Nadine Dorries and Nicky Haslam are perched on the big green sofa in her sitting room in the Cotswolds, surrounded by wallpaper samples and a cloud of cigarette smoke and bickering happily.
Former Conservative Culture Secretary Ms Dorries, who defected to Reform UK last month, was involved in a fiery argument on ITV 's Good Morning Britain today.
Nadine Dorries, who last week sensationally defected to Reform UK, appealed to both men to work together when speaking on the Daily Mail's latest 'Alas Vine and Hitchens' podcast.
The former Conservative minister, who served in Boris Johnson 's Cabinet, spoke at Reform's conference in Birmingham following her defection to Nigel Farage 's party.
June 7 - this coming Saturday - is a poignant date in the life of the Dorries family. It's the day that everything changed. Nothing has been the same since, nor will it ever be again.