From Matt Hancock to Ed Balls – the most excruciating reality TV appearances by politicians Politicians from across the political spectrum have taken part in reality TV competitions The Independent UK · Sep 22, 2023
Labour threaten to report Lib Dems to police over by-election ‘lies and smears’ Campaign to win Nadine Dorries’ old seat turns nasty, with Labour accused of ‘cheap stunts’ The Independent UK · Sep 21, 2023
Tories and Labour neck and neck in battle for Nadine Dorries seat, poll shows Labour activists say survey shows ‘two-horse race’ in Mid Bedfordshire, amid warnings Lib Dems could split vote The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2023
Labour and Tories neck and neck in Mid Bedfordshire, poll suggests The polling, commissioned by a Labour-backing group, suggests a major drop off in Conservative support in the traditionally safe constituency. The Independent UK · Sep 16, 2023
Labour and Tories neck and neck in byelection race for Mid Beds, poll says Survey reveals Labour more likely than Lib Dems to overturn Conservatives’ 25,000 majority in Nadine Dorries’s former seat The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2023
‘Lib Dems will raze this place to the ground’: Mid Beds byelection duel could gift seat to Tories A split-vote Conservative victory is seen as ‘a serious threat’ as Labour and Lib Dems battle for Nadine Dorries’s former seat The Guardian - UK · Sep 16, 2023
When are the next by-elections? Another Tory resignation prompts 'Red Wall' crunch vote Scott Benton is the latest Tory to resign, prompting yet another by-election challenge for Rishi Sunak Evening Standard · Sep 14, 2023
By-election date confirmed for Chris Pincher’s Tamworth constituency It will take place on the same day as the by-election in Nadine Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire seat. The Independent UK · Sep 13, 2023
Rishi Sunak facing mid-October double by-election test as vote triggered for ex-Tory whip Chris Pincher’s seat Tamworth by-election likely to take on October 19, the same day Nadine Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire constituency will be contested Evening Standard · Sep 11, 2023
Tactical voting in general election could spell Tories’ worst defeat in 100 years Exclusive: Tories heading for even bigger election wipeout, says shock new poll, as groundswell of anti-Conservative sentiment set to drive party to worst result in more than a century The Independent UK · Sep 11, 2023
Ex-Tory whip Chris Pincher resigns as an MP after losing groping appeal Rishi Sunak now faces two ‘difficult’ by-elections. The Independent UK · Sep 7, 2023
By-election challenge for Rishi Sunak next month in Nadine Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire seat Voters will go to the polls in what has been a historically safe Conservative seat on October 19 Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023
By-election challenge for Rishi Sunak next month in Nadine Dorries’ seat Voters will go to the polls in what has been a historically safe Conservative seat on October 19. The Independent UK · Sep 5, 2023
OPINION - Sadiq Khan has shown courage on Ulez, but now he needs to stop ignoring knife crime Whether you’re violently anti or hysterically pro-Ulez, you have to admit that it demonstrated admirable qualities in our Mayor, Sadiq Khan. He showed us he can be refreshingly intractable and dogged, that he doesn’t mind upsetting people under incredible pressure from half of London, and even his own party leader.… Evening Standard · Sep 5, 2023
The Guardian - UK · Sep 3, 2023 A Conservative win in Mid Bedfordshire might be the best result for progressives Letter: Prof Roy Lowe on why Labour and the Liberal Democrats should battle it out in the byelection for Nadine Dorries’ newly vacated seat
The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023 Nadine Dorries on book delay: Downing Street’s pushing a line I’ve been silenced The Plot: The Political Assassination Of Boris Johnson will now be released on November 9.
The Independent UK · Sep 1, 2023 Lib Dems to push for swift Mid Bedfordshire by-election The Lib Dems plan to table a motion as soon as the Commons return next week.
The Guardian - UK · Aug 31, 2023 Nadine Dorries’ book on Boris Johnson’s downfall delayed due to legal issues Ex-MP claims her account will lay bare ‘a corruption of democracy deep at the heart of the Conservative party and in Downing Street’
The National (Scotland) · Aug 31, 2023 Nadine Dorries’s book publisher reveals reason behind delay of new work Nadine Dorries’s book on the downfall of former prime minister Boris Johnson will be delayed slightly due to “the huge volume of material the…
The Independent UK · Aug 31, 2023 Nadine Dorries’ book on the downfall of Boris Johnson delayed until November The Plot: The Political Assassination Of Boris Johnson had been due to be published ahead of the Conservative Party conference in October.
The Independent UK · Aug 30, 2023 Labour and Lib Dem vote split could let Tories win in Mid Bedfordshire, says polling guru John Curtice Sunak’s party ‘could still hang on’ despite vote collapse, says polling guru
The Guardian - UK · Aug 30, 2023 The Tories are suffering from Dorries syndrome: paranoia steeped in denial A party that is out of ideas and afraid to admit its mistakes finds comfort in pursuit of traitors, scapegoats and in conspiracy theory, says Guardian columnist Rafael Behr
The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023 Labour attempts to seize moment after Nadine Dorries finally resigns Alistair Strathern believes Labour in byelection driving seat after ‘surreal’ resignation but Lib Dems have other ideas
The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023 The Guardian view on Nadine Dorries’s resignation: raggle-taggle Tories Editorial: The former MP was out of step with Rishi Sunak, but she is not the only Conservative who thinks the party has lost its way
The Guardian - UK · Aug 29, 2023 Wake me up when this mess we’re in is over Brief letters: Broken Britain | Suspicious plane deaths | Whistling wisdom | MCC | Judging Nadine Dorries