The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson

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The author has a record as an unreliable witness - she was censured by MPs for making groundless claims against a Channel 4 documentary about poverty. Dorries succeeds only in publishing what can only be described as an almost religious tome in worship of Boris Johnson; a man she would have us believe has only virtuous faults and who is driven by public service. When Boris Johnson came to power in 2019, he did so with the largest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher.

On the other, they all sound the same, making the same convoluted points at similar length, explaining the same basic things about Westminster to her in a way that suggests that, if they are real, they think Dorries is an idiot. Consenting to these technologies will allow us to process data such as browsing behavior or unique IDs on this site. They select candidates to run in elections (often based on how easily they are manipulated, by fair means or foul). So dark are the arts that only allusions to James Bond can do them justice, and so we find chapters headed On Her Majesty’s Secret Service and Moneypenny.The blurb for The Plot, her first book for HarperCollins, reads: “Boris Johnson came to power in 2019 with a larger share of the popular vote than Tony Blair. Each person I interviewed … told me the same thing, that I was uncovering something dark and deeply undemocratic”. I can imagine the sense of horror experienced by Nadine when, after publishing this book, it neither entered the best seller lists nor led to the downfall of any of the villains she lays into.

This book highlights the obsessive pursuit of power by a small group of people within the Conservative Party and the telling of the story is damming! Most important, however, is Dr No, the shadowy figure who has been pulling the strings in Westminster for as long as anyone can remember, according to Dorries. I have not been able to read all of it – because what I have read have made me realise it is total, utter, ridiculous, garbage!She says the group has its origins in the Federation of Conservative Students, an organisation closed down in 1986 by then party chairman Norman Tebbit because of its radical views and occasionally raucous behaviour. The Times noted that Dorries "faced significant legal hurdles in publishing", not least around this allegation. Then I read ND's book and she talks to many people including ex PMs (Iain Duncan Smith) who advise her that the main decisions are taken by the "movement" being lead by Red Throat, Dr No, Dougie Smith (non of them elected members) who then in turn advise Richi Sunak.

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This behaviour if it is as prevalent as ND has been advised then it undermines our whole democracy and British people deserve better. From our morning news briefing to a weekly Good News Newsletter, get the best of The Week delivered directly to your inbox. With a heritage stretching back nearly 200 years, HarperCollins is one of the world's foremost English-language publishers, offering the best quality content right across the spectrum, from cutting-edge contemporary fiction to digital hymnbooks and pretty much everything in between. Former Tory party chair Oliver Dowden did not deny that his party may have secretly funded medical treatment for a woman who told officials she had been raped by a Tory MP. She served as a minister of state in the department of health throughout the pandemic finishing as Secretary of State at the department of digital culture media and sport.Her first novel, THE FOUR STREETS, was inspired by memories of her childhood, particularly her Irish grandmother who she was very close to. I thought Conservative MPs fired him because he was so embarrassingly useless at the job that some of them nicknamed him In Deep Shit. For the protection of herself and her “sources”, Nads meets them at venues carefully selected to be discreet, such as a Mayfair club and a Westminster pub. They’re interspersed with long, dramatic conversations between Dorries and various unnamed sources who all seemingly share her thesis, several of whom have a habit of speaking like characters in a bad spy novel. when Britain was engulfed by a series of crises that will define its place in the world for decades to come.