BOJO DOG GONE Boris Johnson spotted on run with
dog as he ‘failed to tell Nadine Dorries her peerage was rejected 4 months ago’
Ryan Sabey
Published:
22:58, 13 Jun 2023Updated: 22:58, 13 Jun 2023
https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/22686161/boris-johnson-failed-nadine-dorries-nomination-rejected/
The
ex-Prime Minister was informed about changes to his controversial list as far
back as February contradicting claims he was unaware names were removed more
recently.
It was claimed Boris Johnson failed to tell Nadine
Dorries her nomination had been rejected up to four months ago
The
revelation follows the ex-Culture Secretary saying BoJo told her she was off to
the House of Lords as she blasted Mr Sunak for “cruelly” blocking her.
Mr Johnson
was given enough notice to warn MPs on his list that they would only be given a
peerage if they stood down as an MP, an insider says.
A senior
government source said that this was “done in time” to allow him to tell the
MPs involved to quit to be considered by the House of Lords vetting panel.
They added:
“Updates were provided to the former prime minister given that it was his list,
and that’s the normal process.”
Ms Dorries,
who grew up on a council estate in Liverpool, said she didn’t hear from the
Lords’ commission or from Downing Street and said “privileged posh boys”
blocked her nomination.
The
controversy has deepened the on-going tension between Sunak and Mr Johnson.
Mr Sunak
had claimed that Mr Johnson had asked him to ignore the recommendations from
the vetting body which was “something I wasn’t prepared to do”.
Mr Johnson
said Sunak was “talking rubbish” and just needed to renew the vetting
procedure.
The former
PM, quit Parliament ahead of the Privileges Committee report which is expected
to show he deliberately misled MPs over the Partygate scandal. Their report is
due in the coming days.
His
departure triggered a by-election in his west London seat along with ballots in
Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire constituency and Nigel Adams Selby, north Yorkshire,
seat.
Sir Keir
Starmer yesterday said there was “certainly evidence of chaos” in Tory ranks
and their departures were “essentially political tantrums”.
Mr
Johnson’s office has been approached for comment.
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