It’s the book that all Westminster is talking about. At long last, Nadine Dorries’ account of the plot to bring down Boris Johnson has started its serialisation in the Daily Mail. The former Culture Secretary has never been shy of making headlines and day one is a belter. Dorries claims that a ‘shadowy Tory No.10 fixer’ had a ‘pet rabbit butchered’ in a ‘Mafia-style warning to his ex-girlfriend.’ Makes a change from a No. 10 dead cat at least…
Sadly, the Glenn Close of the Commons has not been named by Dorries, who prefers to call him ‘Dr No’ after the megalomaniac Bond villain. But she paints a vivid picture of the man whom, she says, ‘is paid by Central Office, has a pass to No 10 and, some say, Rishi Sunak doesn’t move without first seeking his advice.
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