Politics

Nadine Dorries’ scathing resignation letter to the PM is straight out of the Westminster soap opera

Poke Staff. Updated August 27th, 2023

A mere 78 days after resigning with immediate effect, Nadine Dorries appears to have finally done the deed.


She published the letter behind a paywall on the Daily mail site, but it was also shared in full by the BBC, which you can read here.

These are some highlights – or lowlights.

‘What many of the CEOs I spoke to in the tech sector and business leaders really wanted was meaningful regulatory reform from you as chancellor to enable companies not only to establish in the UK, but to list on the London Stock Exchange rather than New York. You flashed your gleaming smile in your Prada shoes and Savile Row suit from behind a camera, but you just weren’t listening.’

‘Since you took office a year ago, the country is run by a zombie Parliament where nothing meaningful has happened. What exactly has been done or have you achieved? You hold the office of prime minister unelected, without a single vote, not even from your own MPs. You have no mandate from the people and the government is adrift. You have squandered the goodwill of the nation, for what?’

‘You have abandoned the fundamental principles of Conservatism. History will not judge you kindly.’

As Carol Vorderman noted, some of it was absolutely true. Even a stopped clock etc. etc.

We don’t yet know what Sunak thought of the development, but here’s what a lot of other people had to say about it.

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