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Could the rules really be changed to oust Nadine Dorries?

The Mid Bedfordshire MP said in June that she would be leaving the Commons ‘with ‘immediate effect’, but is yet to actually quit. Jon Stone examines her critics’ options

Sunday 06 August 2023 21:02 BST
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Dorries' constituency is not being properly represented, according to Rishi Sunak
Dorries' constituency is not being properly represented, according to Rishi Sunak (PA Wire)

Nadine Dorries last spoke in the Commons in July last 2022, over a year ago. Could rules be changed to speed her exit from parliament?

The Mid Bedfordshire MP and close ally of Boris Johnson said in June that she would be leaving the Commons “with immediate effect”, but is yet to actually quit.

She remains an elected MP and nobody can force her to leave.

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