desperately need an mp who will be focused on them full time. the conservatives, too, have a candidate ready to go, and you do get the impression that nadine dorries sees some in her own party as her true opponents. iain watson, bbc news. zimbabwe s president, emmerson mnangagwa, has been re elected to serve a second term with just over half of the total vote. the opposition claims there has been widespread vote rigging, and international observers say the vote has fallen short of democratic standards. but this was the announcement from zimbabwe s election commission. 2,350,711 votes out of 4,468,730 valid votes cast, which are more than half the number of valid votes cast in the presidential election. therefore mnangagwa, emmerson dambudzo of zanu pf party is declared duly elected president of the republic of zimbabwe.
on prime minister rishi sunak. ms dorries said she would resign injune after claiming that downing street had blocked her receiving a peerage, something which number 10 has denied. but she had remained as an mp, saying she was continuing to work for her constituents, despite coming under pressure from other mps to go through with her promise to leave the house of commons. she has also released a resignation statement saying that rishi sunak has demeaned his office by whipping up a public frenzy against her. and she also accuses mr sunak of running a zombie parliament with a government which is adrift. she also claims he has squandered the good will of the nation. here s our political correpondent iain watson. last year she was a cabinet minister, but now nadine dorries has said she ll be leaving parliament for good. if you think you ve heard that before, well, she initially announced she d go back injune, but then decided to stay on to try to find out why she d apparently been blocked
she denies letting her voters down. opposition parties haven t waited for her formal resignation to start preparing for a by election. she said she was going to resign two months ago and i think she has failed yet again the people of mid bedfordshire, as have the conservative party for allowing her to stay in place without any discipline. i think it s a real relief for the people of mid bedfordshire because they desperately need an mp who will be focused on them full time. the conservatives, too, have a candidate ready to go, and you do get the impression that nadine dorries sees some in her own party as her true opponents. iain watson, bbc news. our political corresepondent helen catt said that the letter attacking the prime minister didn t come as much of a shock. it s always a problem when you ve got a formerly senior member of your party attacking you in public. it looks like you
she has also released a resignation statement saying that rishi sunak has demeaned his office by whipping up a public frenzy against her. and she also accuses mr sunak of running a zombie parliament with a government which is adrift. she also claims he has squandered the good will of the nation. here s our political correpondent iain watson with more. last year she was a cabinet minister, but now nadine dorries has said she ll be leaving parliament for good. if you think you ve heard that before, well, she initially announced she d go back injune, but then decided to stay on to try to find out why she d apparently been blocked from taking a seat in the house of lords. she is no stranger to controversy. she upset many in her own party a little over a decade ago when she got out of westminster during parliamentary time and went down under to take part in this reality tv show. but now she is finally leaving the politicaljungle and taking a swing at the current prime minister. in her resig