Tory MP Lee Anderson slammed with abuse after donating £100 to most cancers charity

Tory deputy chairman Lee Anderson has been slammed with vile abuse on-line after kindly donating cash to a youngsters’s most cancers charity.

The MP for Ashfield made a £100 donation to Abbie’s Army, a mind tumour analysis charity, as a part of a marketing campaign run by GB News commentator Adam Brooks.

He and Mr Brooks publicly shared the donation on X (previously often known as Twitter), however commenters rapidly descended on the submit to fireside abuse on the outspoke politician.

Instead of praising the MP for donating to the charity, a number of folks left stinging political criticism under his declaration.

In one remark, an X person referred to as the deputy chairman an “absolute melt” and a “sad, strange little man”.

Mr Anderson’s unique Tweet was a response to Mr Brooks, who posted a screenshot of his £100 donation on JustGiving and thanked him for the cash.

The MP responded by saying he was “proud” of the commentator, who was elevating cash within the reminiscence of Isla Winn, a terminally sick younger woman who died from DIPG Brain most cancers earlier this 12 months.

But a number of X customers have been much less receptive to the donation, with one account, Brexit Fails, bizarrely accusing Mr Anderson that the donation was “added to the expense claim no doubt”.

Several others mentioned he ought to have donated far more to the charity.

Another chimed in, saying: “Lee is as generous as he is likeable. Bearing in mind he earns £100,000 to be on ‘TV’ and over £87,000 as a politician.”

One person, JD, went a step additional when he levelled significantly brutal criticism on Mr Anderson.

They mentioned: “Lee, you’re still an absolute melt. Just a collection of personality flaws masquerading as a person.

“I anticipated completely nothing from you as an MP and I’m nonetheless completely dissatisfied. You’re a tragic, unusual little man and you’ve got my pity.”

A third user criticised the donation, again bringing up the MP’s salary from his multiple positions.

They said: “£100 is that it? GB news is paying you £100k a 12 months – come on Lee step up and donate extra.”

Mr Anderson is among the many high-paid members of Parliament and earns a six-figure wage from his positions as MP and presenter on his personal GB News present.

GB News reportedly pays him £100,000 per 12 months, whereas the bottom MP wage nets politicians £86,584 as of April 2023.