British Culture Secretary Nadine Dorries has officially resigned, less than a year into her job.
Doris told ITV News that she was offered to stay in the role by the country’s new Prime Minister Liz Truss, but decided to pass “after much soul-searching”. It remains unclear if Doris will step down from her role as a Member of Parliament.
Doris was appointed Minister of Culture in a major cabinet reshuffle in September 2021. She replaced Oliver Dowden.
Her time as Minister of Culture was fraught with a series of missteps. Last year, at a government select committee hearing, Doris – who had been supporting the attempt to privatize Channel 4’s It’s a Sin – appeared to not know how the British broadcaster was being funded, noting that he was “receiving public money,” while the channel The fourth is actually publicly owned but is financed through advertising.
Doris, a former romance novelist, has served as Member of Parliament for Med Bedfordshire since 2005. Prior to working as Secretary for Culture, she was Minister for Mental Health, Suicide Prevention and Patient Safety. However, in the UK she is best known for spending 12 controversial days on the ITV giant’s “I’m a celebrity…get me out of here!” In 2012.
The UK leadership is undergoing another leadership transition, with former Foreign Secretary Liz Truss on Monday appointed Prime Minister, replacing Boris Johnson.
Truss became the third female Prime Minister of the United Kingdom, after Margaret Thatcher and Theresa May.
She thanked my “friend” Johnson. “I finished Brexit. I crushed Jeremy Corbyn. I launched the vaccine and stood up to Putin.”
Truss, who was Minister for Foreign Affairs and Commonwealth Affairs and Development, and Rishi Sunak, a former Finance Minister, were early candidates for the position.
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