The pair clashed at PMQs after several days of Tory infighting. The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
MPs cheer as it's officially announced in Parliament that Boris Johnson has quit Chief Whip Simon Hart told MPs that a by-election will take place in Uxbridge and South Ruislip after the disgraced former PM announced he would stand down over Partygate Daily Mirror · Jun 14, 2023
Watch: Rishi Sunak faces first PMQs after Boris Johnson’s resignation Watch as Rishi Sunak faces Prime Minister’s Questions on Wednesday, 14 June, amid tensions with Boris Johnson over his resignation honours list. The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
No 10 criticises Nadine Dorries for delaying her resignation – as it happened PM’s office says Mid Bedfordshire deserves ‘proper representation’ and delay to resignation ‘obviously unusual’ The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023
Nadine Dorries refuses to resign officially until No 10 explains her lack of peerage Ex-minister responds to Downing Street pressure to stand down with demand for unredacted details of decisionUK politics live – latest news updates The Guardian - UK · Jun 14, 2023
Nadine Dorries ‘to delay resignation until summer recess’ in fresh headache for Sunak ‘We don’t want to wait around, we want to get on with these things,’ a Tory source said The Independent UK · Jun 14, 2023
Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2023 Tories to turn by-election for Boris seat into ‘referendum on Sadiq Khan’s Ulez’ Conservatives are seeking to turn a by-election in Boris Johnson’s former constituency into a “referendum on Sadiq Khan’s Ulez”.
Evening Standard · Jun 14, 2023 Publication of Partygate Privileges Committee report delayed after Boris Johnson outburst The committee earlier said the former prime minister had made last-minute representations ahead of the release of its report
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023 Sunak faces questions over spat with Johnson as two by-elections loom The Tories will give notice for two by-elections on Wednesday, including in the seat vacated by the former prime minister.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 13, 2023 ‘Anyone but Tory’: blue wall Yorkshire village questions loyalty ahead of byelection Bolton Percy residents who were ‘true blues’ say party has lost its direction in recent years
The Conversation · Jun 13, 2023 Boris Johnson resignation: why Rishi Sunak can't afford to lose more than one of three impending byelections The turmoil in the Conservative party unleashed by Boris Johnson’s abrupt resignation from parliament has triggered three separate byelections. The first is in the former prime minister’s London seat of Uxbridge and South Ruislip, where he had a majority of just over 7,000 votes in 2019 with Labour in second…
The Conversation · Jun 13, 2023 Boris Johnson has triggered a bumper byelection bonanza – I studied 148 past contests to find out what we can expect The UK is facing three byelections in constituencies all vacated within 24 hours of one another. Former prime minister Boris Johnson announced he was leaving parliament with immediate effect on June 9, leaving his Uxbridge and South Ruislip constituents in need of a new MP. His vocal supporter Nadine Dorries…
The National (Scotland) · Jun 13, 2023 Tories at war as Nadine Dorries blasts 'sinister forces who denied my peerage' THE Conservative Party is in the midst of a civil war as it prepares to fight three by-elections caused by the resignations of Boris Johnson and two…
The Independent UK · Jun 13, 2023 Who is Charlotte Owen and why is she getting a peerage? The 29-year-old aide among controversial names on Boris Johnson’s resignation honours list
Daily Mirror · Jun 12, 2023 Rishi Sunak and Boris Johnson trade blows as Tory civil war erupts over peerages The Prime Minister and his predecessor indulged in a public slanging match over Johnson’s bid to give peerages to his cheerleaders
The Independent UK · Jun 12, 2023 Boris Johnson formally quits as an MP under archaic process The former prime minister was appointed by the Chancellor to be Steward and Bailiff of the Three Hundreds of Chiltern.
The Guardian - UK · Jun 12, 2023 Boris Johnson formally steps down as MP Confirmation of ex-PM resigning Uxbridge and South Ruislip seat follows period of frequent overseas trips and Commons’ absences