The Conversation (0)
Politics
Kate Plummer
Jan 19, 2023
Tory MP candidate Lee Anderson says 'nuisance tenants' should be forced to …
content.jwplatform.com
Clearly a glutton for online punishment, Lee Anderson is doubling down on his horrendous cost of living take - this time with an unusual anecdote about one of his members of staff.
Posting on Twitter, the MP who has previously attracted scorn for telling people to eat knock-off Weetabix to deal with rising inflation and has also claimed that “generation after generation” of people “cannot budget” or make meals properly, shared a photo of his staffer named Katy.
"Katy works for me," he wrote.
"She is single & earns less than 30k, rents a room for £775pcm in Central London, has student debt, £120 a month on travelling to work saves money every month, goes on foreign holidays & does not need to use a foodbank. Katy makes my point really well."
Sign up to our free Indy100 weekly newsletter
\u201cKaty works for me. She is single & earns less than 30k, rents a room for \u00a3775pcm in Central London, has student debt, \u00a3120 a month on travelling to work saves money every month, goes on foreign holidays & does not need to use a foodbank.\n\nKaty makes my point really well.\u201d— Lee Anderson MP (@Lee Anderson MP) 1674120635
He may have thought he got the last laugh but he got anything but as people quickly pointed out it sounds like Katy gets a pretty raw deal and perhaps should be offered a pay rise.
\u201c@LeeAndersonMP_ Hi Katy do you mind posing for a photograph, I want to tweet out your salary and living arrangements in order to shit on people in completely different circumstances that have been forced to use food banks because of our callous and shitty government, cheers\u201d— Lee Anderson MP (@Lee Anderson MP) 1674120635
\u201c@LeeAndersonMP_ Really hope someone offers Katy a better job on the back of this tweet.\u201d— Lee Anderson MP (@Lee Anderson MP) 1674120635
\u201c@LeeAndersonMP_ Maybe you should pay her more, Lee.\u201d— Lee Anderson MP (@Lee Anderson MP) 1674120635
\u201c@LeeAndersonMP_ This isn\u2019t the point you think you\u2019re making. You should pay Katy more.\u201d— Lee Anderson MP (@Lee Anderson MP) 1674120635
\u201cSomeone with a supposedly good job working for a national legislator can\u2019t afford to own a car (if they want to), have children or buy a home. Instead they have to live like a permanent student in a house share. \n\nDo you not understand how bad that situation is @LeeAndersonMP_ ?\u201d— Aaron Bastani (@Aaron Bastani) 1674127681
Have your say in our news democracy. Click the upvote icon at the top of the page to help raise this article through the indy100 rankings.
Top 100
x