Lee Anderson has brutally slapped down ex-BBC journalist Jon Sopel’s desperate attempt to get him on his podcast to answer questions over his views on illegal migrants.
Sopel is the latest woke celebrity to have a rant on his News Agents podcast with fellow presenter Lewis Goodall about the Conservative Deputy Chairman telling illegal migrants who do not like living on barges to “f*** off back to France”.
But the former BBC US correspondent also suggested that Prime Minister Rishi Sunak might tell Anderson to “f*** off” because of his admission in an interview with Nigel Farage that Government policy on the small boats crisis has been “a failure”.
Sopel said: “A salty language, a popular message is one thing, but can you go on the television and say our Government policy has been a total failure before Rishi Sunak says to him ‘you can f*** off yourself’?”
He added: “If you think we are being critical or unfair to Lee Anderson we have invited him on the podcast, we have invited him on Monday, I texted him the other night and didn’t hear back from him.”
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He went on: “So Lee Anderson if you are listening to this, there will be a cup of coffee waiting for you, we’ll get you a sandwich and I promise we won’t tell you to…I’m not going to say it.”
Goodall added: “We won’t tell you to f*** off.”
But while Mr Anderson has not bothered to reply directly to Sopel he has sent a response via Express.co.uk.
The straight talking 56-year-old Ashfield MP only needed eight words to dismiss Sopel in a brutal put down.
He said: “I would have more fun at the dentist.”
