'Does he even want your votes?' Chicken Lee Anderson humiliated after bottling Sun politics show
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Refrom UK's only MP Lee Anderson chickened out of The Sun's new politics show, Never Mind The Ballots. The ex-Tory deputy chairman dropped out of tonight's show at the last minute before filming, raising questions over just how interested he is in bagging your support at the next general election. The Ashfield MP was due to appear on a panel alongside Tory former ministers Matt Warman and Jake Berry, and Labour peer Baroness Jenny Champan. Instead, an empty chair sat in his place on our new politics show, fronted by Political Editor Harry Cole which is available to watch on thesun.co.uk and The Sun’s YouTube channel from 7pm tonight. Next week's guest is Prime Minister Rishi Sunak. On today's show, usually outspoken politician Mr Anderson - who defected from the Conservatives earlier this month - was slammed by host Harry Cole. Continue reading... https://www.thesun.co.uk/news/26973163/lee-anderson-bottles-the-suns-new-politics-show/ Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information. Learn more about your ad choices. Visit megaphone.fm/adchoices
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