The Plot

‘A riveting read that skips along at pace. Illuminating and concerning, it lifts the lid on the tawdry world of Westminster powerbroking’ Tim Shipman, The Times

The explosive behind-the-scenes account of the plot to bring down Boris Johnson

YOU THINK YOU LIVE IN A WORLD WHERE THE ELECTED ARE CHOSEN BY THE PEOPLE.

THINK AGAIN.

When Boris Johnson came to power in 2019, he did so with the largest Conservative majority since Margaret Thatcher. Rewriting the political map, he united a party and shattered Labour’s fabled red wall. And yet, just three years later, he was ousted by the same members who had once greeted his leadership so rapturously.

What had gone so wrong?

The Plot is the seismic, fly-on-the-wall account of how the saviour of the Conservative Party became a pariah. Told with unparalleled access, from multiple inside sources talking with astonishing candour, it reveals the shocking truth about powerful forces operating behind the scenes in the heart of Westminster and those who became the architects of a Prime Minister’s downfall.

This is the story of a damning trail of treachery and deceit fuelled by an obsessive pursuit of power, which threatens to topple the very fabric of our democracy.

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'It’s a rattling read – a non-fiction page-turner’ The Times

About the author

Nadine Dorries grew up in an impoverished area of Liverpool. She spent part of her childhood living on a remote farm with her grandmother in the west of Ireland. She trained as a nurse, then followed by establishing her own successful business which she sold prior to embarking on a career in politics. She served 18 years in Westminster working her way up the ministerial ranks. She served as a minister of state in the department of health throughout the pandemic finishing as Secretary of State at the department of digital culture media and sport. She is a Sunday Times best selling novelist having sold almost 3m copies of her novels set in Liverpool and Ireland.