Now, after starting political life as a Labour Councillor in Ashfield back in 2015, before switching to the Conservatives in 2018 – largely to do with his opposition to Momentum and an unfortunate incident with a digger – Lee Anderson has now joined Reform UK.
Having recently been accused of “having more parties than Boris in the thick of covid lockdowns”, you’d think it would now be impossible for Lee to move any further to the right, so hopefully he’ll be staying put, at least in terms of political affiliation if not longevity.
Here at your Chad, it would be fair to say that Mr Anderson – allegedly known as Lee Anderthol among some of his political opponents – has a somewhat frosty relationship with us.
Gone, sadly, are the days when he’d get the kettle on when we were summoned to help judge the annual children’s Christmas card competition organised by his political predecessor and former boss Gloria de Piero.
But things have gone rather quiet these days. We still run his weekly column, but with his £100K a year GB News gig to top up his Parliamentary salary, he’s not exactly relying on us to raise his profile these days.
Anyway, with his latest round of political musical chairs, and a General Election surely around the corner, we thought it was high time we took a look at the lows and lows of Lee’s career to date.

9. Gypsies . . . again
In another sweeping move to champion tolerance and inclusivity - Lee had previously called for problem tenants to be 'evicted into tents in a field to pick vegetables' - he then moved onto the Romany and Traveller communities. He said: "The Gypsy encampments that we are talking about in places such as Ashfield are not the traditional, old-fashioned Gypsies sat there playing the mandolin, flogging lucky heather and telling fortunes. The Travellers I am talking about are more likely to be seen leaving your garden shed at 3 o'clock in the morning, probably with your lawnmower and half of your tools. That happens every single time they come to Ashfield". Photo: Chad

10. 'On yer knees, son'
Everyone remembers the Black Lives Matter movement following the murder of George Floyd in America, the rallies, the sense of unity and love . . . even football stars joined in by 'taking the knee' ahead of games, and everyone united in the calls for equality and the eradication of discrimination that the statement stood for. Well . . . almost everyone. Lee decided to boycott the Euro 2020 Championship, describing it as "alienating traditional supporters" and its support for Black Lives Matter, which in his opinion was a "political movement whose core principles aim to undermine our very way of life". Still, we only went out on penalties to Italy in the final, so its not like he missed much. Photo: Getty

11. 30p Lee
Perhaps Lee's 'finest moment' while still a serving Conservative politician was the way he 'championed food poverty' and fought tirelessly to support the poorest in society to get a square meal. He first claimed that there "wasn't a massive need for foodbanks" and that a nutritious meal could be produced for about 30p (hence the nickname). His comments were widely slammed by food campaigners and he got into hot water with activist and chef Jack Monroe for "taking money off some of the most vulnerable people in society and making an absolute fortune on the back of people". Thankfully, fellow Tory goon Brendan Clarke-Smith was on hand to be fed crap baked beans on Lee's television show to prove the point. Argument won then. Photo: Submit

12. Flag Day
We could go on, but we won't. He resigned as Deputy Tory Party Chairman because the plan to ship asylum seekers to Rwanda didn't go quite far enough, got booted out of the party for refusing to apologise for remarks he made about the Mayor of London being in the pocket of Islamists and joined Reform UK. As a postscript, announcing his decision to move about as far to the right as he could in British politics without having to wear a balaclava, he managed to spend most of his address standing behind a Union flag - obscuring himself from the cameras. Still, every cloud . . . Go Lee! Please . . . just go. Photo: Submit