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Lee Anderson says protests outside of asylum seeker hotels 'just human nature'

Lee Anderson, the Conservative MP for Ashfield and Tory Deputy Chairman, told the BBC's Political Thinking podcast that protests outside of hotels housing asylum seekers were a display of 'human nature'

Nottingham Post · Mar 3, 2023

Tory MP Lee Anderson condemned for comments over asylum seeker hotel protests

Lee Anderson denied that protesters were ‘far-right extremists’

The Independent UK · Mar 3, 2023

Lee Anderson claims family were in McDonald's 'two or three times a week' while using food bank

Lee Anderson secured a Westminster Hall debate on the subject of food poverty, where he also said it was a 'myth' that everyone on Universal Credit was in poverty.

Nottingham Post · Mar 2, 2023

Tory MP Lee Anderson challenges Brexit activist Steve Bray to a boxing match: how to watch the fight live

GB News has agreed to televise the ‘Thrilla by the River’.

Evening Standard · Feb 23, 2023

Tory MP Lee Anderson and Brexit activist Steve Bray ‘to fight in boxing match’

Pro-EU demonstrator demands deputy party chairman quit if he loses bout

The Independent UK · Feb 22, 2023

Legal review possible on Nottinghamshire council's housing approval for open field

Ashfield District Council recently approved the building of eight houses on agricultural land in a small village.

Nottingham Post · Feb 22, 2023

Nottinghamshire dad pays heartfelt tribute to 'handsome lad' who 'loved life'

The devastated family had "no clue" that Sean Lynk, aged 30, was struggling with his mental health before the tragedy, which happened shortly before Christmas last year.

Nottingham Post · Feb 20, 2023

The desperate Tories have one idea left: target the migrants, ramp up the fear

It may not save them at the polls, but immigration and the culture war are all they have. And the toxicity that will create doesn’t concern them, says Guardian columnist Nesrine Malik

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2023

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson accuses Calais refugee charities of encouraging migrants to cross Channel

The Care4Calais charity has hit back at the Nottinghamshire MP's comments

Nottingham Post · Feb 19, 2023

The ghosts of rotten Tories haunt my routine

As the Conservative casualties pile up, thank heavens for Lee Anderson, the no-nonsense MP for Ashfield

The Guardian - UK · Feb 19, 2023