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Anderson ‘does a Nads’ as Twitter spat provokes celebrity response

Lee Anderson followed in the footsteps of his esteemed colleague Nadine Dorries by bolstering one man’s Twitter account by some 27,000 followers!

The Tory MP posted a condescending reply to Chris Delaney after he sent a hilarious response to one of his tweets.

Anderson – commonly known as ’30p Lee’ –  hit out at Delaney, saying: “You have one Twitter follower in 5 years. Hardly an influencer are you when even your friends refuse to follow you. Assuming you have friends.”

But it quickly backfired after a host of celebrities came to Delaney’s aid.

Danny Wallace responded by sharing a video of Anderson getting a friend to pose as a constituent.

While David Quantick had a few choice words of his own:

Bob Roberts – who has now turned influencer following his own spat with Dorries – shared the story.

He said: “People, I think you know the drill….”

Related: Steve Bray in scuffle with Lee Anderson after Tory MP steals his hat

Jack Peat

Jack is a business and economics journalist and the founder of The London Economic (TLE). He has contributed articles to VICE, Huffington Post and Independent and is a published author. Jack read History at the University of Wales, Bangor and has a Masters in Journalism from the University of Newcastle-upon-Tyne.

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