NADINE Dorries held back tears as she made a major career announcement after a period of “soul searching”.
Dorries announced she will stand down as an MP after saying that the Tories’ election hopes are “terminal”.
Former culture secretary Nadine Dorries has made a major career announcement
Dorries held back tears as she made her decision
The tearful former Cabinet Minister said that after “much soul-searching” has decided to quit at the next poll.
In a parting shot she blamed colleagues who ousted Boris Johnson for putting the party on course for defeat.
She said on her TalkTV show airing tomorrow night: “There is no way on God’s earth that those who plotted to depose Boris Johnson expected to be in the position we’re in today.
“The Conservatives are polling worse now than in 1997 when they were thrashed by Labour.”
Ms Dorries warned: “Today it’s 24 points behind. And that, my friends, could be described as terminal.
“It leaves the party boxed into a corner with no exit route.”And she let rip at the “elite, the faux political intellectuals” who supported Rishi Sunak and those who “drank the Kool-Aid” to move against Boris.
She will step down as MP for Mid Bedfordshire which she has represented since 2005.
Fighting back tears she said: “Despite it being a job that I’ve loved for every year I’ve done it, I’m now off.”
In the clip released ahead of tomorrow night’s TalkTV show, she spoke about the emotional news as well as other bombshells.
