Is Robert Jenrick in cahoots with Kemi Badenoch?

Back to Westminster and the looming Tory leadership contest. No one has officially announced their candidacy yet, but the rumour mill is in overdrive as the list of potential runners and riders continues to grow. And who better to pour petrol on the sparks of speculation then Boris Johnson’s longtime ally, Nadine Dorries?

She has today taken it upon herself to write a rather public memo to the much-depleted group of (remaining) Tory MPs. ‘These tweets are for Conservative MPs and party members so apologise [sic] for the length in advance,’ she warned her 195,000 Twitter followers, before launching in. Claiming that the leadership campaigns for Robert Jenrick and Kemi Badenoch – who currently remain unofficial contenders – are being ran by the same people, Dorries proclaimed that:

Influential associates (more on who they are later) who have controlled the party for many years strategise well in advance in order to secure the two candidates on the final ticket put before party members to vote on.