The astonishing claim is one of a string of revelations in The Plot: The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson, by former Cabinet minister Nadine Dorries, which is being serialised exclusively in The Mail from tomorrow,
My intention when I started to research this book was to tell the story of how Boris Johnson was ousted from power.
As one top-level contact told me: 'For them, it's not about democracy, or the wishes of the people; it's about the decisions of a powerful, privileged and controlling few. They are the power and the throne, with an entire network singing to their tune.' The idea for this book was first suggested to me by a No 10 aide who had been in place since the beginning of time. She'd sent me a text the day Boris was ousted: 'You're a writer, you should write the truth about this.'
'Oh yes, they work as a group right at the centre and over the years have tarnished and ended many ministerial careers. Look, if I am going to speak to you, it would have to be totally anonymous, I'd lose my job otherwise.' As I turned the corner, my head bent, hands thrust into my pockets, I could see the pavement was heaving with researchers and lobby journalists. My name was whispered behind me as I moved through the crowd. 'Secretary of State,' said one young man as he stood back to let me pass.
The idea for this book was first suggested to me by a No 10 aide who had been in place since the beginning of time I hesitated. I hadn't decided whether or not to write the book, I told her. 'But you have to,' she said. 'People have a right to know.' But Boris welcomed him back to the top table when he eventually became PM, even though he had been warned about Gove by many people, notably Lynton Crosby, his trusted election guru.
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'I can remember well the delegation of people working very hard together who pushed the Prime Minister to give Dom an official position in No 10; they were absolutely unrelenting. WhatsApp messages, visits, phone calls. They never stopped. The food arrived and the hot, creamy celeriac soup smelled delicious. In the cosy room, the outer doors locked, we were totally private. I wondered if I could bring other people here to interview. No one would open up to me like this anywhere they could be seen.'Well, for some time, but it was plainly obvious that Friday morning, the day after the election victory in December 2019, they were furious.
'Dr No?' I must have looked incredulous. She laughed. 'I don't know why I'm laughing, it's not funny. If you're going to call me Moneypenny, then this man is my nemesis. He's a man who has been involved for 40 years now and he is the key player in Central Office and No 10 who very few people have ever met.'
'They were kind of, 'Oh, we're libertarians, true Conservatives, it's all about freedom,' when, actually, they were just weird and hedonistic. I suppose they were sex, drugs and rock 'n' roll, but if you replace the rock 'n' roll with politics for that lot, that was kind of it. Smith was described to me as 'a bully and a genius, an intimidating man who has total meltdowns. When he is unhappy he will call people at all hours of the night and scream at them'. His arrogance is such that in 2021, just over a year after Boris had won an historic election, Smith rang Boris and told him to stand down.
'Dr No' was once on remand in prison for alleged arson. When a girlfriend ended their relationship, it is rumoured that he had her little brother's pet rabbit chopped into four and nailed to the front door of the family home to greet him when he got home from school, in true Mafia style.What really made my ears prick up was the story I was hearing from senior figures within the party, people with responsibility for the party's finances.
'He was this invisible figure and every party chairman would conclude when poring over the accounts, 'Well, sack him then. We don't pay people who don't earn their money. We are a political party, not a charity.' 'It really is quite remarkable, over 40 years, only a handful of people who have been in No 10 could point him out to you. If a staffer ever asked, 'Who is that man?' as he shuffled past, there would be no answer forthcoming.
The veteran confirmed a story I had heard from others about a wealthy party donor who had a dispute about money with Dr No. 'Dr No fleeced him. Took his gold American Express card for a ride. Travelled in helicopters, pretended to be setting up a think tank, trashed his house and spent the money. He was nothing more than a petty crook and now he's in No 10 and advising the PM.'
'He used to do it to ministers he didn't want to see rising up the ranks, or to those he wanted sacked or forced to resign so he could get someone else in, so they would be grateful to him and owe him. He used to write them in the style of a Tory Central Office research document.' 'She was in the job only a week, and then another dirty dossier was released about her husband, Hugh, a lovely man. This is what Dr No does. He undermines and destabilises people. Even if the dossiers aren't used, he likes the victim to know they are out there and that someone might just print something and upset their children.
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