Lee Anderson: new Tory deputy chair is one-man controversy machine
by Peter Walker Political correspondent from World news | The Guardian on (#68M3H)
Many party MPs worry that trenchant views of 30p Lee' mean his appointment will end badly
While Rishi Sunak's decision to appoint Lee Anderson as the Conservative party deputy chair will doubtless cheer a number of Anderson's red wall" colleagues, it is also fair to say at least some fellow Tory MPs will have their head in their hands at the news.
The political logic is obvious. The new party chair, Greg Hands, is the long-serving MP for a central London constituency and a former banker. Anderson, who began his working life as a miner, took his Nottinghamshire constituency of Ashfield from Labour in 2019.
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