The Plot

The Political Assassination of Boris Johnson

By: Nadine Dorries

Narrated by: Lucy Price-Lewis

Updated edition available 4 July

‘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

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.

©2023 Nadine Dorries (P)2023 HarperCollins Publishers Limited

More stodge than plot

After listening to this book I am left with more questions than answers.

A good one might be how comes this book lasts over ten hours when largely it just repeats the same (largely unsubstantiated) information over and over?

The body of the book is a series of interviews with almost no one being named. These interviews make a number of allegations against a few people who are named, and the odd one or two who are not.

This leads to a number of other questions such as why name people such as Dominic Cummings, Micheal Gove etc but leave a shadowy figure known as "Doctor No" unnamed?

If you're sure of your ground why not "publish and be damned?"

As I wrote earlier, the main body of this book is a number of allegations made in interview by people who prefer not to be named against a number of political players (one of them being the current Prime Minister) which tends to tread the same ground over and over until the listener can pretty much predict the next line coming.

So there it is! The short version! Unlike the highly padded book.

Whilst the book itself is long winded and somewhat boring it does pose a question not contained within its pages.

Why have none of the people named (and unnamed) come out and refuted the contents and allegations?

Great book - eyes opened very wide

Well written, very persuasive and deeply troubling. Explains so many occurrences, decisions that seemed impenetrable at the time.

I suppose we expect politics to be Machiavellian but I was unsophisticated enough to think that the good of the people occasionally crept on to politicians’ radar. Only when the politician is exceptional, it seems.

Like pretty much everyone, I always liked snd respected Boris - he is wrong about climate alarm, but right to gain nationally from global insanity and wrong about the vaccine but right to use vaccination to avoid lockdown…at the end of the day, he’s not a scientist-it’s easy to be bamboozled by both the climate lobby and big pharma.

I’m not sure “enjoy” is the right word but I’m very pleased to have listened to this. I’ll give it a couple of weeks then listen again, I think.

Best listen in a while

Couldn’t stop listening. It explains everything that’s happened in Wesminster in recent years. Absolutely riveting.