A man who was mocked by Lee Anderson for only having 'one Twitter follower' has now ended up with more followers than the Ashfield MP himself as a result. Chris Delaney, a full-time senior care worker who regularly posts tweets attacking the Conservative Party, responded to a post by Mr Anderson on January 11 in which the Tory MP questioned an article in The Guardian saying that Labour was planning to overhaul the routes back into work for the sick and long-term unemployed.
Mr Anderson wrote: "Oh the irony. Just imagine if I had said this. What do you think the front page headline would have said? 'Nasty out of touch Tory forces the disabled & long term doleys into workhouses'."
Chris Delaney responded by writing: "Tory MP, worried about his re-election prospects, takes any opportunity to slate the opposition?" Mr Anderson then responded to Mr Delaney's criticism by writing: "You have one Twitter follower in five years.
