Nadine Dorries Has To Wait For Whip Ruling

Nadine Dorries will find out next week if she is being kicked out of the Conservative Party after appearing on I'm A Celebrity... Get Me Out Of Here!

The Mid-Bedfordshire MP says she had a "good-natured" meeting with Tory Chief Whip Sir George Young on Tuesday morning.

Sir George suspended her from the party earlier this month after it emerged she was going to Australia to take part in the ITV reality show.

Ms Dorries told BBC Three Counties Radio their talks had now been adjourned and would resume next week.

The backbencher has drawn widespread criticism - including from voters in her constituency - for swapping her parliamentary duties for the jungle survival show.

Ms Dorries hears she is the first celebrity to be booted off (Pic: ITV)

Former chief whip Andrew Mitchell denies he gave Ms Dorries permission to take November off.

He told Sky's chief political correspondent Jon Craig that she had never asked him and the first he knew of it was when the publicity about the show began.

The MP justified her decision to go on the programme by insisting her involvement was a "publicity gift" and the chance to communicate with 16 million people.

Arriving back at Heathrow on Monday after being the first contestant to be voted off the show by viewers, Ms Dorries insisted she did not know what all the fuss was about, and declared: "I'd do it again tomorrow."

The MP after her first bushtucker trial (Pic: ITV)

Defending her decision, she told reporters: "I've had three sitting days away from Parliament. The rest has been over half-term.

"There are still MPs who have been away for two weeks and still haven't returned. I've had three sitting days away. I think that is an important thing to remember."

When asked about the reaction of some of her constituents, she replied: "What they are angry about is what they have read in the newspapers, which is not the truth."

She vowed to donate her MP's salary during her absence to charity, but did not mention what she intends to do with her reported £40,000 fee for taking part in the programme.

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