Lee Anderson demanded radio play his interview & it’s amazing

Today, Tory MP Lee Anderson was back in the press again and, again, he didn’t come off very well.

The newly appointed deputy Conservative Party chairman, hit the headlines yesterday when an interview emerged where he called for the return of death penalty.

Anderson said that “nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed” to justify his position.

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Asked whether he would support the return of the death penalty, Anderson told The Spectator: “Yes.” He then added: “Nobody has ever committed a crime after being executed. You know that, don’t you? 100 per cent success rate.”

BBC interview

Today Lee Anderson clashed with a BBC radio presenter over the video of him setting up a fake doorstep encounter with a friend during the 2019 election.

He insisted BBC radio presenter Verity Cowley played the interview in full after she asked him about it.

👀WOW. '30p Lee' on Radio Nottingham.

When his getting caught asking a mate to pose as a swing voter is raised he says everyone lies, accuses Cowley of being dishonest, says his lying has nothing to do with his role as Tory deputy chair, then demands interview is not played. ~AA pic.twitter.com/uVkHS9NMTC
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) February 9, 2023

And it gets worse!

Incidentally, the full 11 minutes are here. Anderson comes off WORSE, the more of it you listen to.

The man is a mobile bin fire. ~AA https://t.co/06E6cyNRcg
— Best for Britain (@BestForBritain) February 9, 2023

Reactions

"I'm asking you not to play it… don't play it please"

Lee Anderson – Deputy Chairman of the Conservative Party demonstrating the sort of childishness that would make a child ashamed. A car crash interview demonstrating the power of local radio. Listen.https://t.co/9PYEErpRsT
— Otto English (@Otto_English) February 9, 2023

It’s actually worse than you think. Doesn’t deny being a liar, tries to bully the interviewer, seems to think he can veto it being broadcast, says he’s doing the BBC a favour by being interviewed & signs off with a threat to withdraw access. He’s a thug. pic.twitter.com/YulgrLeg2Y
— Nick Pettigrew🇺🇦 (@Nick_Pettigrew) February 9, 2023

He's a rude, disgusting bully, nothing more.
— Mike P Williams (@Mike_P_Williams) February 9, 2023

oh my god he's so thick https://t.co/RPaRafO887
— Neil Gibbons (@neilgibbons) February 9, 2023

30p Lee doesn't want this playing. Over to Twitter, do your stuff… https://t.co/B1gbpelSas
— Tim Barclay-Grabbe (@timbarclay_grab) February 9, 2023

Having heard this interview, I am now confident that I have eaten Scotch pies that contained more brains than Lee Anderson. That Sunak made him deputy chairman suggests the PM is not exactly a political genius either. https://t.co/9fDKQBnbnC
— Chris Brookmyre (@cbrookmyre) February 9, 2023