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in her resignation statement. 0ur political correspondent ian watson. let's get the labour response now. peter kyle is the shadow northern ireland minister and he's also been overseeing labour's preparations for a by—election in nadine dorries�* mid bedfordshire constituency. he gave me the labour point of view. it doesn't surprise me that she has gone out in this fashion, because the conservative civil war has been raging for a long time. rishi sunak and nadine dorries and a whole group of others behind them are at war with each other and of course, the people who have suffered the most, have been the people of mid bedfordshire, residents there who have been prevented for having the by—election that they need because of nadine dorries refusing to do so. no formal response yet from downing street. live now to former conservative special adviser, mo hussein. thanks so much forjoining us on bbc
not reflect well on her, it's a sad end to a colourful career.- not reflect well on her, it's a sad end to a colourful career. what do ou think end to a colourful career. what do you think rishi _ end to a colourful career. what do you think rishi sunak's _ end to a colourful career. what do you think rishi sunak's priorities l you think rishi sunak's priorities will be now? no doubt he will be turning his attention to the in the constituency. what happens next and what would be his priority is? it interesting. i think rishi sunak will want to move on as quickly as possible because the point about by—elections at the moment is that the government can't win them. but this is an interesting one, because labour and the lib dems both intend to try for it and they will end up fighting each other i suspect. for all the talk of an implicit pact between keir starmer and ed davey, i don't see either labour or the lib dems standing back from this seat. there has only been one ball in the constituency which put labour ahead by a small amount, bit of a chaotic
she says this will allow for a by—election to be called when parliament resumes in september. in other words, she is quite keen to see her mid bedfordshire parliamentary seat be contested around the time of the conservative party conference, putting maximum pressure again on rishi sunak, although he may try to of course delay the date of that by election. but opposition parties are already campaigning in her seats and seem to be hopeful of some success, despite the fact that she's got a huge majority of more than 20,000. but let's take a look at the nature of that attack. rishi sunak, as i say, not desperately surprising that she'd want to have a bit of a go at him, but nonetheless, she is known for speaking her mind and she certainly doesn't hold back. so let me just give you a few choice quotes from her resignation statement. she says, "you have no mandate from the people." she says to rishi sunak. she says his government is adrift. she says he's squandered the goodwill of the nation. and she's also accused him of orchestrating daily personal attacks. and there is a pitiful low level, which his government, she says,
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. and she claims he has squandered the goodwill of the nation. our political correpondent ian watson gave me the details. well, nadine dorries said she would resign back on june the 14th. she said she would resign with immediate effect. it's well known that nadine dorries is a close ally of the former prime minister boris johnson. she was culture secretary, of course, in his administration. she was not at all pleased at the way in which she was ejected from office and none too chuffed about the short lived nature of his successor, liz truss, this time at number ten downing street either. so therefore it is unsurprising that she's taking a swipe at the current prime minister, rishi sunak, in her resignation statement. now, first of all, let's take a look at the timing of what she's done.
my conclusion. i don't think anybody will take very seriously. which is a shame, because i thought she brought something to public life, she was a plain speaking working—class tories and proud of it. but the way she has left is extremely unprepossessing, put it that way. thud left is extremely unprepossessing, put it that way-— left is extremely unprepossessing, put it that way. and above scathing attacks there- _ put it that way. and above scathing attacks there. what _ put it that way. and above scathing attacks there. what do _ put it that way. and above scathing attacks there. what do you - put it that way. and above scathing attacks there. what do you think. attacks there. what do you think this does in terms of the unity for the conservative party moving forwards now?— the conservative party moving forwards now? well, they're not particularly _ forwards now? well, they're not particularly united _ forwards now? well, they're not particularly united but _ forwards now? well, they're not particularly united but has - forwards now? well, they're not particularly united but has now i forwards now? well, they're not i particularly united but has now has just said, this was priced in. she was not a rishi sunakfan just said, this was priced in. she was not a rishi sunak fan and just said, this was priced in. she was not a rishi sunakfan and by going so over the top in her attacks on him in her resignation letter, i think actually she strengthens him. because she has no credibility left, she resigned in a fit of pique because she didn't get a peerage, which doesn't reflect well on her, and trying to do as much damage as she can to the party, again, does