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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
National
Sophie Wingate

New Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson backs death penalty and clashes with reporter

PA Media

The newly appointed deputy Conservative Party chairman has backed the return of the death penalty and accused a radio presenter of dishonesty in a combative interview.

Outspoken Ashfield MP Lee Anderson was given the post, working as one of new chairman Greg Hands’s lieutenants in the run-up to the next election, by Prime Minister Rishi Sunak during Tuesday’s reshuffle.

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