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Nadine Dorries says 'sinister forces' were behind House of Lords snub

Sky News Tuesday, 13 June 2023
Nadine Dorries says 'sinister forces' were behind House of Lords snubNadine Dorries has suggested "sinister forces" were behind the decision not to include her on Boris Johnson's controversial resignation honours list amid an increasingly bitter war of words with the prime minister.
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Prime Minister Rishi Sunak has accused his predecessor Boris Johnson of asking him to take action that “wasn’t right” in discussions over the former prime minister’s honours list. Sunak said Johnson asked him to “do something I wasn’t prepared to do” by overruling the House of Lords...

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