Channel 4 viewers are revelling in the ‘delicious’ irony of hiring Nadine Dorries to feature during its General Election coverage. The 67-year-old famously waged war on the public service broadcaster while she was Culture Minister and launched a failed campaign to privatise the channel, sparking backlash from media figures including Russell T Davies. Now, though, Dorries appears to have shrugged off her concerns about Channel 4 – having once falsely accused it of hiring paid actors for a docuseries – and has accepted a position as a political pundit on July 4.
Channel 4 viewers are divided over the decision – but some are backing the broadcaster for essentially trolling Dorries in the most public and epic way possible. As @WillBlackWriter explained gleefully on X: ‘Exploitative TV at its best. Taking vulnerable halfwit Johnson cultist Nadine Dorries and making her watch the destruction of the Tory Party is cruel and a cringefest – but it will be TV gold! Channel 4 is shifting back to The Word level mischief!’ Echoing their sentiment, @MrRobValentine added: ‘Channel 4 getting Nadine Dorries to host their election night coverage is how Klingons serve revenge.
’ @SallyAbbott3 added: ‘At first I thought Nadine Dorries on Channel 4’s election night was an appalling choice. Now I realise it’s a quite delicious one.’ However, other social media users are despairing over Dorries new gig – given that she has a history of m aking spectacular errors .
@David.
