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'''Lee Anderson''', born January 1967, is a British [[Euroskeptic]] politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament for Ashfield in [[Nottinghamshire]] since 2019. Anderson has also been a host on UK [[conservative]]-leaning TV channel [[GB News]] since 2023.<ref name="tgraphgbnews">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/03/22/lee-anderson-paid-100k-year-host-gb-news-show/  Lee Anderson to be paid £100k a year to host GB News show]</ref>  A member of Labour until 2018, after which he became a member of the Tory Party, in February 2024, Anderson was suspended from the that party after stating that [[Sadiq Khan]], the far-left London mayor known for his links to [[Radical Islam|Muslim extremism]], was "controlled by Islamists".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/02/24/tories-suspend-lee-anderson-mp-for-claiming-sadiq-khan-controlled-by-islamists/  Conservative Party Suspends Lee Anderson MP After Claiming Sadiq Khan Controlled by ‘Islamists’]</ref> Lee Anderson formally joined [[Brexit Party|Reform UK]] in March 2024.

'''Lee Anderson''', born January 1967, is a British [[Euroskeptic]] politician, who has served as the Member of Parliament for Ashfield in [[Nottinghamshire]] since 2019. Anderson has also been a host on UK [[conservative]]-leaning TV channel [[GB News]] since 2023.<ref name="tgraphgbnews">[https://www.telegraph.co.uk/politics/2023/03/22/lee-anderson-paid-100k-year-host-gb-news-show/  Lee Anderson to be paid £100k a year to host GB News show]</ref>  A member of Labour until 2018, after which he became a member of the Tory Party, in February 2024, Anderson was suspended from the that party after stating that [[Sadiq Khan]], the far-left London mayor known for his links to [[Radical Islam|Muslim extremism]], was "controlled by Islamists".<ref>[https://www.breitbart.com/europe/2024/02/24/tories-suspend-lee-anderson-mp-for-claiming-sadiq-khan-controlled-by-islamists/  Conservative Party Suspends Lee Anderson MP After Claiming Sadiq Khan Controlled by ‘Islamists’]</ref> Lee Anderson formally joined [[Brexit Party|Reform UK]] in March 2024 and, as the party's first MP, won re-election as MP for Ashfield in a [[landslide]].

Anderson was born in Ashfield, a working-class [[coal mining]] town in Nottinghamshire in England. Anderson himself is a former miner. For his working-class background, Anderson has been the subject of [[Classism|classist]] [[bullying]] by hypocrites on the left.<ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-snobbery-of-lee-andersons-critics/ The snobbery of Lee Anderson’s critics]</ref><ref name="spiked">[https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/10/the-class-shaming-of-lee-anderson/ The class shaming of Lee Anderson]</ref>

Anderson was born in Ashfield, a working-class [[coal mining]] town in Nottinghamshire in England. Anderson himself is a former miner. For his working-class background, Anderson has been the subject of [[Classism|classist]] [[bullying]] by hypocrites on the left.<ref>[https://www.spectator.co.uk/article/the-snobbery-of-lee-andersons-critics/ The snobbery of Lee Anderson’s critics]</ref><ref name="spiked">[https://www.spiked-online.com/2023/02/10/the-class-shaming-of-lee-anderson/ The class shaming of Lee Anderson]</ref>