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'''Lee Anderson''', born January 1967, is a British [[Euroskeptic]] politician, who has served as the [[Tory Party]] MP for Ashfield in [[Nottinghamshire]] since 2019. In February 2024, Anderson was suspended from the Tory 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''', born January 1967, is a British [[Euroskeptic]] politician, who has served as the [[Tory Party]] MP for Ashfield in [[Nottinghamshire]] since 2019. In February 2024, Anderson was suspended from the Tory 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>
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 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>
== History ==
== History ==
In February 2024, Lee Anderson was suspended from the Tory, or "Conservative", Party by undemocratically chosen centre-left Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, after the Labour Party wrote to Tory chairman Ric Holden, accusing Anderson of "[[Islamophobia]]". This came after Anderson had stated that London, under the mayorship of far-left radical Islam sympathiser [[Sadiq Khan]], was being "run by Islamists".
In February 2024, Lee Anderson was suspended from the Tory, or "Conservative", Party by undemocratically chosen centre-left Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, after the Labour Party wrote to Tory chairman Ric Holden, accusing Anderson of "[[Islamophobia]]". This came after Anderson had stated that London, under the mayorship of far-left radical Islam sympathiser [[Sadiq Khan]], was being "run by Islamists".