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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Adam Forrest

Nadine Dorries admits ‘regicide runs in Tory veins’ – but suggests 97% of MPs still behind Boris Johnson

PA Wire

Cabinet minister Nadine Dorries has admitted that “regicide runs in the veins” of the Conservatives, as Boris Johnson fights to save his premiership from a growing backbench rebellion.

The culture secretary also suggested anti-Brexit Tory MPs were behind a plot to get rid of Mr Johnson as he struggles to recover from the Partygate scandal.

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