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There’s never a bad time to revisit James O’Brien’s all-time great apology for calling Lee Anderson ‘thick as mince’
Reform UK’s Lee Anderson hasn’t exactly clothed himself in glory, either before or after his defection to Nigel Farage’s party.
He’s known as 30p Lee due to his insistence that a poor person can live on 30p a day if they plan and cook properly – and he later extended this to insist that nurses have no need for foodbanks if they budget.
"There's not this massive use for food banks in this country. We've got generation after generation who cannot cook properly… they cannot budget"
Conservative Lee Anderson invites MPs to "come to a real food bank" in his constituency of Ashfieldhttps://t.co/kPrVhc52I9 pic.twitter.com/JEnWIJcMhW
— BBC Politics (@BBCPolitics) May 11, 2022
As well as whipping up questions about his support for the return of the death penalty, Anderson’s past attempts to get a friend to pose as a neutral voter have been dogging him, causing a cringeworthy outburst on Radio Nottingham.
With so many gaffes and scandals surrounding him, it’s no surprise that he’s been a frequent topic on the James O’Brien Show – and we suspect his conspicuous absence from Reform UK’s cosplay shadow cabinet might merit a word or two from James.
Which brings us to this peak O’Brien moment, from 2023, when he apologised for calling 30p Lee ‘thick as mince’. It’s a classic.
@lbc James O’Brien issues a formal and sincere apology to…mince #LBC #fyp #jamesobrien #30plee #leeanderson #tories #radio #uk #news #ukpolitics ♬ original sound – LBC
He had us for a moment. Here’s how TikTok users reacted.
Seriously, man. At least mince serves a purpose.
SoupHands
That’s the funniest thing I’ve heard all day, and you were very sincere as well. 😂
PhilStorey
Ha Ha – well done, James. Not quite sure whether mince will be able to acknowledge your apology. I would like to acknowledge the apology on behalf of mince.
PeterAnthony330
OMG….what a brilliant burn.
🤣🤣🤣
Winnie
There were similar responses when LBC posted the clip on Twitter.
Give this man the best wine in the house. https://t.co/vmTqQhXJo4
— Shola Adenekan (@akada) February 9, 2023
As someone who has been morbidly following anderson for a while now, he's not 'thick as mince'.
He's a quite boring cynical reactionary that larps as an offensive caricature, an act that tories (and parts of labour) think a working class person sounds like. https://t.co/HEBd0jlbrk
— KPMG dad (@jenuflexion) February 9, 2023
Whoever does no 10 media training is going to have a fun few weeks
— SK Tedeschi (@SasminLeBon) February 9, 2023
Of course, mince might not accept the apology.
It's too late, mince has consulted its lawyers and is demanding substantial damages
— George_T_Truth2 (@George_T_Truth2) February 9, 2023
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