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Lee Anderson: Bibby Stockholm barge? I’ve stayed in worse in Skegness

Deputy Tory chair doubles down on ‘f*** off back to France’ comments by saying unhappy asylum seekers should ‘go back where they came from’

The Independent UK

Ministers split on commitment to human rights treaty over small boat crossings

Reports suggest eight Cabinet ministers are among the senior Tories who could campaign to leave the ECHR.

The Independent UK

Diane Abbott says migrants ‘f****d off to bottom of sea’ after Lee Anderson remark

MP deletes ‘obscene’ tweet referencing Lee Anderson’s remarks after outrage

The Independent UK

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Diane Abbott criticised over tweet about drowned migrants

The now-deleted post was a response to a comment made by Lee Anderson, the deputy chairman of the Conservative party.

The Independent UK

Lee Anderson’s ugly words shame Britain

Letters: The Tory deputy chair used demeaning and disgusting language in his remarks about asylum seekers, says Alexandra Wright. Plus letters from Kevin Potter and Will King

The Guardian - UK

Tory rift after Rishi Sunak backs Lee Anderson over migrant f-word slur

‘Foul language’ will turn off floating voters and risks ‘making the Tories the even nastier party’ says Grieve

The Independent UK

Who is Lee Anderson? As former Tory MP accused of ‘stoking division and hate’ joins Reform UK

The MP for Ashfield, known by many critics as ‘30p Lee’, is no stranger to controversy

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Lee Anderson’s vile anti-migrant comments pose this question: do we want politics like this?

Even Thatcher’s governments were above the hateful, toxic rhetoric now being favoured by Sunak and his lieutenants, says Guardian columnist Hugh Muir

The Guardian - UK

OPINION - Martha Gill: Nasty Lee Anderson has only exposed Tory asylum failures

Anyone familiar with the career of Lee Anderson may not have been surprised at the way he expressed his feelings yesterday — he told migrants who didn’t like the idea of staying on a barge (a prison hulk-like vessel criticised by charities as unsuitable for human accommodation) that they could…

Evening Standard

Lee Anderson refuses to apologise for telling migrants to 'f*** off back to France'

LEE Anderson has refused to apologise for telling asylum seekers to “f*** off back to France” and instead doubled down on his comments regarding…

The National (Scotland)

Lee Anderson making 'fair point' with 'f*** off remark', says immigration minister

IMMIGRATION minister Robert Jenrick has become the latest Tory to defend Lee Anderson’s comments telling migrants to “f*** off back to France”.

The National (Scotland)

Lee Anderson expressing public’s ‘deep frustration’ with barge remarks – Jenrick

Home Office minister Robert Jenrick said he agreed with the deputy Tory chairman over his comments on refugees complaining about accommodation.

The Independent UK

UK asylum seekers who refuse to live on barges could lose government support

Threat from immigration minister follows legal challenge to use of Bibby Stockholm as accommodation

The Guardian - UK

Lee Anderson’s ‘f*** off back to France’ remark risks making Tories ‘even nastier party’

Backlash builds as deputy Tory chairman branded ‘fascist’ and ‘pound shop Enoch Powell’

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Keir Starmer slammed for silence on migrants 'f*** off' comment

KEIR Starmer has been called out for failing to condemn widely-criticised comments from a top Tory MP who told asylum seekers to “f*** off back to…

The Guardian - UK

Suella’s symposium of stupidity delivers blue-sky thinking on asylum seekers

Home secretary assembles the feeblest minds in the country to find someone else to blame for government failures

The National (Scotland)

Scottish Tories stay SILENT as Lee Anderson tells migrants to 'f*** off'

THE Scottish Tories have remained silent on Lee Anderson’s anti-migrant comments.

The Guardian - UK

Downing Street backs Tory deputy chair over ‘back to France’ comments

No 10 says justice secretary was speaking for government in supporting Lee Anderson’s remarks on Bibby Stockholm asylum seekers

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Downing Street says minister's Lee Anderson defence was 'on behalf of Government'

DOWNING Street has confirmed that the Justice Secretary was “speaking on behalf of the Government” when he defended Lee Anderson telling…

The National (Scotland)

Tory MP branded 'pound shop Enoch Powell' over anti-migrant comments

A TOP Tory MP has been branded the “pound shop Enoch Powell” after inflammatory comments he made about migrants.

The National (Scotland)

James O'Brien accuses top Tory of 'bigotry' with 'f*** off' asylum seekers comment

JAMES O’Brien has said a top Conservative MP’s shocking call for asylum seekers to “f*** off back to France” is an attempt to “make…

Evening Standard

Sadiq Khan slams Government over Tory Lee Anderson’s anti-asylum outburst

London mayor says ‘language matters’ after Conservative MP’s foul-mouthed attack on asylum seekers

The National (Scotland)

Minister defends Lee Anderson after he tells migrants to 'f*** off back to France'

JUSTICE Secretary Alex Chalk has defended Lee Anderson after the deputy chair of the Tory Party said asylum seekers should “f*** off back to…

The Independent UK

Minister defends Lee Anderson over ‘robust’ comments on migrants shunning barge

Alex Chalk defended the remarks made by the Ashfield MP after just 15 migrants entered the Bibby Stockholm barge off the Dorset coast on Monday.

The Independent UK

History of controversial comments by suspended Tory MP Lee Anderson

Ashfield MP Lee Anderson has attracted criticism for comments on everything from food bank use to nuisance tenants

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