Iain Dale blasts Lee Anderson in fiery critique over Islamophobia row
"If you sleep with a dog, you tend to get fleas".
"If you sleep with a dog, you tend to get fleas".
Woe is Lee? The party in charge of Ashfield Council won't welcome Lee Anderson to their ranks, and slammed the MP for his ‘gutter politics'.
The former Tory deputy chairman admitted on Monday his original remarks were ‘clumsy’, but said saying sorry ‘would be a sign of weakness’.
The ex-deputy Tory chair launched a fresh attack on the London Mayor after unleashing an Islamophobia row with earlier comments.
The former deputy chairman lost the Conservative whip after failing to apologise for claiming ‘Islamists’ had ‘got control’ of Sadiq Khan.
Where does Lee Anderson's political future lie? After he had the whip suspended on Saturday, some feel a defection is on the cards.
"I'm pretty sure that coal 100 million years ago was trees and plants," Anderson said.
Speaking to The Telegraph he should have been "brave" and sided with Rishi Sunak instead of abstaining.
"I was going to vote no. The Labour lot were all giggling and laughing and taking the mick..."
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