Lee Anderson
| Lee Anderson | |||
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| Member of Parliament of Ashfield From: 12 December 2019 - present | |||
| Predecessor | Gloria De Piero | ||
| Successor | Incumbent (no successor) | ||
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| Party | Reform UK (2024-present) Tory (membership, 2018-2024) Independent (in parliament, 2024) Labour (until 2018) | ||
| Religion | Unknown | ||
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.[1] 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 Muslim extremism, was "controlled by Islamists".[2] Lee Anderson formally joined Reform UK in March 2024.
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.[3][4]
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.[5]
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".
The suspension was met with criticism by many conservatives and those on the right of the Tory Party. Nigel Farage suggested that Anderson should join Reform UK instead.[6] In the wake of the Lee Anderson controversy, Reform UK reported its highest polling figures ever up to that point, with the populist party hitting 14% in the polls.[7]
Views
BBC
Lee Anderson, who is a host on GB News, is a staunch critic of the BBC, the UK's state-funded left-wing, globalist propaganda mouthpiece. Anderson described the broadcaster as a "political front" for the UK's main openly socialist party Labour, after one of their supposedly non-political programmes prominently featured flags of the European Union.[8]
Capital punishment
Lee Anderson is in favour of capital punishment, or the death penalty, for the most serious crimes. This opinion is roughly in line with the general population in the UK; 52% of Brits, according to YouGov, think that those convicted of multiple murders should face the death penalty.[4]
Lee Anderson voted in favour of nationwide coronavirus lockdowns in the UK in November 2020[9] and January 2021.[10]
References
- ↑ Lee Anderson to be paid £100k a year to host GB News show
- ↑ Conservative Party Suspends Lee Anderson MP After Claiming Sadiq Khan Controlled by ‘Islamists’
- ↑ The snobbery of Lee Anderson’s critics
- ↑ 4.0 4.1 The class shaming of Lee Anderson
- ↑ Lee Anderson MP's Weekly Column - 9 May 2023
- ↑ Nigel Farage calls on 'cancelled' Lee Anderson to join Reform and destroy the Tories
- ↑ Reform UK hits highest-ever polling level after Lee Anderson row
- ↑ Lee Anderson brands BBC a ‘political front for Labour’ in scathing rant about ‘Brexit-bashing’ display
- ↑ Today’s Lockdown Vote.
- ↑ How did your MP Vote on the Coronavirus regulations?
