{"id":169189,"date":"2024-11-06T12:03:04","date_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:03:04","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/06\/lee-anderson-reform-mp-told-to-apologise-for-swearing-at-security-officer-in-parliament\/"},"modified":"2024-11-06T12:03:04","modified_gmt":"2024-11-06T12:03:04","slug":"lee-anderson-reform-mp-told-to-apologise-for-swearing-at-security-officer-in-parliament","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/news.talkwithrattan.com\/index.php\/2024\/11\/06\/lee-anderson-reform-mp-told-to-apologise-for-swearing-at-security-officer-in-parliament\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Anderson: Reform MP told to apologise for ‘swearing at security officer’ in parliament"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Reform MP Lee Anderson has been told to apologise in the House of Commons for “swearing twice at a security officer after his pass did not work” as he tried to enter parliament.<\/p>\n

A report by the Independent Expert Panel (IEP) now requires Mr Anderson to “make an apology in the House of Commons for a breach of parliament’s bullying and harassment policy”.<\/p>\n

The MP for Ashfield was found to have sworn twice at a security officer after his pass did not work when he was trying to enter the parliamentary estate in November 2023.<\/p>\n

According to the report, on 3 November last year Mr Anderson instructed the guard to open a door at the Derby Gate search post, an entrance to parliament.<\/p>\n

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When asked to show his pass, Mr Anderson allegedly said: “F*** off, everyone opens the door to me, you are the only one.”<\/p>\n

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Asked again to show his pass, Mr Anderson said ‘f*** you, I have a train to catch’, before walking out of the search post”, according to the complaint.<\/p>\n

The report said Mr Anderson “accepted that he was ‘upset, impatient and angry’ but not ‘aggressive’, and denied swearing at the complainant.<\/p>\n

The finding followed a complaint made to the Independent Complaints and Grievance Scheme (ICGS) and an investigation by an independent investigator appointed by the ICGS who recommended that the complaint should be upheld.<\/p>\n

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Mr Anderson appealed the finding to the IEP, but the sub-panel considering the case dismissed it, concluding it failed to raise any substantive grounds.<\/p>\n

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It concluded Mr Anderson should apologise to the complainant, and to the House by way of a personal statement.<\/p>\n

Mr Anderson was first elected to the seat of Ashfield in 2019 as a Conservative. He defected to Reform<\/a><\/strong> in March this year after he was kicked out of the parliamentary Conservative Party<\/strong><\/a> for refusing to apologise after alleging that London mayor Sadiq Khan was controlled by “Islamists”.<\/p>\n<\/p><\/div>\n


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