In the United Kingdom, Prime Minister Rishi Sunak, who is preparing for legislative elections this year, must face a hemorrhage among his elected officials. More than 60 deputies will not run again. And the former vice-president of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson, has just joined the far-right Reform UK, led by Brexiteer Nigel Farage, on Monday March 11.
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With our correspondent in London, Emeline Vin
Ex-Labour moved to the right, ex-vice-president of the Conservative Party, Lee Anderson joins the extreme right of the political spectrum British. His face half hidden by a flag, at a press conference, he announced his membership of Reform UK, the former Brexit party, follower of the theory of the great replacement.
“ I feel like we are abandoning our country. We give up our lifestyle. We let some erase our History. We are abandoning our streets to a minority who hate our lifestyle. We are letting people into our country who will never integrate and who will never adopt our British values “, did he declare.
An elected official accustomed to controversies
Lee Anderson was expelled from the Conservative Party two weeks ago. He refused to apologize after accusing the Labor mayor of London of being in the hands of Islamists. The elected official is accustomed to controversial statements. “ My opinions are not controversial. Millions of people share them across the country. There is no controversy about being worried about immigration, illegal, legal, or the failures of the Mayor of London “, he added.
Party co-founder Nigel Farage hails a giant step forward for Reform UK. The party has no MPs at the moment, but has set itself the objective of replacing the conservatives in the next legislative elections.
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