What do the Tories really think about Lee Anderson?
The News Agents
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4.1 • 5.4K Ratings
🗓️ 27 February 2024
⏱️ 35 minutes
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Summary
Paul Scully, former Minister for London, has given his first extended interview to The News Agents since he talked about 'no-go' areas in Tower Hamlets and Birmingham. What did he mean? And what was he trying to say about Lee Anderson?
What is it about the Tories deputy chairmen that makes them say this stuff? Today, we have a go at answering that.
Is Rishi scared of losing the voters he thinks Lee Anderson stands for? And is he right to think Lee talks for the Red Wall? Or is that just a slur in it's own right? Later, what was President Biden doing in an ice cream parlour talking about Gaza.
Editor: Tom Hughes
Producer: Laura FitzPatrick
Social Media Editor: Gabriel Radus
Video Production: Rory Symon & Shane Fennelly
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X, Rosie Holt
LBC, Michael Tomlinson
BBC Radio London, Paul Scully
MSNBC, Joe Biden
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| 0:00.0 | The Newsagents podcast is brought to you by HSBC UK, opening up a world of opportunity. |
| 0:09.4 | This is a global player original podcast. |
| 0:13.2 | We are going to play you two clips now. |
| 0:16.1 | One is from a parody account, a comedian. |
| 0:18.5 | The other is a serving government minister. You've got to identify |
| 0:22.8 | which is which. You say it was wrong. Was it racist? Well, it was wrong. It was wrong. And I'm not |
| 0:28.7 | afraid to come out and say it was wrong. And for me, saying something is wrong is very strong. |
| 0:35.3 | We agree it was wrong, but why was it wrong? |
| 0:39.1 | Nick, it was wrong. |
| 0:41.2 | What he said was wrong. |
| 0:43.3 | What he said was wrong. |
| 0:47.3 | As a result of what he said, the whip was removed from him. |
| 0:48.5 | That was robust action. That was robust action that was taken. |
| 0:50.3 | That's what I'm trying to get at. |
| 0:52.8 | It was wrong, Nick, because of what he said. |
| 0:56.2 | Okay, in case you haven't worked it out, it was the second clip that was actually a real |
| 1:02.4 | minister on the radio this morning. |
| 1:04.9 | And the question we're asking today is, when the government keeps saying Leanderson was wrong, are they really saying he might be right? |
| 1:14.7 | Are they really leaning into this in case there are votes out there for what Lee Anderson represents? |
| 1:22.1 | Welcome to the newsagents. |
| 1:26.9 | The news agents. It Newsagents. |
| 1:28.5 | It's John. |
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