19 brilliantly tongue-in-cheek guesses at the identity of the mysterious political fixer from Nadine Dorries’ book
Despite claiming to be factual, Nadine Dorries‘ new book reads like a Jeffrey Archer thriller, full of intrigue about how a great prime minister was taken down by shadowy background figures for being too honest and too successful.
When you know that the PM in question is Boris Johnson, it makes that whole factual thing incredibly problematic.
One story that has grabbed people’s attention has been her insistence that one man – codenamed Dr No – is pulling the strings of who gets the top job and whether or not they stay in it. An individual so violent and unstable that he allegedly arranged for an ex-girlfriend’s brother’s pet rabbit to be killed and dismembered.
For legal reasons, the name of this man hasn’t been made public during Dorries’ many many recent media interviews, although those working in and around the political scene have guessed the same name.
This lack of a widely known answer has led to much speculation.
Speculation whirls about identity of man Nadine Dorries claims controls British politicshttps://t.co/lbBymPYzYL
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) November 10, 2023
Of course, some of that speculation has been tongue-in-cheek. Here are some guesses we really enjoyed
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This mysterious Dr No, who Nadine Dorries claims brought down Boris Johnson, really must have remarkable powers, since he managed to make Bojo repeatedly break lockdown rules, lie about it in Parliament then defend a sex pest. https://t.co/lG4Xp3IGmE
— Parody Rishi Sunak (@Parody_PM) November 10, 2023
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https://t.co/5CLhh4r7zP pic.twitter.com/iSYvsBS0II
— Gwdihŵ (@youwouldknow) November 10, 2023
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https://t.co/HDx5xUT57P pic.twitter.com/hDoQKXnizc
— Colin the Dachshund (@DachshundColin) November 10, 2023
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https://t.co/7uYqYSFCtw pic.twitter.com/bMaycbQs5f
— (@agirlcalledlina) November 10, 2023
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Thought we already did this. https://t.co/Aqnj99YpPI pic.twitter.com/11VdPVf7Ed
— HENRY MORRIS (@mrhenrymorris) November 10, 2023
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I promise you it is NOT me https://t.co/FkjtsbxCPx
— Brian Butterfield (@MrBButterfield) November 10, 2023
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https://t.co/O6ANWr3W4Y pic.twitter.com/cUECEMkR8m
— WulfHelm (@Wulf_Helm) November 10, 2023
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https://t.co/aUnqiX5flV pic.twitter.com/49uika3Af0
— Scott Innes (@Flying_Inside) November 10, 2023
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https://t.co/lEBkFDjEKR pic.twitter.com/JTP1riNWqK
— Jim Burke (@Barcajim3) November 10, 2023
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Not Gavin Williamson pic.twitter.com/56ZUidDbai
— dezzafromscarborough (@dezza2542) November 10, 2023