12 favourite comments about the ongoing Nadine Dorries resignation saga
The Nadine Dorries resignation saga drags on and on, weeks after she resigned ‘with immediate effect’ in protest at not being given a peerage in Boris Johnson‘s resignation honours.
She insisted that she had to remain in post to carry out her own investigation into why Johnson’s request for her to enter the House of Lords was turned down.
It’s nothing to do with the £86,584 salary and any suggestions that it is are simply scurrilous. She may not have resigned officially, but she’s doing a good job of convincing us all that she has in spirit.
It has now been one month since Nadine Dorries told her constituents she was resigning as an MP "with immediate effect."
She last spoke in the House of Commons more than a year ago.
— Adam Bienkov (@AdamBienkov) July 9, 2023
It didn’t exactly come as a shock to, well, anyone.
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Oh no way her constituents must have noticed such a big difference. https://t.co/GubP0v3trS
— Sooz Kempner | soozuk.bsky.social (@SoozUK) July 8, 2023
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I have just had a letter of resignation from Nadine Dorries. She has given 48 months notice.
— Parody Rishi Sunak (@Parody_PM) July 9, 2023
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And remember…we are paying her salary and expenses every single week. For apparently doing nothing. https://t.co/T1DgX4kFO5
— Anne Greensmith 💙 (@snowleopardess) July 9, 2023
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Tories on course for worst ever by-election defeat in Nadine Dorries’ constituency, as the population will have more than doubled by the time she resigns.
— Have I Got News For You (@haveigotnews) July 3, 2023
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Nadine Dorries, bossing it from the beach… https://t.co/9jUMEaC05J
— Edwin Hayward (@edwinhayward) July 9, 2023
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Ah, so Nadine Dorries – Conservative MP – is effectively on strike is she? Fully paid mind.
Damn. All I keep hearing about from Tories are these Labour backed strikes… my my my.
— That Baratheon Girl 🇪🇺 🏴 🌹 (@baratheongirl) July 8, 2023
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You there boy! Has Nadine Dorries resigned yet? pic.twitter.com/mu7kc00GY4
— Locke (@jlz0z) July 7, 2023
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Nadine Dorries quit a year ago when Johnson was fired.
She hasn‘t done a thing since, except get paid.
— BladeoftheSun (@BladeoftheS) July 9, 2023
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On the plus side, it's been her best year by far
— Ben P🦉 (@__BP__) July 9, 2023
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there have been 6 Watford managers since Nadine Dorries started resigning
— GlennyRodge (@GlennyRodge) July 9, 2023
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Congratulations to Nadine Dorries who has now been quitting for as long as Sam Allardyce was Leeds manager.
— Bernie Banter (@BanterBernie) July 9, 2023
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MPs shouldn’t have more than one job, like Lee Anderson. But they also shouldn’t have less than one job, like Nadine Dorries.
— paul bassett davies (@thewritertype) July 9, 2023
It seems like it’s one rule for public sector workers and no rules for Nadine Dorries.
Imagine being a teacher, nurse, rail worker or doctor, not turning up for work for a year because you couldn't care less, and still expecting full pay without question? https://t.co/eNnRaPA3sH
— BeeCollins🇪🇺🇮🇪💙💛#ProEU #PPR #FBPA (@BACOLL6) July 8, 2023
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Nadine Dorries’ ‘poor me’ routine over missing out on a peerage drew the scorn it deserved
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