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Nadine Dorries – who employed daughters – says BBC staffed by people ‘whose mum and dad worked there’

"Nadine Dorries is going to sh*t her teeth when she finds out what goes on in the office of Nadine Dorries," tweeted James Felton.

Joe Mellor by Joe Mellor
2021-10-05 11:37
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Nadine Dorries, for it is she, has waded into another argument and been left with egg on her face… again.

This time it is over the BBC. She said the broadcaster is riven by bias and staffed by people “whose mum and dad worked there”, despite Boris Johnson urging colleagues to dial down culture war rhetoric.

However, Dorries herself faced criticism in 2013 for employing two of her daughters as staff in her parliamentary office at a cost of up to £80,000.

In 2013 she was one of 155 Tory MP – including five ministers – who employed family members last year at a total cost of up to £327,000 – all of it funded from the public purse.

She even boosted the salary of her daughter Philippa, 28, into the £40,000-£44,999 pay band from the £30,400 she was earning as a constituency caseworker.

She also paid her daughter Jennifer, 26, up to £35,000 to work as a ‘senior secretary’.

War

Nadine Dorries insisted she did not want a “war” with the broadcaster but suggested it would have to set out how it will change before the next licence fee settlement, which covers the five years from April 2022.

At a Conservative Party conference fringe event she admitted “I don’t know” if the broadcaster will even survive in 10 years’ time in the face of competition from new players such as Netflix.

She also said: “Levelling up isn’t about regional growth figures, it’s not about connectivity, it’s about none of that, it’s about people.

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“The people it’s about the most are people who come from a background like mine who want to be the next Grand Slam champion but can’t afford the private tennis lessons; who want to be the next Daisy Edgar-Jones but their mum or dad aren’t head of entertainment at Sky; or they want to be Benedict Cumberbatch but they don’t go to private school.

“I want to go back to those kids and find them a pathway into the industry.”

The Culture Secretary dismissed suggestions that a woman should replace Daniel Craig as James Bond.

“Why do people think that when a man gets tired of a certain pair of shoes, maybe a woman should fill them? Let’s create a whole new role for a woman.”

And she said her favourite author as a child was the “very un-PC” Enid Blyton.

Blyton has been criticised for racism and xenophobia in her books, but Ms Dorries said they should not be censored: “Leave it, because that’s our heritage. People don’t have to buy it, they don’t have to read it.”

Reactions

As you can imagine her hypocrisy was called out by quite a few folk online.

1.

Nadine Dorries is going to shit her teeth when she finds out what goes on in the office of Nadine Dorries pic.twitter.com/8md8CLhGO3

— James Felton (@JimMFelton) October 4, 2021

2.

pic.twitter.com/M4vKzSFWgo

— p.j. (@petejm1958) October 4, 2021

3.

In 2013 Nadine Dorries reportedly employed her daughter on a salary of £40,000–45,000 as an office manager, even though she lived 96 miles from the office. Dorries later took on her sister as "senior secretary" with a salary of £30,000–35,000 source WIKIhttps://t.co/1L189m4r4U

— Otto English (@Otto_English) October 4, 2021

4.

1. Easily verifiable. Show us these current employees whose mums and dads worked there as a percentage of staff.
2. "Dorries faced criticism in 2013 for employing two of her daughters as staff in her parliamentary office at a cost of up to £80,000." https://t.co/YWem1wGfcC

— Stephen McGann💙 (@StephenMcGann) October 4, 2021

5.

Interesting to see @nadinedorries rail against nepotism given she employs both her daughters.
In fact, in 2013 it was reported she employed family members to the tune of £327,000. All of it from public purse.

— Emma Kennedy💙 (@EmmaKennedy) October 4, 2021

6.

From the archives:

"MP Nadine Dorries paid her daughters up to £80k from the public purse to work in her office… and gave one a £15k pay rise"

She blocked me when I raised this on here. https://t.co/FkSVQtKKMI

— James Foster (@JamesEFoster) October 4, 2021

7.

Nadine Dorries criticising the BBC for nepotism from her own office run by Nadine Dorries daughters hm okay

— dave ❄️ 🥕 🧻 (@davemacladd) October 4, 2021

This is also very amusing, by Led By Donkeys.

Hey @NadineDorries, this you? (Location: Central Manchester) #cpc21 pic.twitter.com/TheU7sK3zJ

— Led By Donkeys (@ByDonkeys) October 4, 2021

Related: Watch: Disability campaigner confronts ‘shameful’ Jacob Rees-Mogg in street

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