We’ll have to wait for the book to be released and then someone to read it and find the answer … 
Nadine Dorries has been referred to the Conservative chief whip by the UK’s top civil servant over claims she sent “forceful” messages to officials.
Chief whips oversee discipline in political parties, while the Speaker presides over the House of Commons.
Tory MP and public administration committee chairman William Wragg, a frequent critic of Mr Johnson, asked Cabinet Secretary Mr Case if he was aware of “any rather forceful communications” sent by Ms Dorries “to senior civil servants”.Mr Wragg suggested Ms Dorries had threatened to use “the platform of the Commons and indeed her own television programme to get to the bottom of why she hadn’t been given a peerage”.
Mr Case said: “Yes, I was aware of those communications and have flagged them to both the chief whip and Speaker of the House.”
Blimey … Nads is certainly mad about her missing peerage - she must be desperate to be Lady Muck … 
Ms Dorries received £20,500 as a partial advance for the book from HarperCollins.
I think we are about to pinpoint the absolute definition of “unwarranted self-entitlement”. Thanks Nadine for that useful contribution to our understanding of the finer nuances the English language.
A town council has urged former government minister Nadine Dorries to resign as an MP immediately over what they described as her “continuing lack of representation” for constituents. Flitwick Town Council in Mid Bedfordshire said there were “concerns” about her focus on TV work.
In a strongly worded letter, the councillors said: “The last time you spoke in the Commons was 7 June 2022. You have not maintained a constituency office for a considerable time and it’s widely understood that you have not held a surgery in Flitwick since March 2020. Rather than representing constituents, the council is concerned that your focus appears to have been firmly on your television show, upcoming book and political manoeuvres to embarrass the government for not appointing you to the House of Lords.”
The letter said Flitwick, that with a population of about 13,800 was the largest concentration of voters in the constituency, “desperately need effective representation now”.
“Flitwick Town Council calls on you to immediately vacate your seat to allow a by-election,” it added.
Quite right … Dorries is taking tax-payers money and doing nothing to earn it … 
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Dorries is yet another grifter - there’s been a lot of them coming out of the political woodwork in recent years - unfortunately we, the taxpayers, are her employers yet it seems we cannot sack her or stop her salary even though she hasn’t been turning up for work for a year - she shouldn’t be able to get away with skiving off work to go moonlighting.
Do we have to wait until there’s general election to force her out if she won’t stand down before then?
She’s taking the mickey now.
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Conservative MP Nadine Dorries is facing a move to force her out of Parliament if she fails to attend for six months. The proposals have been put forward by senior Labour MP Sir Chris Bryant.
Under his proposals, first reported by the Financial Times, Sir Chris said a motion could be tabled in Parliament requiring an MP to attend Parliament on a certain date. If they failed to do so he said this could be considered a “contempt of Parliament”, which can be punished with a suspension from the Commons. If MPs approve a suspension of 10 days or more this can trigger a by-election in the constituency, where voters have the chance to oust their local MP.
Sir Chris, who chairs the Commons standards committee, said the move had basis in a parliamentary rule from 1801 stating that “no member do presume to go out of town without leave of this House”. He told the BBC he wanted to see MPs held to the same standards as councillors, who automatically cease to be a councillor, triggering a by-election, if they fail to attend any meetings for six months without good reason.
“I just think this is bringing the whole system into disrepute,” he said. “Why should you be allowed to draw a salary and claim expenses for your staff and all that kind of stuff if you’re not actually doing the job of turning up?”
Asked if he would table a motion to oust Ms Dorries when Parliament returns in the autumn, Sir Chris said: “Maybe she’ll turn up on the first day back in September and take part in debates and so on. Or maybe she’ll resign… Let’s see what happens.”
Will they ever Dump the Dorries … 
John Glen, chief secretary to the Treasury, told Sky News that the former culture secretary needed to formally announce her resignation so her constituents could be properly represented. Dorries said she was going to resign nine weeks ago after failing to secure a peerage in Boris Johnson’s honours list in June.
Glen told Times Radio that people were “bewildered” by her actions. He told Sky News: “I’m a bit bemused. She said that she was going to resign immediately, she hasn’t done so, and I understand the frustration of her constituents. If they can’t get access to her, then they’re going to be very disappointed in that.
“She needs to get on with it and she needs to make that decision real by announcing her resignation formally.”
Indeed she does … but, apparently, won’t … 
Mr Stephenson has been the association’s chair for two-and-a-half years and said his relationship with Ms Dorries was “very cordial” and “very much a two-way relationship”. He told the BBC they last met in person at a memorial for Queen Elizabeth II in Flitwick last year (1), but spoke regularly on the phone and via WhatsApp.
However, as a constituent too, he admitted to being “frustrated”, as others in Mid Beds became increasingly vocal about the situation. Mr Stephenson said he had seen the banners and said: “It’s embarrassing it’s come to this, but these are legitimate protests.”
He told the BBC none of his recent communication with Ms Dorries suggested she had changed her mind, but he was not expecting a formal announcement this month.
(1) So, even local Tory supporters haven’t seen Mad Nads for a year … 
She should just get on with it and the peerage system should be dropped anyway its out of date and elitist
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Anyone seen her … 
A second council has urged Nadine Dorries to immediately step down as Tory MP for Mid Bedfordshire, saying she had “abandoned the local area”.
Shefford Town Council has written to Ms Dorries accusing her of having “scant interest” in her constituency.
“Nine weeks have now passed and you have not resigned,” said Shefford Town Council in a letter, which it has also published on X (formerly Twitter). The letter, signed by Shefford mayor Ken Pollard, raised the “town’s concerns and frustration” at the “continuing lack of representation for the people of Mid Bedfordshire”.
It also accused Ms Dorries of an “aversion to attending local events or services” and acting “in direct violation of the seven principles of public life” - a series of rules established after the Nolan Committee’s inquiry into standards that should be upheld by any public office-holder.
Scant, lack, aversion, violation - harsh words … but fair … 
A matter of time surely?
In the meantime, Dorries is claiming £7,000 a month salary … 
Nadine Dorries has resigned her Commons seat, two months after promising to quit “with immediate effect”.
She launched a blistering attack on Rishi Sunak in her resignation statement, saying “history will not judge you kindly”. She accused the prime minister of abandoning “the fundamental principles of Conservatism”.
She said she had submitted her resignation letter to the prime minister, and published the eviscerating text on the Daily Mail’s subscription service Mail+.
Going, going …
In her resignation letter, the Tory MP accused Rishi Sunak of “demeaning his office by opening the gates to whip up a public frenzy” against her. Ms Dorries also accused Mr Sunak of leading attacks on her resulting in “the police having to visit my home and contact me on a number of occasions due to threats to my person”.
“The clearly orchestrated and almost daily personal attacks demonstrates the pitifully low level your government has descended to,” she wrote.
Attacking the prime minster’s record, she added: “Since you took office a year ago, the country is run by a zombie parliament where nothing meaningful has happened. Bewildered, we look in vain for the grand political vision for the people of this great country to hold on to, that would make all this disruption and subsequent inertia worthwhile, and we find absolutely nothing.”
A woman scorned … 
Nadine Dorries’ book about Boris Johnson’s downfall will be delayed, publisher HarperCollins has said. The “small delay” is due to “the required legal process needed to share her story,” HarperCollins said. It added the delayed publishing date was to “allow for the huge volume of material the author has consulted” and “the number of high-level sources spoken to”.
The book, for which she received £20,500 as a partial advance, - The Plot: The Political Assassination Of Boris Johnson - was due to come out on 28 September but it is now expected on 9 November and apparently, attacks Downing Street and the Conservative Party.
Ms Dorries said: “What began as an investigation into how Boris Johnson was removed from office ultimately revealed a corruption of democracy deep at the heart of the Conservative Party and in Downing Street. Secrecy, fear and the cloak of anonymity have protected those who wield power in the shadows, until now.”
Oo-er, I’ll bet her “enemies” are trembling … 
A Mid Bedfordshire by-election has been called for 19 October after Conservative MP Nadine Dorries said she would vacate her seat. Central Bedfordshire Council confirmed the by-election date following Ms Dorries’ decision.
So far, seven candidates have declared they would stand for the seat.
Too much detail to paste here but (in summary):
Housebuilding (too much), Access to healthcare (not enough), Cost of living (out-of-control)
… which, presumably, will be true of any semi-rural seat (including my own).
Polling stations have opened to elect a new MP after the resignation of Nadine Dorries in the Mid Bedfordshire constituency.
In 2019, the former culture secretary had a majority of 24,664 in a constituency that has been won by the Tories since 1931.
Thirteen candidates are standing in the by-election, representing major and minor parties, and two independents.
Constituents will need photo ID in order to vote.
The candidates in alphabetic order are:
- Festus Akinbusoye - Conservative
- Sid Cordle - Christian Peoples Alliance
- Dave Holland - Reform UK
- Emma Holland-Lindsay - Liberal Democrat
- Ann Kelly - Monster Raving Loony Party
- Prince Ankit Love, Emperor of India - independent
- Gareth Mackey - independent
- Chris Rooney - Mainstream
- Cade Sibley - Green Party
- Alistair Strathern - Labour
- Alberto Thomas - Heritage
- Alan Victor - True and Fair
- Antonio Vitiello - English Democrat
The result will be interesting … 