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Profile: Lee Anderson

08/07/2023

Lee Anderson

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Outspoken Red Wall MP and prominent voice in the New Conservatives movement.

Mark Coles profiles Lee Anderson, an outspoken Red Wall MP and prominent voice in the New Conservatives movement.

Lee Anderson, MP for Ashfield and Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party, is no stranger to media attention. He has made headlines for his controversial statements about poverty, migration and the death penalty. Now he is reported to be a prominent figure in the New Conservatives, a pressure group calling on the Prime Minister to drastically cut migration before the next general election. Yet he started his working life as a Nottinghamshire miner, and worked as a Labour councillor before later switching parties. Mark Coles finds out about his life and career. 

Presenter: Mark Coles
Editor: Richard Vadon
Sound: Rod Farquhar
Production: Viv Jones, Diane Richardson, Alix Pickles
Production Coordinator: Maria Ogundele

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