Nadine Dorries mocked as Boris Johnson book resolves ‘legal delay’ and confirms release date | indy100

Nadine Dorries criticises MPs who 'ignore their constituents' in resurfaced clip

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A week after her former Mid Bedfordshire seat was won by Labour (with Sir Keir Starmer’s candidate Alistair Strathern overturning a majority of more than 24,000), Nadine Dorries is being ridiculed again as her book on Boris Johnson’s “political assassination” – The Plot – has been given a new release date.

It was initially set for publication on 28 September, just before this year’s Conservative Party Conference, but it was hit with a “small delay” as publisher HarperCollins said it needed more time to “allow for the huge volume of material the author has consulted, the number of high-level sources spoken to, and the required legal process needed to share [Dorries’] story”.

Now, it’s set to come out on 9 November.

The ex-culture secretary turned TalkTV presenter has previously said of her upcoming book: “I had wanted to discover the forces behind the downfall of the prime minister. Instead, I found a fault line within the Conservative Party stretching back decades and a history of deception fuelled by the darkest political arts.

“If you thought that power flowed from the people into parliament, be prepared to think again.”

Dorries repeated that line in a post to X (formerly known as Twitter) on Friday, which included a graphic offering up a definition of ‘plot’ as “a secret plan made by several people to do something that is wrong, harmful, or not legal, especially to do damage to a person or a government”.

If you thought that power flowed from the people into Westminster, think again. \n\nAvailable for pre order on @Amazon on sale November 9th.
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Well then.

Yet, instead of making people “think again” about the flow of power in UK politics, it seems people are thinking again about buying the book altogether instead:

Nadine restricts replies because she knows she is a laughing stock! 'Plot' will be in WHSMITH bargain bin on Boxing Day!
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That guy who recycled 5000 unwanted copies of The DaVinci Code to recreate 1984 has just found his next project.
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Anybody else miss The Woolworth's bargain bin?
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In a parliamentary system MPs removed the PM. That\u2019s entirely legitimate, but Dorries struggles to understand that.
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Wow\u2026 they\u2019ve finally managed to legal Nadine\u2019s book
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In years to come, unsigned copies will be worth a fortune.
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The perfect Christmas present for that family member you can't stand.
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I want that Nadine x Boris love. I want that Nadine x Boris loyalty. I want to be in a whole new relationship and have my ex-girlfriend write a book about how I\u2019m a really safe guy. The modern world hasn\u2019t crushed devotion it lives on in Nadine x Boris.
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I love that they need to explain the meaning of the title to her target audience
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HarperCollins, meanwhile, have described the book as a “seismic, untold story” and an “urgent look at how our government really operates”, with Dorries having an “innate storytelling ability”.

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