Nadine Dorries has launched a stinging attack on Jeremy Hunt, accusing him of 'duplicity' and 'destabilising' the Conservatives
claimed Mr Hunt had told her in July 2020, when she was a health minister in his department, that he planned to"swoop in" if the government was to"swiftly collapse on the back of Brexit".
And ending her thread with a flourish, she added:"You've been wrong about almost everything, you are wrong again now."But when challenged by Sky News political editor Beth Rigby about criticism that her comments were both a personal attack on Mr Hunt and divisive to the party, she disagreed, saying there was a concerted behind-scenes effort to oust the prime minister.
Mr Hunt is viewed as a likely contender for PM if a leadership contest is triggered, having made the run-off in 2019 against Mr Johnson.
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