Lee Anderson
| Use attributes for filter ! | |
| Gender | Male |
|---|---|
| Born | Augusta |
| Georgia | |
| United States | |
| Party | Republican Party |
| Residence | Grovetown |
| Georgia | |
| United States | |
| Date of Reg. | |
| Date of Upd. | |
| ID | 1605999 |
Lee Anderson Life story
Lee Anderson was a representative in the Georgia House of Representatives. He represented parts of Columbia, Lincoln, and Wilkes counties. He is a State Senator serving the 24th District of GA. He was Preceded by Long Time Political Servant Bill Jackson.
Reform UK denies claim it offered Tory Lee Anderson money to defect
...Reform UK leader Richard Tice has denied claims Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson was offered money to defect to the party...
Ofcom will not tell GB News to stop hiring politicians
... Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, the Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson, Esther McVey and Philip Davies all host their own shows on GB News...
Police must remain independent of politics, NPCC chair says
... Defending Ms Braverman, Conservative Party deputy chair Lee Anderson said that " anyone who thinks her comments are outrageous need to get out more" while policing minister Chris Philp said it was " reasonable" for politicians to raise concerns about how policing is conducted...
Lee Anderson: Tory MP apologises to doctor over strike tweet
...Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson has apologised to a doctor over a " misleading" social media post...
Blunt Lee Anderson charms Conservative activists
... And that is the status the Conservative deputy chair Lee Anderson has at this conference...
Suella Braverman to target 'crooked' immigration lawyers
... Conservative Party deputy chairman Lee Anderson used an expletive to say that if they did not like barges they should go back to France, Asked about the language, Justice Secretary Alex Chalk told BBC Radio 4 s Today programme: " Lee has expressed himself in his own way but the central point he s making is not unreasonable...
Tory MPs issue plan for Rishi Sunak to slash migration
... The report was written by Tory MP Tom Hunt and backed by a group of right-wing Conservatives, including the party s deputy chairman, Lee Anderson, and backbencher Miriam Cates...
How nicknames invaded British politics
... Tory co-chairman Lee Anderson got the nickname "30p Lee" on social media after...
Ofcom will not tell GB News to stop hiring politicians
By Charlotte GallagherCulture correspondent
The chairman of media watchdog Ofcom, Lord Grade, has said it is not his job to tell broadcasters who to hire.
Gb News currently employs four serving Conservative MPs as well as the former Prime Minister , Boris Johnson .
This has raised questions about whether Gb News is abiding by Ofcom rules and if Ofcom is doing it's job properly.
Lord Grade said rules around impartiality, fairness and accuracy are the same for Gb News as for other broadcasters, including The Bbc .
Sir Jacob Rees-Mogg, The Conservative deputy chairman Lee Anderson , Esther Mcvey and Philip Davies all host their own shows on Gb News .
Sir Jacob has not revealed his salary, but Mr Anderson has recorded a £100,000 salary from Gb News .
Former cabinet minister, Ms McVey, received £58,650 for her show in 2022. Husband and co-host, Mr Davies, received £46,203.
Mr Johnson announced he was joining the channel last month, it is not known how much he is being paid.
Lord Grade told that Ofcom did not " want to be in The Business of telling broadcasters, licensees, who they can employ, who they can't employ".
" There are rules about elections and politicians at election time, there are very strong, clear rules, but that's not our job, " he added.
" Our job is to ensure, within The Rules of due impartiality, that there is plenty of choice and freedom of expression on the airwaves. "
" That means Some People will always be offended by stuff, but there's no rule that says you can't be offended. "
Lord Grade also said he had to " be careful" when speaking about Gb News as Ofcom has 14 investigations open into the channel.
Among the current probes is a look into remarks made by actor-turned-politician Laurence Fox on the Dan Wootton Tonight programme in September.
In a series of personal comments about the political correspondent Ava Evans, Laurence Fox asked: " Who would want to shag that? "
Fox and host Wootton apologised, and the former, who also hosted a programme on the channel, was sacked.
An internal investigation into Wootton, who was suspended, was announced by Gb News in September.
An interview by married presenters and serving MPs Esther Mcvey and Philip Davies , with chancellor Jeremy Hunt , was found to have breached impartiality rules.
Sir Jacob's show is under investigation for allegedly twice breaching the " politicians as presenters" rule which means " no politician may be used as a newsreader, interviewer or reporter in any news programmes unless, exceptionally, it is editorially justified".
Gb News is not the only broadcaster to employ serving politicians.
The former culture secretary Nadine Dorries began hosting a programme on TalkTV before she quit as an MP.
Labour's shadow Foreign Secretary David Lammy also hosts a show on LBC.
Related TopicsSource of news: bbc.com