‘Don’t play it please’: New Tory deputy chair Lee Anderson clashes with BBC presenter over dishonesty

New Conservative Party deputy chair Lee Anderson clashed with a BBC Radio Nottingham presenter when she pressed him on his “dishonesty.”

The MP for Ashfield has stirred controversy after advocating for reintroducing the death penalty in a Spectator interview and claiming that people need to learn to cook and budget properly rather than use food banks.

As Verity Cowley pressed Mr Anderson on whether he was “dishonest”, the MP called the host a “liar”.

After Ms Cowley informed Mr Anderson that the entire interview would not be able to be played due to time constraints, the MP asked her: “Don’t play it please.”

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