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Nicholas Cecil

Lee Anderson: I didn't vote against Rwanda Bill after Labour MPs 'sniggered and laughed' at me

Self-styled Tory “Red Wall” hardman Lee Anderson told how he ditched his plan to vote against the Government’s flagship Rwanda Bill after Labour MPs started “sniggering and taking the mick” in the No Lobby.

Mr Anderson and Brendan Clarke-Smith both quit as a Conservative deputy chairmen to back amendments, which failed, to the controversial legislation.

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