Lee Anderson has denied claims he has been "silenced" by the Conservative Party after giving up his weekly GB News slot because of his new job. The Conservative MP for Ashfield, first elected in 2019, was recently promoted to be deputy chairman of the Conservative Party by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak.
The controversial MP said he would be taking his new role "extremely seriously" in the run-up to next general election, expected in 2024. As part of this, Mr Anderson said he will not be making his usual weekly appearances on the GB News channel.
Mr Anderson has been a regular contributor on the channel since November in a segment called 'The Real World With Lee Anderson', featured on a programme presented by Dan Wootton. The MPs' Register of Interests shows that Mr Anderson was being paid £200 a week for his contribution, but he has now announced that his weekly slot will be coming to an end.
