All news on the topic: Lee Anderson

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Tory MP Nick Fletcher suggests voters back Reform UK in mate Lee Anderson’s seat
Don Valley MP Nick Fletcher was told off by the Chief Whip after he endorsed Tory-turned-Reform MP Lee Anderson as the ’greatest champion’ for Ashfield and said he needs to be back in Westminster after the election.
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'It'll soon be last orders for the opportunistic pub bore Anderson'
Having flip-flopped from Labour to the Tories and then to Reform UK, Lee Anderson will most likely be out on his ear come the general election, writes Brian Reade
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Can Boris Johnson help save Tories' Red Wall seats - vote here and have your say
Former PM Boris Johnson could be deployed to help worried Conservatives cling on in the North and the Midlands - but do you think BoJo can help save the Tories' Red Wall seats?
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Tories ramp up spending on Facebook ads by 1,200% fuelling May election fever
Voters in marginal seats are being bombarded with videos of their local Tory candidates every time they log onto Facebook amid growing speculation about a May election
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Boris Johnson pals tell Rishi Sunak 'it's over' as 9 more Tory MPs could defect
Supporters of Boris Johnson have launched a fresh bid to oust Prime Minister Rishi Sunak after MP Lee Anderson joined Reform UK, the party founded by Nigel Farage
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'Three party Lee looked like he had second thoughts - maybe he'll change again'
As Lee Anderson walked out on stage to be unveiled as Reform UK’s first ever MP, the Conservative Party's ex-Deputy Chairman looked as if he was having second thoughts
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Lee Anderson bottles by-election despite demanding MPs face vote if they defect
In 2020 Lee Anderson, who has now joined Reform UK, supported a Bill saying MPs who switch parties should face a recall petition, as he blasted Tory failure to run the country
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Lee Anderson's worst moments as he joins Reform UK after Tories kick him out
Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has joined Reform UK after losing the Tory whip over a slur he made against London Mayor Sadiq Khan. Here are just some of his long string of controversies
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Ex-Tory MP Lee Anderson joins Reform UK after Sadiq Khan slur controversy
Former Conservative vice chairman Lee Anderson lost the whip after he suggested the London Mayor is controlled by 'Islamists' and had 'given our capital city away to his mates'
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Lee Rigby's widow calls on politicians to stop fuelling anti-Muslim hate
Rebecca Rigby, whose soldier husband was murdered in a terror attack in Woolwich in 2013, has signed a joint letter calling for an end to hatred towards Muslims
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'Amid the nasty rhetoric, Rishi Sunak is running scared'
We are in dangerous territory when ordinary voters who use the democratic process are maligned because the results do not go the way the Government wants, writes Mirror columnist Darren Lewis
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Lee Anderson shouldn't been suspended, two thirds of Tories say in survey
Lee Anderson shouldn't have been suspended for his attack on London Mayor Sadiq Khan, which has been branded Islamophobic, according to two thirds of Conservative Home members
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Quarter of Brits uneasy if loved one married Muslim - as MPs 'whip up rhetoric'
Researchers said the shocking findings should be a 'wake up call to politicians' that 'anti-muslim and anti-semitic rhetoric' has 'serious real world consequences'
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'Sunak spooked by Galloway's win, but he should worry about his own extremists'
Prime Minister has consistently failed to addressed the extremism festering in his own party while he publicly lectures us about the perils of George Galloway's shock win in Rochdale
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Rishi Sunak 'won't suspend' Truss for welcoming Lee Anderson to Tory fundraiser
Bassetlaw MP Brendan Clarke-Smith hosted the event with Ms Truss - to which Mr Anderson was a surprise guest - just hours after Mr Sunak promised "leadership" to "face down extremists"
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Police assess Tory MP Lee Anderson's comments after hate speech claims
The Metropolitan Police have said that they are "assessing" a report of hate speech made on February 24 against Lee Anderson who accused the mayor of London of being controlled by Islamists
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All the times Rishi Sunak failed to take action against Tory MPs despite pledge
Rishi Sunak said he 'acts on his principles' in punishing bad behaviour - but the Mirror has taken a look at all the times he has failed to act during his time as PM
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Rishi Sunak claims he suspended Lee Anderson 'straight away' - but he didn't
At a fiery PMQs, Rishi Sunak boasted about his 'principles' as he tried to dodge questions on why he has not punished Liz Truss for her behaviour at a right-wing US conference
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Top Tory insists Truss did 'nothing wrong' by failing to condemn Tommy Robinson
Disgraced ex-PM Liz Truss has come under fire during her time at a right-wing conference in Washington DC, after she has blamed the deep state for 'sabotaging' her premiership
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Lee Anderson warns Rishi Sunak he's made a mistake by ditching him as a Tory MP
Former Conservative Deputy Chairman Lee Anderson criticised the Prime Minister's decision to strip him of the Tory whip, but he said he had not fallen out with him
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Host kicks Tory off show for refusing to say if Lee Anderson was Islamophobic
Frustrated LBC host Nick Ferrari kicked Illegal Migration Minister Michael Tomlinson off his show for refusing to say if Lee Anderson's remarks about Sadiq Khan were Islamophobic
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Lee Anderson says he has Muslim friends as he insists 'I'm not racist'
Lee Anderson told GB News he did not understand what Islamophobia was after he was suspended by the Conservatives for claiming Sadiq Khan was controlled by 'Islamists'
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'The extremists we should really fear are in the Conservative Party'
Cases of Islamophobia are rocketing around the country and columnist Darren Lewis is disgusted by the far-right Tory tactics to ramp things up, not dial them down
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PM insists Lee Anderson isn't a racist as Tories admit he could be let back in
Labour leader Keir Starmer accused Rishi Sunak of 'lacking the backbone' to call out Islamophobia after the PM insisted his party does not have a problem with Muslims
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77 MPs demand Speaker Lindsay Hoyle quits after Gaza vote - see full list
The number of MPs who say they have no confidence in Commons Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle has reached 77, up from 71 on Friday amid anger over last week's Gaza ceasefire vote