Nadine Dorries quits as Culture Secretary
She’s reportedly set to be handed a life peerage by Boris Johnson in his resignation honours list.
She’s reportedly set to be handed a life peerage by Boris Johnson in his resignation honours list.
Liz Truss was elected Prime Minister after securing 0.17% of the British vote, taking over from outgoing Boris Johnson.
Boris Johnson will depart No 10 on Tuesday and Ms Truss will fly to Balmoral to meet the Queen for the formal handover of power.
She defeated rival Rishi Sunak with 81,326 votes to 60,399 and will take over as prime minister on Tuesday, from Boris Johnson.
The former MP sat in front of a life-size cardboard cut out of Boris Johnson as she made her energy saving comments.
Even among Conservative voters, just 20 per cent say the Tory leadership frontrunner will be better than Boris Johnson.
Among Conservative voters, 43 per cent say she will be worse than Boris Johnson and just 20 per cent expect her to be better.
“More than anything, it also shows that the culture of wasting public money and laughing about it behind our backs goes way beyond Boris Johnson, and will continue until we get rid of this whole wretched Government.”
The former Newsnight presenter highlighted the role of Sir Robbie Gibb who was appointed to the BBC board by Boris Johnson.
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