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Daily Mirror
Daily Mirror
Politics
Lizzy Buchan

Nadine Dorries' gaffes and weird moments as Tory plans to quit at next election

Nadine Dorries has said she will quit as an MP at the next election as panicking Tories eye Labour's continuing poll lead.

The former Culture Secretary, who has been an MP since 2005, is the 19th Conservative MP to say they won't fight the next election, which is expected to be called next year.

A staunch Boris Johnson ally, Ms Dorries used her announcement to slam the "MPs who drank Kool-Aid and got rid of Boris Johnson" and said the behaviour of her fellow Tories had pushed her to leave.

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