Watch: Nadine Dorries savages the Privileges Committee

Boris Johnson was all probity and contrition on Wednesday when it came to the small matter of the Privilege Committee’s integrity. He oozed praise on the ‘distinguished’ panel of MPs and assured them, in his most sincere tones, of his believe that it isn’t a ‘kangaroo court.’ But it seems that not all of his supporters got the memo.

First Jacob Rees-Mogg went on GB News that very evening and declared that the committee was ‘determined to get Boris’, insisting ‘it was never really about cake or curtains… it was fundamentally about Brexit.’ And TalkTV have now released a trailer ahead of Nadine Dorries’ show tonight in which she labels the Privileges Committee a ‘kangaroo court’, an ‘egregious abuse of parliamentary procedure’ and are ‘prepared to bend the rules.’

Feisty stuff. Given his insistence that he will take a ‘very dim view’ of any parliamentarians’ attempts to interfere with the committee, Mr S just hopes Lindsay Hoyle will be tuning in…