He is a strong contender for “worst guy in Britain,” “voice of the people,” or “pugnacious darling of the Tory right,” depending on your political inclinations.
Lee Anderson argues that what would make lawmakers cringe, the residents of Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, unmistakably support him in order to explain his incapacity to avoid controversy.
The former miner who supports the death sentence claims that if he says anything allegedly inappropriate in the Commons and then returns to Ashfield on a Thursday, “You say what I’m thinking,” people will approach him outside of the shops and say.
However, do they?
Five days after Rishi Sunak named Anderson deputy chairman of the Conservative party, Anderson was having trouble getting his straight-talking schtick to go down well on the streets of Kirkby-in-Ashfield.
His opinions on the death penalty in particular were not well received. Karl Woods emerged from one store in the market town. The 27-year-old claimed that Anderson’s opinions on capital punishment undermined his character. He’s not at all a kind guy. Those viewpoints on the death penalty are simply outdated.
Anderson hadn’t been there once in his three years of employment at the Kirkby Sales and Exchange, according to Woods. He also declined to accept one of the prizes from our Christmas giveaway since it was used; he likely believed he was above it.
Others are concerned about his propensity for sowing discord. In her 72 years of living in Kirkby, Cecilia Powell hasn’t come across a local politician who would be less qualified for the position. She grinned and said, “He’s a little prat. “I wish he would just shut up and do the job,”.
Anderson doesn’t appear to be interested in using a covert approach. He had praised the death penalty as “100% effective” and asked Royal Navy frigates to transport asylum seekers “straight back” to France within 48 hours of being promoted by Sunak. A day later, he got into an argument with a BBC reporter who raised previous accusations of dishonesty by the MP.
The Dog House pub’s bartender Ollie Waite disagrees with Anderson’s approach to immigration.
The Dog House in Kirkby is Anderson’s favourite bar. Ollie Waite, a young bartender inside, had time to disparage the opinions on immigration of its most famous customer despite getting ready for the afternoon rush. The 19-year-old stated, “We should be aiding individuals who are escaping to the UK, not turning them away.”
Outside of the market town, Anderson is best known for saying that families that use food banks are the victims of poor budgeting and could survive on meals prepared for pennies, earning him the moniker “30p Lee.”
Outside Kirkby’s library, Molly Cunningham, an 18-year-old business apprentice, claimed Anderson’s position on poverty still hurts.
He comes from a working-class background, thus he should be the one to support you. Despite being extremely wealthy, he has chosen to remain uncaring. What about the nutritional value of the 30 pence meal? What does he expect us to subsist on? Gruel?”
Some residents still have faith in their MP, praising his talent for telling it like it is, despite the Daily Mirror branding the 56-year-old MP the “worst man in Britain” a year ago for criticising England’s footballers for “taking the knee.” In fact, some people think he isn’t being honest enough.
“If you ask me, he’s on the right road, but I’d choose a little bit of torture every week to teach them a lesson rather than the death penalty. It’s too simple to carry out,” a shopper outside the library who wished to remain unnamed remarked.
One criticism that keeps coming up is that Anderson has become more obsessed with his own problems than those of his constituents. The owner of the Fresh-4-You-Bakery in the precinct, Sarah Lynch, claimed that the town required assistance rather than a one-man publicity machine. The 34-year-old remarked, gesturing towards the nearby vacant stores, “We need to generate foot traffic in the town, help local companies. There are fewer places. It’s becoming quite difficult.
Can he win again, though? When Ashfield changed colour in the 2019 election as a result of the Red Wall intake of Conservative MPs, Anderson won with nearly 40% of the vote. Few people in Kirkby predict a recurrence.
Nobody will commit that error once more. According to Chris Foster, a 31-year-old unemployed man, “[Boris] Johnson is dead, Anderson is a wally, and the town is withering.
Some people are undecided. Former teaching assistant Rachel Atkins stated, “If he can keep his trap closed tight for a year, I’ll consider voting for him.” But let’s be honest, there isn’t much likelihood of that happening at this rate.
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