NADINE Dorries has become the most high-profile Tory politician to call for a General Election, challenging the Prime Minister to win a “whole new mandate” for her radical agenda.
The former culture secretary, who backed Boris Johnson to the last and is now tipped for a seat in the House of Lords, has said Liz Truss “must” go to the country to win support for her policies, which mark a departure from her predecessor.
Dorries complained that key and controversial policies of hers – such as the privatisation of Channel 4, the Online Safety Bill and the review of the BBC licence fee – had been “signed off” and “ready to go” but had been parked by the new administration.
