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Nadine Dorries
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“On the pro-life side of the fence, the public takes little notice of those who want to abolish abortion. They are dismissed as extremists. If I were to argue that all abortions should be banned, the ethical discussions would go round in circles because one person’s opinion is as valid as another's. My view is that the only way forward is to argue for a reduction in the time limit.”
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“I am not an MP for any reason other than because God wants me to be. There is nothing I did that got me here; it is what God did. There is nothing amazing or special about me, I am just a conduit for God to use.”
Nadine Dorries (born 1957) first seen 2007 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: The War Cry" The War Cry (No. 6812, 2 June 2007), pp. 4–5
“If we were in government and David [Cameron] didn't give me a front bench position, I would barricade myself inside his office until he did.”
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“I started blogging because I believe my constituents, who pay me, have a right to know what I get up to in Westminster. Many MPs are so secretive about how they spend their time but I say b******s to that.”
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Recorded in: The Tories' Nadine Dorries: Bridget Jones, MP" The Telegraph (4 November 2007).
“Do you know the people who have no voice in this country? Who are never written about, who journalists never talk about? The mums. Mums who decide that they will give up their careers and stay at home and look after their children.”
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“[In the 2005–2010 parliament, it was] very difficult to talk about the family unit, and to talk about mothers and children . . . as the foundation of society, because it was seen as a very unsexy, untrendy thing to do and the opposite of what a woman should be doing.”
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Recorded in: From an interview for "The mom supremacy", New Statesman (5 October 2010).
“My blog is 70% fiction and 30% fact. It is written as a tool to enable my constituents to know me better and to reassure them of my commitment to Mid Bedfordshire. I rely heavily on poetic licence and frequently replace one place name/event/fact with another.”
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Recorded in: According to statement in documents released by the standards and privileges committee of the House of Commons, as cited in "Nadine Dorries says her MP's blog was '70% fiction'" The Guardian reprinting a Press Associati…
“Unfortunately, I think that not only are Cameron and Osborne two posh boys who don't know the price of milk, but they are two arrogant posh boys who show no remorse, no contrition, and no passion to want to understand the lives of others - and that is their real crime.”
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Recorded in: Commenting on Daily Politics about Prime Minister David Cameron and Chancellor of the Exchequer George Osborne (23 April 2012), as cited in "MP Dorries calls PM and chancellor 'arrogant posh boys'" BBC News (23 April 20…
“Gay marriage is a policy which has been pursued by the metro elite gay activists and needs to be put into the same bin [as reform of the House of Lords].”
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Recorded in: Comment in article published on the CosnservativeHome website (6 May 2012).
“Be seen within a mile of my daughters and I will nail your balls to the floor... using your own front teeth. Do you get that?”
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Recorded in: Tweet sent to Ben Glaze, a journalist on the Sunday Mirror newspaper, reported by Darren Boyle "Tory MP tells Sunday Mirror reporter 'I'll nail your balls to the floor' in Twitter rant", Press Gazette (24 November 2013).
“[On relaxed EU restrictions on immigration from Bulgaria and Romania] There has been no tidal wave but there might be tomorrow, there might be next year - we don't know – and that is the problem. We could have a tidal wave from Yugoslavia.”
Nadine Dorries (born 1957) first seen 2014 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Question Time (9 January 2014), as cited in "Nadine Dorries warns of a 'tidal wave' of immigrants from Yugoslavia - which no longer exists" The Independent (10 January 2014).
“This deal gives us no voice, no votes, no MEPs, no commissioner.”
Nadine Dorries (born 1957) first seen 2018 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: On Theresa May’s Brexit deal; quoted in "Leave-voting MP Nadine Dorries slams May's Brexit deal because UK won’t have seats in European parliament", The Independent (17 November 2018).
“[On the question of privatising Channel 4, later an abandoned policy] I would argue that to say that just because Channel 4's been established as a public service broadcaster, and just because it's in receipt of public money, we should never kind of audit the future of Channel 4 and we should never evaluate how Channel 4 looks in the future, and whether or not it's a sustainable and valuable model, it’s quite right that the Government should do that.”
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Recorded in: During a meeting of the House of Commons Digital, Culture, Media and Sport Select Committee (24 November 2021), as cited in "Nadine Dorries flails when presented with Channel 4 funding questions" The National (24 Novemb…
“I can personally tell you that the Prime Minister, when he stands at the despatch box and makes quotes like the one you just quoted, is because the researchers and his advisers will have given him that quote, and that's... and he was truthful, to the best of his knowledge, when he made that quote [...] The Prime Minister does tell the truth.”
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Recorded in: Interview on Times Radio (5 February 2022), as cited in "Boris Johnson tells truth 'to the best of his knowledge' - Nadine Dorries" The Scotsman (5 February 2022).
“[On how well Channel 5 was doing] they were privatised a small number of years ago, three years ago, five years ago maybe.”
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Recorded in: Interview on LBC (28 April 2022), as cited in "Nadine Dorries Channel 5 gaffe shows 'ignorance' of her own brief" The National (29 April 2022).
“There is a process and the last thing I would want to do would be to cause a by-election in my constituency.”
Nadine Dorries (born 1957) first seen 2023 wikiquote, CC BY-SA 4.0 source
Recorded in: Interview with TalkTV (9 June 2023), as cited in "Nadine Dorries standing down as MP with 'immediate effect' triggering by-election", Sky News (9 June 2023).
“It is my belief that when Rishi Sunak told Boris Johnson he would sign off the list returned to him by Holac, he was using weasel words [...] He already knew who was and wasn't on that list because he had engineered it via his aide [[w:James Forsyth (journalist)|[James] Forsyth]]. I'm not going to lie. I believe sinister forces conspired against me and have left me heartbroken - but that emotion gives me all the strength I need to keep on fighting.”
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Recorded in: From a column in the Daily Mail, as quoted in "Nadine Dorries claims 'sinister forces' were behind House of Lords snub" Sky News (13 June 2023).
“This expert legal opinion shows that the inquiry was a biased, Kafkaesque witch hunt – it should now be halted before it does any more damage. (Daily Mail, 1 September 2022).”
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“[T]hey [the privileges committee] have nothing. He protested his innocence all along and he was right. It was a gross miscarriage of justice, at the very least. (Twitter, 3 March 2023).”
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“I don’t think there was ever a world in which this committee was going to find Boris innocent. The committee have demonstrated very clearly that they have decided early on to find him guilty. (TalkTV, 23 March 2023).”
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“[W]e also need to keep a close eye on the careers of the Conservative MPs who sat on that committee. Do they suddenly find themselves on chicken runs into safe seats? Gongs? Were promises made? We need to know if they were. Justice has to be seen to be done at all levels of this process. (Twitter, 15 June 2023).”
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Recorded in: Comments concerning the House of Commons' Privileges Committee investigation into Boris Johnson as reproduced in the privileges committee report on other parliamentarian's conduct during the Johnson investigation, as ci…
“I am grateful for your personal phone call on the morning you appointed your cabinet in October, even if I declined to take the call.”
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“It is a fact that there is no affection for Keir Starmer out on the doorstep. He does not have the winning X factor qualities of a Thatcher, Blair or a Boris Johnson, and sadly, prime minister, neither do you.”
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Recorded in: Extracts from letter to Rishi Sunak formally resigning as an MP, as cited in "Nadine Dorries' resignation letter in full - as she accuses Rishi Sunak of whipping up a 'public frenzy' against her", Sky News (26 August 20…
“It is a modus operandi established by your allies which has targeted Boris Johnson, transferred to Liz Truss and now moved on to me. But I have not been a Prime Minister. I do not have security or protection. Attacks from people, led by you, declared open season on myself and the past weeks have resulted in the police having to visit my home and contact me on a number of occasions due to threats to my person. Since you took office a year ago, the country is run by a zombie Parliament where nothing meaningful has happened. What exactly has been done or have you achieved? You hold the office of Prime Minister unelected, without a single vote, not even from your own MPs. You have no mandate from the people and the government is adrift. You have squandered the goodwill of the nation, for what?”
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