Conservative MPs come out against Nadine Dorries’ plans
Updated: 2011-08-31 23:44:32
The Conservative MP Nadine Dorries likes to pretend she has lots of support within her party and across the country for her plans to restrict abortion rights. Yesterday, she wrote a blog-post attacking me and asserting that Dr Evan Harris lost his seat in 2010 because of his pro-choice views.
But support for Nadine Dorries' plans is flaky, even within the Conservative party. And yet most of the media has completely ignored this part of the story while allowing her to breathlessly repeat falsehoods about abortion and orgs such as BPAS.
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