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Nadine Dorries lecturing somebody else about suspected peerage ambitions. Finally, a subject with some personal experience behind it. You publicly described yourself as “broken-hearted” when your own hoped-for seat in the Lords failed to materialise. Then your resignation “with immediate effect” took 81 days. Even your departure needed a parliamentary summer season. Now Rupert accepts a role scrutinising government spending, and you’ve supplied the secret pact, the hidden instructions and a possible peerage. Your “may have” somehow becomes “we see right through you” by the end of the post. An impressive promotion for a suspicion. And parliamentary scrutiny is an interesting subject for you to choose. In 2013, the Standards Committee found that you should have registered media payments made through your company—and that your response to the investigation breached the Code of Conduct. Perhaps Rupert should take your advice on accountability, write it down carefully, and then do the opposite. The party loyalty lecture is equally entertaining. A former Conservative Cabinet minister joins Reform and becomes part of “real change”. Conservative MPs support Rupert for a committee role and suddenly we’re halfway through a political conspiracy thriller. Apparently the cleansing properties of a turquoise rosette remain unavailable to anyone who merely works with other MPs. Country before party means judging cooperation by what it achieves for the public. Your test appears to be whether Nigel benefits. And since you’ve brought out “Vote Restore, get Labour”, let’s visit your old constituency. Mid Bedfordshire, 2023: Labour won by 1,192 votes. Reform received 1,487. Apply your own vote-splitting logic to that result, Nadine. Does it become “Vote Reform, get Labour”—or does the arithmetic change when it reaches your preferred party? You once described your blog as “70% fiction and 30% fact”. For this latest instalment, a little sign showing where the factual section begins would be appreciated. Yours, unimpressed by the change of rosette, A Gentleman from the Old School. 🎩

And just think about that for a moment! Not one @Conservatives or @reformparty_uk MP! If you disagree with slavery reparations and apologies, why are you supporting these traitors? Why do people insist on apologising or handing over taxpayer's money for acts committed by someone else - and many moons ago?