Sex parties and the ruthless Tory clique who secretly make - and then break - Prime Ministers: Revealed in Nadine Dorries' bombshell book, the assassins who wanted Boris out of No 10 - straight after
Daily MailBoris Johnson was ousted by a cabal that has been controlling the Tory leadership for two decades, according to an explosive book. In The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson, Nadine Dorries identifies Michael Gove, Dominic Cummings and a powerful adviser called Dougie Smith as members of 'the movement'. Boris Johnson with Michael Gove after the Tory election victory of 2019 in the green room of London's QEII Centre Boris Johnson with his wife Carrie on his last day as Prime Minister in September 2022 Nadine Dorries claims a cabal of senior politicians and advisers known as 'the movement' are controlling the Tory leadership The former culture secretary writes that after Mr Johnson made Mr Cummings his chief of staff – following pressure from Mr Gove and Mr Smith – 'the movement' plotted to remove the PM in the wake of his 2019 election victory, on the grounds he had already served his purpose by winning an 80-seat majority. The book claims that the origins of 'the movement' can be traced back to Mr Smith's days in the Federation of Conservative Students, more than three decades ago. In her explosive book, The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson, Ms Dorries claims Mr Smith has controlled the selection of Tory MPs since 2017, with candidates forced to 'sell their soul' to him.
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