Nadine Dorries

Boris Johnson is furious with the Prime Minister and believes he's been stitched up.

Analysis: Inside Tory civil war as Boris Johnson strengthens Rishi Sunak's hand

The Culture Secretary has said she is looking “very closely” at the BBC licence fee, as she dismissed calls to remove political interference from the appointment of its chair.

Culture Secretary ‘looking very closely’ at BBC licence fee

Tearful Nadine Dorries confirms she’s standing down as MP amid Boris Johnson tirade - watch

Nadine Dorries quits as MP in tearful tirade - watch

Nadine Dorries interviewed Boris Johnson on Talk TV show Friday Night with Nadine

Nadine Dorries launches Talk TV show with Boris Johnson interview

Boris Johnson discusses the Partygate scandal that ended his term as Prime Minister in an interview with Nadine Dorries on her Friday night programme on Talk TV.

Johnson: Anyone who thinks I lied about lockdown parties is ‘out of their mind’

Rod Stewart, once a Conservative supporter, has suggested Labour should run the country instead

As Tories join celebrity land, celebs are turning against them – Aidan Smith

Culture secretary Michelle Donelan has written to the Prime Minister, recommending the Government drops its plans to privatise Channel 4, according to reports. Picture: Lewis Whyld/PA Wire

Dorries launches bitter attack on Sunak over Channel 4 privatisation rollback

Maggie O'Farrell PIC: IBL/Shutterstock

'Literature is not a sport' - Stuart Kelly on the year in books

From left, Nadine Dorries, Lindsay Hoyle, and John Nicolson

SNP MP faces probe for revealing Speaker's investigation into Nadine Dorries

Carrie Johnson, Nadine Dorries and Rachel Johnson watch as outgoing Prime Minister Boris Johnson makes a speech outside 10 Downing Street, London, before leaving for Balmoral for an audience with Queen Elizabeth II to formally resign as Prime Minister.

Boris Johnson will ‘will be back’ one day claims Nadine Dorries

Mum's the Word. Pic: ITV

Janet Christie's Mum's the Word - I'm a Celebrity... No, you're a politician.

Scottish Secretary Alister Jack is understood to have been nominated for a peerage.

Boris Johnson nominates Alister Jack for peerage

I’m A Celebrity insider claims Matt Hancock will be 12th contestant to enter the jungle as Tory whip suspended

I’m A Celebrity insider claims Matt Hancock will be 12th contestant

BBC News presenter Martine Croxall has been taken off air amid claims she showed bias after Boris Johnson pulled out of the Tory leadership contest.

BBC News presenter taken off air amid bias claims

Conservative MP Nadine Dorries has said Liz Truss should call an election if she wants a mandate for her new policies (Picture: Stefan Rousseau/PA)

UK's slippery constitution allows Truss to change policies without new mandate

Nadine Dorries backed Liz Truss but has now called for a general election.

Nadine Dorries calls on Liz Truss to hold general election

Michelle Donelan: Culture Secretary has ordered a review of the Channel 4 sale proposals

Government reviewing ‘business case’ for privatising C4

Liz Truss will be the third female prime minster of the United Kingdom (Getty Images)

Liz Truss: who might make new prime minister’s cabinet?

Much of the rhetoric between the Liz Truss and Rishi Sunak camps has been brutal (Picture: PA)

How the Tories' own words are destroying the party's reputation – Scotsman says

Rebekah Hinds and Bronté Barbé play Stella and Kathy in new musical Kathy and Stella Solve a Murder. Picture: Mihaela Bodlovic

Festival Diary: Thrills and spills with the murder mystery musical crimebusters

Nadine Dorries blamed Rishi Sunak for the fall of Boris Johnson

Nadine Dorries blames Rishi Sunak for ‘ruthless coup’ that ousted Boris Johnson

Nadine Dorries appeared to forget the Glasgow 2014 Games telling BBC News: “We haven’t had a sporting event like this in the UK since the 2012 Olympics"

Nadine Dorries 'forgets' Glasgow hosted 2014 Commonwealth Games in BBC interview

Are Rishi Sunak's suits too expensive for a Prime Minister? (Picture: Carl Court/Getty Images)

Sorry Nadine, clothes maketh not the Prime Minister – Scotsman comment

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss taking part in the BBC Tory leadership debate live. Our Next Prime Minister, presented by Sophie Raworth. Picture: Jacob King/PA Wire

Liz Truss threatens to limit trade unions’ ability to ‘paralyse our economy’

Rishi Sunak and Liz Truss before taking part in the BBC Tory leadership debate, Our Next Prime Minister, presented by Sophie Raworth, a head-to-head debate at Victoria Hall in Hanley, Stoke-on-Trent, between the Conservative party leadership candidates. Picture date: Monday July 25, 2022.

Five key clashes from fiery Conservative leadership debate

Former chancellor Rishi Sunak. Picture: Getty Images

Dorries mocks Rishi Sunak for expensive taste in clothes

Tory MP Tobias Ellwood. Picture: Getty Images

Senior MP Tobias Ellwood stripped of Conservative Party whip by Boris Johnson

The corporation’s annual report for 2021/22, which also marks its centenary, shows four out of the top 10 best paid names have seen their salaries fall.

In pictures: The highest earning on-air talent at the BBC for 2021/22

Prime Minister Boris Johnson (centre) chairs a Cabinet meeting at 10 Downing Street, London, after he survived an attempt by Tory MPs to oust him as party leader following a confidence vote in his leadership on Monday evening at the Houses of Parliament. Picture date: Tuesday June 7, 2022. Picture: PA

Labour and Lib Dems need to unite under a 'Boris out' message - Euan McColm

A 'digital-first' BBC will be better placed to increase the number of viewers all over the world (Picture: Peter Macdiarmid/Getty Images)

CBBC and BBC Four's demise could help Aunty Beeb truly embrace the Internet Age

The Thick of It first started life on BBC Four

CBBC and BBC Four to be axed to make space for 'digital-first BBC'

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries wants to sell off Channel 4

Dorries claims Channel 4 sell-off will 'benefit' the broadcaster

Journalist, presenter and newsreader Huw Edwards has spoken about his fight with depression
Pic: Getty

BBC anchorman Huw Edwards reveals his fight with depression

Kalush Orchestra won the Eurovision Song Contest 2022.

PM hails Ukraine’s Eurovision triumph

The British Museum

Why does the Cambodian government think Britain has stolen its sacred objects

Russian internet trolls are believed to b based at a factory in St Petersburg.

Russian internet trolls accused of meddling in indyref vote target world leaders

Top to bottom, Naked Attraction is classic Channel 4 fayre.

Why Tories' plan to sell off Channel 4 could be motivated by revenge

The sell-off of Channel 4, broadcasters of shows including Gogglebox (pictured), has prompted a remarkable anti- Conservative reaction when crucial issues facing the British media continue to go unnoticed, writes John McLellan.

Political heat around Channel 4 deflects from crunch issues for British media

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries wants to sell off Channel 4

Readers' Letters: Channel 4 targeted for speaking truth to power

Ruth Davidson. Picture: Jane Barlow/PA

Ruth Davidson joins Tory backlash against Channel 4 privatisation plans

There are widespread concerns over the impact of privatising Channel 4

Analysis: Tories should listen to industry over Channel 4 privatisation plans

Channel 4: A closer look at the government's plan to privatise Channel 4

A closer look at the government's plan to privatise Channel 4

Chelsea FC owner Roman Abramovich has been sanctioned by the UK for his links to Vladimir Putin as the Government pressures Russia over its invasion of Ukraine.

Roman Abramovich sanctioned by UK government

RT is a propaganda tool used by Vladimir Putin (Picture: Yuri Kadobnov/AFP via Getty Images)

Why RT, Putin’s propaganda tool, should not be banned – Scotsman comment

Jacob Rees-Mogg, U.K. leader of the House of Commons, arrives ahead of a weekly cabinet meeting at number 10 Downing Street on Tuesday. Picture: Chris J. Ratcliffe/Bloomberg via Getty Images

We are living in an era of delusion at Westminster and Holyrood - Euan McColm

Christine Grahame

We must save the BBC from uncultured attack by Dorries – Christine Grahame MSP

Nadine Dorries has insisted 97 per cent of Conservative MPs back the Prime Minister (file image). Picture: Ian Forsyth/Getty Images.

Boris Johnson tells truth 'to the best of his knowledge' - Nadine Dorries

Even if not actually criminal, allegations that Boris Johnson's supporters have been trying to blackmail MPs show just how low they are stooping (Picture: Julian Simmonds/WPA pool/Getty Images)

Why Cabinet ministers must denounce Johnson – Scotsman says

David Hendy PIC: Tim Stubbings

Book review: The BBC: A People's History, by David Hendy

SNP MSP Angus Robertson has accused the UK Government of an "ideologically-driven" attack on the BBC.

Scottish minister hits out at ‘ideologically-driven’ attack on BBC

First Minister Nicola Sturgeon watches students on a mock hospital ward at Queen Margaret University in 2016 (Picture: Jeff J Mitchell/Getty Images)

Readers' Letters: Call the midwifery students? Brilliant idea

BBC Scotland office in Glasgow. Picture: John Devlin

BBC boss questions viability of subscription-based alternative

Broadcasting House has seen many changes over the history of the BBC. Losing the licence fee would be one of the biggest (Picture: Leon Neal/Getty Images)

Any changes to BBC's funding must be carefully considered – Scotsman comment

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries announced that the licensee will be frozen for the next two years. Photo: Google.

What scrapping the BBC license fee means for the future of British media

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries confirmed the freeze in parliament.

Nadine Dorries confirms BBC licence fee frozen for two years

Protesters make a point outside the House of Commons after it was revealed that Boris Johnson attended a party in the garden at 10 Downing Street (Picture: Tolga Akmen/AFP via Getty Images)

Why we should worry about Johnson's refusal to go quietly – Alastair Stewart

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Campers and walkers have been warned to avoid any naked flames to cut the risk of igniting 'tinder-dry' vegetation after a spring with very low rainfall

Wildfire warning as firefighters hurt in giant week-long blaze in the Highlands

Stephen Fry is a past winner of the comedy award. Picture: Getty Images

Flagship Fringe comedy awards plunged into crisis over loss of sponsor

Glasgow Warriors' Tom Jordan enjoyed a breakthrough season. (Photo by Ross MacDonald / SNS Group)

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