Nadine on her feet again going on about…immigration #demented—
Diane Abbott MP (@HackneyAbbott) May 13, 2013

Mental Health charities will have to send Diane for re-education…

Her first day with the whip reinstated…

Nadine has been reinstated as a Tory MP, six months after having the whip suspended.

She’s back…

IPSA have begun naming MPs that are under investigation finally, and much to delight of Twitter, the first person in the frame is Nadine:

“The Compliance Officer for the Independent Parliamentary Standards Authority has reason to believe that Ms Nadine Dorries MP may have been paid an amount under the MPs’ Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses that should not have been allowed.  An investigation will be conducted into claims submitted under the following areas of the Third and Fourth Editions of the MPs’ Scheme of Business Costs and Expenses: Accommodation Expenditure; Travel and Subsistence.”

Guido understands that the allegations centre around an allegation of subletting due to a jump in electricity bills, Nadine says that is because her daughter was staying as is her right. Another travel claim for petrol has also been submitted twice.  Nadine tells Guido she’s innocent and will fight it all the way.

Yesterday Guido revealed Nadine Dorries’ stunned response when he broke the news to her that Andrew Mitchell had been on holiday in Antigua while she was in the jungle:

“NADINE Dorries and the foul-mouthed former Chief Whip Andrew Mitchell, who lost his old job over pleb-gate, have been having a bit of a verbal tussle over whether or not he gave her permission to have time off for the jungle. Guido broke the news to Nadine when she got out after a week in the camp that Mitchell himself had been on a Caribbean holiday in Antigua during the same week. Her stunned response on learning this after all the grief Mitchell caused her? “He’s a b*****d…””

Guido’s Daily Star Sunday column is now online here…

It was all going so well for Nads, but last night she faced the public vote and was evicted from the jungle:

“I don’t know what people have seen but I have had some fascinating conversations in there. It’s been a fascinating experience. I think it is important that MPs realise that you need to go where the public go. More people vote on X Factor and I’m A Celebrity than they do in the general elections. MPs need to go where people vote.”

She is giving interviews attacking Andrew Mitchell, the former Chief Whip, for saying he didn’t give permission for her to go away for month:

“I find it quite disappointing now that the spotlight has come on to this, that he has chosen, and particularly after all the support I gave him during his own troubles recently, that he has tried to be clever with words, and say that he didn’t give me permission for the show. No he didn’t give me permission for the show, but he did give me permission to have the month away. It epitomises politicians.”

Stay tuned…

This Morning Nads’ tweeting daughters Jennifer and Cassie appeared on Daybreak to defend their jungle-venturing mum. They had a rather awkward story to tell about a certain former chief whip:

“She did ask for the month off, she did, she requested it from the Chief Whip at the time, that she’s going to go away from a month, that it will be controversial, and he said that’s fine.”

Andrew Mitchell has responded by denying that he ever gave permission for Nadine to go down under. Good thing he has a spotless record of always telling the truth…

Video via ITV

An adamant Nads insisted she could handle being trapped in a coffin with 3,000 cockroaches and 5,000 crickets before her bug burial last night, telling viewers: “I’ve got to deliver. Got to win. Nothing’s going to stop me doing it“. Much to Guido’s disappointment she lasted for only four of the ten minutes required to win the challenge. All those people voted for her and then she left half way through…

Nadine has a chance to redeem herself this evening as she prepares to dine on something unpleasant. At least she’s winning the popular vote…

Video via ITV.

Last night confirmed what ITV had pinned their hopes on and what we all already knew: Nads is box office. From the moment a grinning Dec uttered “Good evening, Prime Minister” to the camera, it was clear this year’s I’m a Celeb was going to be the Nadine show. Not exactly patching things up with the PM following Schofe-gate.

Arrogant posh boy Hugo of Made in Chelsea fame was, naturally, the first to express animosity towards the absent MP. Did he go to Eton, by any chance? Having endured “one of the worst nights of my life”, Nadine innocently asked darts legend Eric Bristow about his politics. “I don’t vote for any of you, you’re all liars. I like Cameron though, he’s alright”. Bet Dave loved that.

And so, with the subtlety of a David Haye right hook, we approached the first bushtucker trial. “Nadine, it might be you”, Ant teased. Of course it was her. This evening the Member for Mid Bedfordshire will endure a Bug Burial with bikini-clad blonde Helen Flanagan. Nadine is a vote winner…

Louise Mensch is at it again in the Guardian today:

“They [the public] expect their politicians to do more than appear on gameshows.”

Quite…