Lee Anderson issues brutal six-word response in spat with ousted Labour MP

brutally responded to former Labour MP demands for to condemn X founder .

In a tweet yesterday, the leader posted about not receiving an apology from leader over .

The claims were widely dismissed by independent journalists who were given access to the party’s data in order to substantiate Mr Farage’s proclamation that his party now boasts more members than the .

Mr Farage said: “An apology has not been forthcoming from @KemiBadenoch regarding her crazy conspiracy theories about Reform UK. I will be giving my full response at a sold out conference tonight in Leicester.”

The tweet generated a response from former Labour MP who surprisingly lost his Leicester South seat in July to an independent candidate.

Ashworth, who is now the Chief Executive of Labour Together, responded: “I hope while you’re in my old constituency – Leicester a city proud of many faiths & communities where diversity is celebrated – you condemn Musk, you condemn his support for Tommy Robinson and rule out ever taking a dime from him.

“Robinson supporters aren’t welcome in Leicester.”

Ashworth’s comments came following a in which he alleged that convicted criminal Tommy Robinson was a political prisoner.

Last year, Robinson pleaded guilty to contempt of court after he repeated false claims about a teenage Syrian refugee. Farage and senior members of Reform have moved to distance themselves from the comments, insisting that Robinson and his supporters are not welcome in the party.

hit back at Ashworth on X, writing: “You’re not welcome in Leicester either. That’s why they voted you out.”

Earlier, Anderson had also moved to distance himself from the former member of the English Defence League.

When asked about Robinson, Anderson said: “He pleaded guilty didn’t he? So he has got to take his sentence.

“I wouldn’t welcome him into Reform UK, I think we have made our position quite clear on that.”