James Bond,' and instead of playing Chemin-de-Fer or Craps, he plays Poker and he doesn't care whether his vodka martinis are shaken or stirred nor he drinks a Smirnoff vodka, or a five-star Hennessey, or a Dom Pérignon'52. In 'Casino Royale,' 007 do not identify himself with the classic words, 'Bond. When a girlfriend ended their relationship, it is rumoured that he had her little brother’s pet rabbit chopped into four and nailed to the front door of the family home to greet him when he got home from school, in true Mafia style.Anyone who has followed the James Bond series over the last four decades knows that the new Bond has changed. ‘Dr No was once on remand in prison for alleged arson. And yet people can spend years working in No 10 and never hear his name mentioned.

She writes: ‘He is paid by Central Office, has a pass to No 10 and, some say, Rishi Sunak doesn’t move without ﬁrst seeking his advice. So it’s no wonder Ms Dorries decided to name this elusive figure after the famous antagonist. In the Bond series, Dr No is a mad scientist who slowly becomes treasurer of the most powerful criminal society in China and later joins a criminal organisation known as Spectre. No is described by Ms Dorries as a ‘very frightening’ individual.

Rishi Sunak’s career has been made by Dr No according to Ms Dorries (Picture: PA)Ī Tory fixer, who Dorries alleges has controlled the Tory Party for the last two decades and is named Dr No is the centrepiece of the chapter Skyfall. She says: ‘His personality has been described to me as a dark triad coupled with everyday sadism… his physical anger towards others has been witnessed and experienced, leading some to say he is a psychopath.’ Ms Dorries then interrupts and reels off various descriptions of Mr Cummings from those who have worked with him. Talking about Mr Cummings, Mr Johnson said: ‘I’d known about him for a long time and I thought he was probably a highly intelligent and able campaigner, and I broadly felt that he had a drive and energy about him that I wanted to bring to No.

The pair discuss Dominic Cummings, an individual Ms Dorries is critical of but whom Mr Johnson thought highly of. This chapter is her first meeting with the PM, shortly after his downfall last summer. Ms Dorries interviews Boris Johnson many times throughout the book and unsurprisingly he comes across in a positive light. Ms Dorries heaps praise on the former PM throughout the book (Picture: Getty Images)

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