Nadine Dorries formally resigns as MP with broadside against Rishi Sunak
by Toby Helm and Nadeem Badshah from World news | The Guardian on (#6E6HW)
Former minister accuses PM of whipping public frenzy' against her in letter sent 11 weeks after she said she would stand down
The Tory MP and former minister Nadine Dorries has resigned her Commons seat and accused Rishi Sunak of demeaning his office" by speaking out against her.
Two-and-a-half months after first announcing her intention to step down as MP for Mid Bedfordshire in protest at not receiving a peerage, Dorries on Saturday accused the prime minister of abandoning the fundamental principles of Conservatism", telling him: History will not judge you kindly."
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