Nadine Dorries, the former cabinet minister, has called on Liz Truss to hold a general election to obtain a mandate for her policies.
Dorries, who backed Truss in the leadership election, said there was “widespread dismay” at the prime minister for abandoning key parts of her predecessor’s agenda.
Dorries, a leading Boris Johnson ally, said that “three years of work” had effectively been put on hold, adding that “if Liz wants a whole new mandate, she must take to the country”.
A number of Conservative MPs threatened to rebel against the prime minister, forcing her to U-turn over the proposed cut to the top rate of tax yesterday.
She faced a backlash from MPs who believe her tax plans went too far and will condemn the Tories to electoral defeat.
More than a dozen backbenchers publicly expressed unrest at parts of the fiscal statement, in particular the plan to abolish the 45p additional rate of income tax, with Dorries among those who has become increasingly critical of the PM in recent days.
Yesterday, she sent a tweet suggesting Truss should call a general election.
In response, her former cabinet colleague Michael Gove said that “now is not the time” for an election.
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Comments (2)
Are all MP’s absolute nutcases? It was bad enough that Truss was silly enough to do away with the tax on top earners at a time of crisis but then Nadine Dorries is calling for a general election when the tories are well behind in the polls showing that Labour would be likely to win. It seems this is the turkey that wants to vote for Christmas!! To me (personally) this is a worrying display of the level of intelligence displayed by MP’s; are any of them fit to undertake their function? I wonder what the public think?
Mad Nad has been at the electric soup again.