In a publish on X after he was suspended on Saturday afternoon, the previous Tory deputy chairman stated: “Following a name with the chief whip, I perceive the troublesome place that I’ve put each he and the prime minister in with regard to my feedback.
“I totally settle for that they’d no possibility however to droop the whip in these circumstances.
“Nonetheless, I’ll proceed to assist the federal government’s efforts to name out extremism in all its varieties – be that antisemitism or Islamophobia.”
Saying his suspension, a spokesman for Simon Hart, the chief whip, stated: “Following his refusal to apologise for feedback made yesterday, the chief whip has suspended the Conservative whip from Lee Anderson MP.”