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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>
Outside of politics, Lee Anderson is a supporter of the suicide prevention group, Enlighten the Shadows, and helped set up the charitable organisation Huthwaite Hub.<ref>[https://www.leeanderson.org.uk/news/lee-anderson-mps-weekly-column-49 Lee Anderson MP's Weekly Column - 9 May 2023]</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".