Lee Anderson MP
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Ashfordian said:
pghstochaj said:
Ashfordian said:
His views do not fit with the MSM narrative, so now he has been promoted to a high position in Government the media will now try and bring him down.
By giving him airtime to spout his nonsense? Seems fair.Ashfordian said:
Overall, Parliament needs more MP's like him
No it doesn't. We need more smart, articulate and effective people that can try to get the country back together after the last several years.Not people that lie (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=4LmS9CzAY_s) and spout divisive nonsense (https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/tory-candidate-lee-anderson-nuisance-tenants-ashfield-general-election-a9209136.html) or fail basic logic (BBC Nottingham interview in which he tried to explain away his lying by asking the journalist whether they had ever lied) or just make stuff up (30 pence meals). Nor people that fail to understand why food bank usage might be needed in some circumstances but not others (https://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-11654101/Lee-Andersons-parliamentary-aide-attended-33-000-year-private-school.html). Having such a man in an elevated role in the party is extraordinary.
If you think we need people like this in Parliament then just wow. It's the last gasping breath of the end of this Tory run. I do not understand the appointment even if it is to try to secure more red wall votes or from people that worry about boats.
ks. Certainly feels like the latter to me but I will change my mind when/if the this is proven.I don't excuse or deny his lying, but I also don't say that everything he says is wrong, as others are doing just because of the colour of his rosette!
Are you saying 'salt of the earth' working class northerners are not smart or effective? They may not articulate in the way you personally want them to, but I want a parliament that represents are broad base of people from the UK. Someone dropping the odd f' bombs in parliament to highlight the stupidity or lying of someone else in the house(there are almost unlimited examples here) would definitely be refreshing and would quickly improve on some of the nonsense that is spoken in there.
. Ah, good old 30p Lee.
Here he is caught on camera trying to get a mate to pretend he didn't know him when out on the election trail. lying when forgetting he was wired up with a TV mic.
https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1198998239128...
A clown of the highest order, cannot wait for him to get booted out at the next election.
Here he is caught on camera trying to get a mate to pretend he didn't know him when out on the election trail. lying when forgetting he was wired up with a TV mic.
https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1198998239128...
A clown of the highest order, cannot wait for him to get booted out at the next election.
Brave Fart said:
Agreed, and it's worth noting that the 30 pence thing was proved to Lee Anderson - who doubted it was possible - by a chef in Anderson's constituency. That was, of course, before the recent inflation.
Anderson went on to suggest that cookery lessons and help with budgeting would be a valuable thing to offer to those on modest incomes. Quite why that attracts so much vitriol escapes me. As you say, it's a valid conversation.
Probably because the governments over the last however many years or decades have overseen all but the really well off getting much poorer. They can point to Ukraine currently, but there are many other self inflicted issues which have got us here too. So when a politician who hangs around with neo Nazis and who can’t even decide which side of politics he wants to be on starts lecturing people about their inability to budget/cool etc (whilst being paid way beyond his capability with subsidised food on offer) he can’t be too surprised when he is rightly told where to go. Anderson went on to suggest that cookery lessons and help with budgeting would be a valuable thing to offer to those on modest incomes. Quite why that attracts so much vitriol escapes me. As you say, it's a valid conversation.
What is the 30p menu the good little idiot is suggesting people survive on anyway?
Ashfordian said:
Someone dropping the odd f' bombs in parliament to highlight the stupidity or lying of someone else in the house(there are almost unlimited examples here) would definitely be refreshing and would quickly improve on some of the nonsense that is spoken in there.
If you're holding up Lee Anderson as someone with high moral integrity then you really, really need to go and give your head the largest wobble possible without knocking it clean off your shoulders! https://twitter.com/PickardJE/status/1198998239128...
Dingu said:
Probably because the governments over the last however many years or decades have overseen all but the really well off getting much poorer. They can point to Ukraine currently, but there are many other self inflicted issues which have got us here too. So when a politician who hangs around with neo Nazis and who can’t even decide which side of politics he wants to be on starts lecturing people about their inability to budget/cool etc (whilst being paid way beyond his capability with subsidised food on offer) he can’t be too surprised when he is rightly told where to go.
What is the 30p menu the good little idiot is suggesting people survive on anyway?
I would imagine it’s a variant on https://cookingonabootstrap.com/category/recipes-u...What is the 30p menu the good little idiot is suggesting people survive on anyway?
It’s possible to cook meals for 30p per person. It requires careful choices and the diet will hardly be tasty or optimal but I’m not sure what the hoopla here is.
For what it’s worth I quite like Anderson. His exchanges with Steve Bray have been most amusing.
Ridgemont said:
I would imagine it’s a variant on https://cookingonabootstrap.com/category/recipes-u...
It’s possible to cook meals for 30p per person. It requires careful choices and the diet will hardly be tasty or optimal but I’m not sure what the hoopla here is.
Depends what we are talking about. Home cooking has perhaps acquired a middle class reputation but in the past you needed cheap tasty ways to feed people. It’s possible to cook meals for 30p per person. It requires careful choices and the diet will hardly be tasty or optimal but I’m not sure what the hoopla here is.
Dumplings are a prime example. If you don't have enough meat add bulk with dumplings. Very cheap and very tasty. Had some this week.
Another classic example is bread pudding (which is on your link). Cheap as bulk of it is left over bread and also very tasty.
Ridgemont said:
I would imagine it’s a variant on https://cookingonabootstrap.com/category/recipes-u...
It’s possible to cook meals for 30p per person. It requires careful choices and the diet will hardly be tasty or optimal but I’m not sure what the hoopla here is.
For what it’s worth I quite like Anderson. His exchanges with Steve Bray have been most amusing.
30p Lee recently suggested the delicious meal of own brand wheetabix and a splash of milk for 30p. Not sure id thrive on that just for breakfast never mind any other meals. It’s possible to cook meals for 30p per person. It requires careful choices and the diet will hardly be tasty or optimal but I’m not sure what the hoopla here is.
For what it’s worth I quite like Anderson. His exchanges with Steve Bray have been most amusing.
He's actually being sued by Jack Monroe who's link you put up after he said that she's exploiting poor desperate people with her books.
PurpleTurtle said:
Ashfordian said:
Someone dropping the odd f' bombs in parliament to highlight the stupidity or lying of someone else in the house(there are almost unlimited examples here) would definitely be refreshing and would quickly improve on some of the nonsense that is spoken in there.
If you're holding up Lee Anderson as someone with high moral integrity then you really, really need to go and give your head the largest wobble possible without knocking it clean off your shoulders! Eric Mc said:
JagLover said:
I think the "food bank" comments he has been attacked for are more nuanced than made out. It should be possible to eat enough while earning a decent wage if you eat cheap home cooked food and don't use take aways and ready meals.
Aha - the let them eat cake argument.As long as it isn’t from a good bank if they are earning over 30k, no 35k, no 32.5k…..
Wonder how long he has left as deputy chair???? In fact as an MP…
Killboy said:
pablo said:
Interesting. And people are singing his praises? 
Ashfordian said:
His views do not fit with the MSM narrative,
Appears so.Ashfordian said:
Overall, Parliament needs more MP's like him
Not quite. dai1983 said:
He's actually being sued by Jack Monroe who's link you put up after he said that she's exploiting poor desperate people with her books.
Not exactly, no. She claimed she was going to sue him and launched a fund raiser to garner the money required to bring a lawsuit (despite continually stating her (Jewish) lawyer worked on a "pro-bono" basis).
The lawsuit has never materialised, the money has allegedly gone up her nose and/or on expensive pieces of furniture (sideboards, to be precise).
She is now taking a hiatus from social media due her constant lies and exaggerations being exposed. He recently stated that no legal papers have been received from Jack or her legal team.
pghstochaj said:
It's a brilliant interview and well worth listening to. For those that don't have time, the interviewer asked him whether he should be considered dishonest as a consequence of him faking a doorstep interview. His response was to ask the interviewer ten times whether she had ever lied. He is the an MP and deputy chair of the Conservative Party and that was the best he could do.
My understanding is that he has been appointed as a "working class" person to reflect the working class. Only somebody that has no idea about the working class would think he reflects the working class.
Really !! I would say he really does , unless you are thinking about the working class of Islington !!My understanding is that he has been appointed as a "working class" person to reflect the working class. Only somebody that has no idea about the working class would think he reflects the working class.
rustyuk said:
I would be surprised if he gets voted out at the next election.
Regardless of your views on him he works hard for his local constituency.
Well he has another two years max to convince them that Brexit bonuses have been realised and that levelling up is working…. Personally I think he’s toast.Regardless of your views on him he works hard for his local constituency.
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