‘Swearing should be kept down the mine’: How Lee Anderson’s migrant outburst turned off voters

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Like his local MP Lee Anderson, John Hill once worked down Nottinghamshire’s mines.

“What you got told as a young man was that you swear as much as you want down the pit but you leave that language down there,” the 85-year-old said this week. “Up top – whether you’re with your family or in the pub or anywhere else – you spoke with civility.”