The Ashfield MP Lee Anderson and TV host Carol Vorderman are engaged in a Twitter dispute. It all began when Vorderman tweeted about certain Tory MPs who didn't list their political party in their Twitter bios; from there, it spiralled into arguments over grammar and the duo instructing each other to "act your age."
It started when Carol tweeted: “I WANT YOUR HELP. I've noticed a number of Tory MP & councillors removing mention of them being Tories from their social media profiles. I'd like to collate them and do some statistical work on this (you know I like numbers!). CAN YOU SCREENSHOT ANY YOU FIND AND POST HERE?”
The former Prime Ministers Theresa May, Boris Johnson, and Liz Truss, as well as the COP26 president Alok Sharma, and the former chancellor Nadhim Zahawi, were among the Tory MPs she mentioned in her tweet. She later posted about Anderson.
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Sharing another Twitter user's screenshot of the MP's bio, she wrote: “So it goes on. Lee Anderson, Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party who doesn’t tell us which party he is the “deputy chairman” of ? I suspect a rebranding and change from Tory blue this year.”
The screenshot she shared showed Anderson's bio to read: “Member of Parliament for Ashfield. All views are my own and the vast majority of the country.” Vorderman's comment about the possibility of him changing the colour scheme of his Twitter was a reference to some other Conservative MPs and councillors using the colour green in some of their pictures and leaflets, rather than the party's traditional blue.
Anderson then changed his bio and tweeted himself, saying: “For Clarity. Some lefties with nowt else better to do are saying Tory MPs are removing 'Conservative MP' from their bios. What rubbish. If you do not know which party an MP represents then you need to get out more. However I have updated my bio just in case. Great stuff.”
His new bio read: “Ex Coal Miner & now the proud Conservative Member of Parliament for Ashfield & Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party.” He also commented on Vorderman's post, writing: “Think you need to check my bio again. Oh and whilst your(e) at it act your age.”
Carol then hit back, writing in a new post: “I'm howling laughing. @LeeAndersonMP_ quickly changed his bio from NOT including Conservative to now, since my tweet earlier, adding a Tory reference. Then he tells me to "act your age". Lee luv, get a grip.” In a follow up tweet, she corrected Anderson's grammar in his initial reply when he used the phrase “while your at it”. Carol said: “I know I shouldn't BUT @LeeAndersonMP_ it's 'you're' not 'your'.”
Carol continued by making reference to a 2019 incident in which Anderson is said to have urged a friend to pretend to be a swing voter who had been persuaded to vote Conservative in front of the cameras. Hitting back at the MP's suggestion she act her age, Carol added: “Also, quick question on the age/behaviour issue (which you brought up). At what age should a Member of Parliament stop asking his mate to lie for him on camera? You being an expert...”
Many people took Carol's side in the Twitter spat, with one person writing: “They aren't even proud or confident about their own party. It's laughable.” Meanwhile, another added that she felt MP's not including their party allegiance in their bio is “disingenuous”.
But another was more supporting of Anderson, praising him for changing his bio. He said: “Well said Mr Anderson, my bio has the fact I’m a Tory member. I am proud to be centre right.”
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