Nadine Dorries’ resignation letter highlights the choices facing the Conservative Party

Editorial: In her resignation letter, Dorries tells the prime minister: ‘History will not judge you kindly.’ But how will her own legacy affect the party?

Dorries is arguably now the established leader of the cult of Johnson (PA)

Nadine Dorries may be the first MP ever to resign twice without actually resigning at all.

Her first announcement that she was standing down as an MP “with immediate effect” was made almost three months ago, but it was mainly for the benefit of her television programme. Her second announcement – which said the same thing – was made on Saturday, in the form of a letter to Rishi Sunak.

In order to resign as an MP, one must send a closed letter to the chancellor, currently Jeremy Hunt, whose office was yesterday reading the letter on the Daily Mail website, the same as everybody else. As far as is publicly known, formal notification has still not been sent.