Nadine Dorries

Ms Dorries made the comments as she recalled an 'upbeat' atmosphere among friends, following his aborted bid for a second stint as prime minister last month.

The Tory MP for Mid-Bedfordshire is expected to accept a peerage from Boris Johnson, triggering a by-election in her constituency

Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries retweeted a doctored image of Boris Johnson as Julius Caesar with Rishi Sunak as a knife-wielding assassin.