The resignation is announced by her in an interview with Daily Mail, a newspaper she also writes for. In the interview Dorries says that "the Tory party has died" and that "members must start thinking the unthinkable and look ahead".
Dorries was during Johnson's years as Prime Minister one of his most vocal supporters and when he left the House of Commons in 2023, she did the same, after 18 years as a member of parliament. She is, like the leader of the Reform Party Nigel Farage, a big supporter of Brexit and a stop to immigration.
Farage says he is overjoyed about Dorries' decision and welcomes her. According to Sky News she is expected to open the Reform Party's party conference, which begins on Friday. She is believed to become one of the party's biggest names in the next election and is, according to Daily Mail, one of the few in the populist party who has sufficient political weight to become a minister in a potential government formation.
The Reform Party has strong tailwind in the United Kingdom and is, according to Politico's compilation, the largest party in the country right now. They would get 31 percent of the votes if there were an election today, far ahead of Labour's 20 percent and the Conservatives' 17.
