NADINE Dorries has now resigned as an MP months after she said she would be stepping down with “immediate effect”.
In a post on social media, she said she had submitted her resignation letter to Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
It means the Tories will have to fight yet another by-election, this time in Mid Bedfordshire – a seat the party has held since 1931.
She accused Sunak of leading attacks on her resulting in "the police having to visit my home and contact me on a number of occasions due to threats to my person".
"The clearly orchestrated and almost daily personal attacks demonstrates the pitifully low level your Government has descended to".
Dorries (above) also attacked Sunak's record in Government, saying: "Since you took office a year ago, the country is run by a zombie Parliament where nothing meaningful has happened.
"You have no mandate from the people and the Government is adrift. You have squandered the goodwill of the nation, for what?"
The former culture secretary has angered voters, numerous MPs and some in her own party, including the PM, by remaining in post since announcing her intention to resign more than 10 weeks ago.
She said she was delaying her exit while she investigated why she was refused a seat in the House of Lords.
Sunak previously told LBC that Dorries was "failing her constituents".
“I think people deserve to have an MP that represents them, wherever they are.
READ MORE: Humza Yousaf: Support for independence ‘has never been stronger’
“It’s just making sure your MP is engaging with you, representing you, whether that’s speaking in Parliament or being present in their constituencies doing surgeries, answering your letters.
“That’s the job of an MP and all MPs should be held to that standard", he said.
Dorries won the Mid Bedfordshire seat in 2019 with a 59.8% share of the vote, garnering 38,692 votes.
In her letter she added that Keir Starmer "does not have the winning X factor qualities of a Thatcher, a Blair, or a Boris Johnson, and sadly, Prime Minister, neither do you.
"Your actions have left some 200 or more of my MP colleagues to face an electoral tsunami and the loss of their livelihoods, because in your impatience to become Prime Minister you put your personal ambition above the stability of the country and our economy.
"Bewildered, we look in vain for the grand political vision for the people of this great country to hold on to, that would make all this disruption and subsequent inertia worthwhile, and we find absolutely nothing."
Downing Street has been contacted for comment.
Why are you making commenting on The National only available to subscribers?
We know there are thousands of National readers who want to debate, argue and go back and forth in the comments section of our stories. We’ve got the most informed readers in Scotland, asking each other the big questions about the future of our country.
Unfortunately, though, these important debates are being spoiled by a vocal minority of trolls who aren’t really interested in the issues, try to derail the conversations, register under fake names, and post vile abuse.
So that’s why we’ve decided to make the ability to comment only available to our paying subscribers. That way, all the trolls who post abuse on our website will have to pay if they want to join the debate – and risk a permanent ban from the account that they subscribe with.
The conversation will go back to what it should be about – people who care passionately about the issues, but disagree constructively on what we should do about them. Let’s get that debate started!
Callum Baird, Editor of The National
Comments: Our rules
We want our comments to be a lively and valuable part of our community - a place where readers can debate and engage with the most important local issues. The ability to comment on our stories is a privilege, not a right, however, and that privilege may be withdrawn if it is abused or misused.
Please report any comments that break our rules.
Read the rules hereLast Updated:
Report this comment Cancel