Lee Anderson Suspended for criticising Khan

[bots]

He said that Islamists had got control of Khan


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Is free speech not allowed anymore?

[arista]

He has now been suspended
and lost his Whip.


https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/24/08/81661223-13120569-image-a-1_1708761656480.jpg

Lee Anderson MP
was in the Labour party

[Oliver_W]

Is that really all he said?

[arista]

Is that really all he said?


Yes he said it on GBnewsHD
Which the Left Wingers Hate

[Oliver_W]

Lee Anderson MP
was the Labour party

Wait, no he wasn't.

That's 30p Lee.

He's the bloke Jack Monroe claimed she was going to sue, but she ran away with the crowd funded money.

[arista]

Wait, no he wasn't.

That's 30p Lee.

He's the bloke Jack Monroe claimed she was going to sue, but she ran away with the crowd funded money.


Yes he was before 2018

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lee_Anderson_(British_politician)

[arista]

https://i.dailymail.co.uk/1s/2024/02/24/15/81666561-13120985-image-a-78_1708787898960.jpg

[arista]

[Cabinet minister Grant Shapps
distanced himself from Mr Anderson's comments
but appeared to defend his right
to "speak [his] mind".]




https://news.sky.com/story/lee-anderson-suspended-from-conservative-party-after-islamophobic-comments-13079924

[Gusto Brunt]

It's common in the UK now to get punished for saying the truth. ;)

Nothing new. :p Next!

[arista]

Kahn has stated it's the Far Right that
are anti-Ulez.

Which is untrue
as some are proud left-wingers.

[Gusto Brunt]

If Lee goes to Reform, he'll probably will be their first MP. :D

[arista]

What Lee was talking about
the Parliament Protests Outside
that was when the Speaker lost control
last week on Wednesday.

[arista]

If Lee goes to Reform, he'll probably will be their first MP. :D


Yes if he does Jump again.

[Gusto Brunt]

Yes if he does Jump again.

Yeah he was in Labour, too. Third time lucky, eh. :p

[joeysteele]

No time for him myself

This was inevitable though, the Parties are really anxious as to how things are seen by voters as to what their MPs say.

[Oliver_W]

What Lee was talking about
the Parliament Protests Outside
that was when the Speaker lost control
last week on Wednesday.

Well yeah that's obviously what he was referring to, he shouldn't have named names though.

[Liam-]

He didn’t ’criticise’ him :joker:

[Crimson Dynamo]

Three female MPs issued with 'taxpayer-funded bodyguards and cars' amid growing safety concerns

reported on LBC

I cant think why

can you?

[UserSince2005]

Funny how we can’t speak basic facts anymore

[arista]

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[Gusto Brunt]

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Bigot?

[arista]

It's a Left Wing Newspaper

[Mystic Mock]

He has now been suspended
and lost his Whip.


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Lee Anderson MP
was in the Labour party

Tbf, he has probably got a spare one at home.

[bots]

the guy is a tit, but does saying Khan is in the pocket of islamic groups really deserve suspension, when everyone knows it is factually accurate?

[Mystic Mock]

the guy is a tit, but does saying Khan is in the pocket of islamic groups really deserve suspension, when everyone knows it is factually accurate?

Sometimes the truth hurts, as they say.

[Gusto Brunt]

It's a Left Wing Newspaper

Ah, yes. :joker:

[joeysteele]

From now to the election and beyond likely.
Anything anyone says from any Party now that has any hint of controversy about it.
Will be seized on by opposing Parties.

Where the leaders of those Parties desperate to be seen dealing with anything not welcomed quickly.
Will result in MPs and Councillors being dropped.

I honestly am now of the view, that immaterial of who wins the next election.
With the divisions between the 4 Nations of the UK.
Plus just how the UK is now with almost anyone having to be careful what they think and say.
The UK is on the road to being ungovernable.

Unless anyone or groups are advocating violence and real hatred against others..
Then perhaps a little more tolerance and freedom is what's needed.

That won't happen and what will happen is, anyone from any Party making the slightest wayward comment will probably end up with their careers ended.

Personally I'd rather know what people really think rather than have them paying liip service to a rigid agenda.
Thereby being more false.
Which it seems now is more acceptable than actually them saying what they think and thereby being honest.

I'm not sure which is worse.quite frankly.

[bots]

completely agree joey. What life is it when everyone is scared to voice their opinion. Ordinary folk just won't accept that, and I will be right there with them

[Swan]

"Islamiphobic" is one of the most tragic new "phobes" tbh.

[Oliver_W]

"Islamiphobic" is one of the most tragic new "phobes" tbh.

I don't think being uneasy with (ideological) islam really counts as "irrational", so calling it a phobia is a bit manipulative.

[bots]

we shout about all the injustice in Russia and yet every day we allow the UK to become more authoritarian and nobody complains

[Livia]

No one wants to be tarred a racist or an Islamaphobe. East London, where I was born and raised, is unrecognisable. What did East Londoners do when their area was given away to a different culture? We moved out.

[arista]

Sky News Text :
[Top Tories are being warned of a voter backlash
by Red Wall MPs over the party withdrawing the
whip from Lee Anderson following his comments
about Sadiq Khan,
according to The Daily Telegraph.]


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[arista]

BBC News Text :
[Several papers lead on the continued
fall out from comments made by
MP Lee Anderson, who was suspended
from the Conservative parliamentary
party over the weekend.
"Sunak urged to speak out as
Islamophobia row deepens"
reads the front of Monday's Guardian.
It reports senior members of the Tory party
have criticised the "dangerous" rhetoric.]


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[arista]

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[Mystic Mock]

From now to the election and beyond likely.
Anything anyone says from any Party now that has any hint of controversy about it.
Will be seized on by opposing Parties.

Where the leaders of those Parties desperate to be seen dealing with anything not welcomed quickly.
Will result in MPs and Councillors being dropped.

I honestly am now of the view, that immaterial of who wins the next election.
With the divisions between the 4 Nations of the UK.
Plus just how the UK is now with almost anyone having to be careful what they think and say.
The UK is on the road to being ungovernable.

Unless anyone or groups are advocating violence and real hatred against others..
Then perhaps a little more tolerance and freedom is what's needed.

That won't happen and what will happen is, anyone from any Party making the slightest wayward comment will probably end up with their careers ended.

Personally I'd rather know what people really think rather than have them paying liip service to a rigid agenda.
Thereby being more false.
Which it seems now is more acceptable than actually them saying what they think and thereby being honest.

I'm not sure which is worse.quite frankly.

I agree with you Joey.

[Crimson Dynamo]

predicted long ago...

0EYg8Tgrh0o

[Liam-]

When tories argue that punishing their own for being overtly racist will damage their ‘red wall votes’ they are just calling those voters inherently racist, if (when) they lose the red wall at the election, it will be because of their complete and utter incompetence and contempt for the people they’re supposed to work for, not because they rightfully punished an open bigot for inflammatory racism

[arista]

When tories argue that punishing their own for being overtly racist will damage their ‘red wall votes’ they are just calling those voters inherently racist, if (when) they lose the red wall at the election, it will be because of their complete and utter incompetence and contempt for the people they’re supposed to work for, not because they rightfully punished an open bigot for inflammatory racism


https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1761868249346478459

[arista]

https://twitter.com/LeeAndersonMP_/status/1758821122529747108

[Crimson Dynamo]

Islam isnt a race its a religious cult

[arista]

The Online Paper:

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[arista]

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[arista]

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[arista]

At Last
Lee has given interviews to ITV1HD news
and Ch5HDnews.

He says he is standing in the next Election.
Ch5 Reporter Andy Bell
pushed him on the Reform Party
he said he does not know if Reform would have him?




Meanwhile
Reform Party Leader Richard Tice
stated early on LBC AM
that over 13 nonths,
he has refused 2 Conservatives
wo wanted to join his party.


Lee Anderson has had a meeting
with Richard Tice
On Sunday, at a holiday inn lobby

Ref: Political reporter Christoper Hope

[arista]

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[arista]

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[Mystic Mock]

Who's going to say that they are racist though?

[arista]

Lee spoke to Gary Gibbon of Ch4HDnews

He
(Lee) keeps talking about the Protestors
outside Parliament last weds.

Gary said you should have said it that way.


Lee said it's all up to the Conservative Chief Whip?

[bots]

I think he was directly criticising Khan and is perfectly entitled to do that without everyone calling him a racist.

This may well be the line in the sand where free speech fights back

[arista]

He has to say sorry.

Then he can return as a Conservative MP

But Lee
keeps stating he will not say sorry

[bots]

he should not be forced to take back anything. What he did was not racist or illegal