{"id":135058,"date":"2023-12-14T08:39:34","date_gmt":"2023-12-14T08:39:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=135058"},"modified":"2023-12-14T08:39:34","modified_gmt":"2023-12-14T08:39:34","slug":"lee-anderson-says-voters-dont-give-a-toss-about-rishi-sunaks-charisma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/politics\/lee-anderson-says-voters-dont-give-a-toss-about-rishi-sunaks-charisma\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Anderson says voters don\u2019t ‘give a toss’ about Rishi Sunak’s charisma"},"content":{"rendered":"
Lee Anderson has doubled down after comments emerged of the top Tory saying Rishi Sunak doesn\u2019t have the charisma of Boris Johnson.<\/p>\n
The comments were reported by the Mirror last night, who had obtained a recording of the deputy chairman speaking at a “Lagers with Lee” event in October.<\/p>\n
He is heard telling his audience in Cambridge: \u201cRishi is a details man, he gets the job done. He hasn’t got the charisma of Boris, we know that\u2026 there’s not many people who have.\u201d<\/p>\n
Mr Anderson also warned that the party needed to “stop messing about” and give people a reason “to vote for us again”.<\/p>\n
While he praised the Prime Minister, his comments are being used as an attempt to imply a divide between Mr Sunak and one of his most prominent Tory chairmen.<\/p>\n
Mr Anderson hit back this morning, pledging to double down and \u201cgo further\u201d with his observation of how voters feel about Rishi Sunak.<\/p>\n
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