Way to go, Nads! Say farewell to Nadine Dorries with 21 of her funniest foul-ups and facepalms
One of Boris Johnson’s most fervent allies, Nadine Dorries, has joined Priti Patel in quitting the Cabinet following Liz Truss’s Tory leadership win.
I have submitted my letter of resignation to the outgoing Prime Minister.
I am humbled that Liz Truss extended her confidence in me by asking me to remain as Secretary of State for DCMS. I will always show her the same loyalty and support I have to @BorisJohnson.
Onwards! pic.twitter.com/CzNl3q2kJI
— Nadine Dorries (@NadineDorries) September 6, 2022
The culture secretary and occasional author had been offered the chance to stay but followed her hero out of government, and is now expected to be given a peerage in Johnson’s resignation honours list.
Well, of course she is.
BREAKING: Nadine Dorries is heading to the House of Lords. Nadine fucking Dorries! This has officially broken satire. I quit x
— Laura Kuenssberg beyond parody (@LKTranslator) September 5, 2022
On the subject of Dorries going to the Lords, it’s funny how arch EU sceptics who lambasted the EU for its unelected bureaucrats are only too happy to lord it over everyone as unelected bureaucrats.
— Chris Bryant (@RhonddaBryant) September 6, 2022
Nadine Dorries is quitting her role as Culture Secretary in order to finish her book. It won’t take her too long if she reads a couple of pages a day.
— GlennyRodge (@GlennyRodge) September 5, 2022
So what better way to wave goodbye than with these 21 most memorable Nadine Dorries facepalms and foul-ups.
1. This entire BBC Breakfast interview
‘Why are you asking me that question?’
This is excruciating #BBCBreakfast pic.twitter.com/QuUouBbO4F
— Toby Earle 🇺🇦 (@TobyonTV) February 5, 2022
2. When it looked like she was rowing a boat on Sky News
Good lord. pic.twitter.com/H8lLjJepsD
— Brendan May (@bmay) January 31, 2022
3. This magnificent encounter with Krishan Guru-Murthy on Channel 4 News
Haha yes. All the people tagging me in this saying, “you are out of a job” haha very funny, my characters are more normal than the Culture Secretary ha ha I’m not in despair at the country & my career at ALL pic.twitter.com/zXbkwKb1Qe
— Rosie Holt (@RosieisaHolt) January 31, 2022
As Catherine Tate is trending, because of the way Nadine Dorries behaved in her interview, this had to be done. pic.twitter.com/RS0OJNAvW2
— Amanda (@Pandamoanimum) January 31, 2022
I don’t care what anyone says, Nadine Dorries really is quite compelling here pic.twitter.com/zoDTpw8YYf
— TheFastShow (@TheFastShow1) January 31, 2022
4. When she appeared not to know very much about digital, culture, media or sport
“Downstream your movies.”
“Tennis pitches.”
Digital, culture, media, and sport secretary Nadines Dorries proves she has no idea about digital, culture, media, or sport pic.twitter.com/8UJDHVIFXk
— PoliticsJOE (@PoliticsJOE_UK) April 22, 2022
5. When she tweeted about World War 11 after a Conservative by-election defeat
Nadine Dorries is so upset with the result she’s gone through nine world wars in her head pic.twitter.com/PcwG2jHUle
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) June 24, 2022
6. When she did this rap about online safety
“Siri, please show me a country being totally infantilised by its own ruling class.”
(Don’t miss the mic drop at the end, if you can bear it for that long).
We are living in a cartoon. #idiocracy #BrexitBritain #MakeItStop pic.twitter.com/TPj5i323Ev
— Brendan May (@bmay) May 27, 2022
7. When she admitted she shares her Netflix account
“There are four other people who can use my Netflix account in different parts of the country…am I not supposed to do that?”
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries admits breaking Netflix’s terms and conditions.@NadineDorries | @julianknight15 pic.twitter.com/C5cCgWkSP7
— The News Desk (@TheNewsDesk) May 19, 2022
They’ve put an idiot in charge of the family silver. And she’s cleaning it in the microwave on its highest setting.https://t.co/GLReNBGRAx
— Otto English (@Otto_English) May 20, 2022
8. When she was so confidently incorrect about Channel 4
Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries claims 96% of consultation responses support the privatisation of Channel 4.@MrJohnNicolson points out that it’s actually the other way around, with the government’s own white paper stating 96% are against selling the broadcaster. pic.twitter.com/VIf82OoEET
— Mirror Politics (@MirrorPolitics) May 19, 2022
9. When she thought the internet was 10 years old
@NadineDorries “We’ve had 10 years of the internet”. 👏🏻 pic.twitter.com/L2xQvFN6wz
— Niall Quinn (@niallquinn1990) February 5, 2022
10. When she made this schoolboy error about Channel 5
I love how @NadineDorries justifies privatising Channel 4 by claiming that Channel 5 was privatised 3 to 5 years ago. Channel 5 launched in 1997 as a private business as a result of a franchise auction but I guess you couldn’t expect the Culture Secretary to know this 🤷♀️ pic.twitter.com/9kbQVHZM3t
— Benjamin Cohen (@benjamincohen) April 28, 2022
11. When she complained Britain wouldn’t have any MEPs after Brexit
Anyway here’s brexiter Nadine Dorries complaining that we won’t have any MEPs after Brexit pic.twitter.com/GmueMTK2b9
— James Felton (@JimMFelton) November 17, 2018