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The Latest Breaking News from Nadine Dorries

Polls close in Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth byelections

Results will be seen as a verdict on Rishi Sunak if Tories lose seats where they had large majorities

The Guardian - UK

Sunak faces twin by-election test as polls open in Tamworth and Mid Bedfordshire

Polls open at 7am in both constituencies, with new MPs likely to be declared early on Friday.

The Independent UK

Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth by-elections: Rishi Sunak faces double test amid candidate controversy

Tory candidate in Tamworth condemned over sweary ‘can you feed your kids?’ food bank post

Evening Standard

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Sunak declines to condemn Tory candidate’s four-letter post

The Prime Minister’s press secretary said he believes ‘actions matter more’ than words after Andrew Cooper’s comment on social media.

The Independent UK

‘People are looking for change’: Labour eyes byelection clean sweep as Tories go to ground

Spectres of Nadine Dorries and Chris Pincher haunt Conservatives in Mid Beds and Tamworth, as Labour claims momentum going its way

The Guardian - UK

Leaked Tory memo reveals fears party will lose half of vote share in key by-elections

But document may have been leaked to manage expectations ahead of tight contest

The Independent UK

Mid Bedfordshire and Tamworth: Tories face tough byelection battles

Whether party can hold off Labour or Lib Dems will be crucial indicator of general election prospects

The Guardian - UK

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Labour and Lib Dems in bitter battle over Mid Bedfordshire byelection

Disagreements over who is best placed to take Nadine Dorries’s seat could threaten tactical voting strategies at general election

The Guardian - UK

Secret Covid Whatsapps reveal who cabinet secretary really thought was in charge – Carrie Johnson

Nadine Dorries said the messages show a group of ‘nasty misogynist bullies’ trying to ‘get to Boris through his wife’

The Independent UK

Iolanthe review – from Nadine Dorries to flying lords, the spiralling absurdity makes this a delight

Cal McCrystal’s joyous Gilbert and Sullivan staging returns to English National Opera packed with pantomime animals, visual and verbal gags and, above all, terrific singing

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - I’m going to say it — ‘rich man Rishi Sunak’ jibes just would not exist if he was white

So Rishi Sunak is rich and people can’t seem to get over it. Last week the BBC showed the Prime Minister a word cloud which suggested the main thing the public thought about him was that he was “rich”, so rich that they had very few other words on the…

Evening Standard

Sunak faces open revolt over refusal to back tax cuts

(And he STILL won’t come clean about plan to cancel northern leg of HS2)

The Independent UK

From Matt Hancock to Ed Balls – the most excruciating reality TV appearances by politicians

Politicians from across the political spectrum have taken part in reality TV competitions

The Independent UK

OPINION - Russell Brand has shown us women that we have made far less progress than we think

Georgina Baillie of Sachsgate fame has given many interviews over the last week, including to this newspaper. I’m sure she’s relieved to be finally given the platform to tell her story, which is, from every angle of a paparazzi lens, salutary.

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The Independent UK

From Matt Hancock to Ed Balls – the most excruciating reality TV appearances by politicians

Politicians from across the political spectrum have taken part in reality TV competitions

The Independent UK

Labour threaten to report Lib Dems to police over by-election ‘lies and smears’

Campaign to win Nadine Dorries’ old seat turns nasty, with Labour accused of ‘cheap stunts’

The Independent UK

Tories and Labour neck and neck in battle for Nadine Dorries seat, poll shows

Labour activists say survey shows ‘two-horse race’ in Mid Bedfordshire, amid warnings Lib Dems could split vote

The Independent UK

Labour and Tories neck and neck in Mid Bedfordshire, poll suggests

The polling, commissioned by a Labour-backing group, suggests a major drop off in Conservative support in the traditionally safe constituency.

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The Guardian - UK

Labour and Tories neck and neck in byelection race for Mid Beds, poll says

Survey reveals Labour more likely than Lib Dems to overturn Conservatives’ 25,000 majority in Nadine Dorries’s former seat

The Guardian - UK

‘Lib Dems will raze this place to the ground’: Mid Beds byelection duel could gift seat to Tories

A split-vote Conservative victory is seen as ‘a serious threat’ as Labour and Lib Dems battle for Nadine Dorries’s former seat

Evening Standard

When are the next by-elections? Another Tory resignation prompts 'Red Wall' crunch vote

Scott Benton is the latest Tory to resign, prompting yet another by-election challenge for Rishi Sunak

The Independent UK

By-election date confirmed for Chris Pincher’s Tamworth constituency

It will take place on the same day as the by-election in Nadine Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire seat.

Evening Standard

Rishi Sunak facing mid-October double by-election test as vote triggered for ex-Tory whip Chris Pincher’s seat

Tamworth by-election likely to take on October 19, the same day Nadine Dorries’ Mid Bedfordshire constituency will be contested

The Independent UK

Tactical voting in general election could spell Tories’ worst defeat in 100 years

Exclusive: Tories heading for even bigger election wipeout, says shock new poll, as groundswell of anti-Conservative sentiment set to drive party to worst result in more than a century

The Independent UK

Ex-Tory whip Chris Pincher resigns as an MP after losing groping appeal

Rishi Sunak now faces two ‘difficult’ by-elections.

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