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The Guardian - UK
The Guardian - UK
Politics
Peter Walker and Ben Quinn

No 10 braced for prospect of more Reform defections as Lee Anderson quits

Lee Anderson Reform ​​Rishi Sunak Richard Tice Nigel Farage Sadiq Khan Reform UK
Reform leader Richard Tice smiling with his new and only MP Lee Anderson at a press conference in London
Reform leader Richard Tice (right) with his new and only MP Lee Anderson at a press conference in London on Monday. Photograph: Thomas Krych/Zuma Press Wire/Rex/Shutterstock

Downing Street is braced for more defections after Lee Anderson quit the party for Reform UK, with MPs warning Rishi Sunak that he “cannot pretend any longer” his strategy is working.

The former Conservative party deputy chair’s defection will alarm former colleagues worried at support draining away to the Nigel Farage-formed party. Anderson lost the party whip last month over comments he made about Sadiq Khan, which were condemned as Islamophobic.

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