Comments by "Ash Roskell" (@ashroskell) on "Lee anderson" video.

  1. Let us remember that Lee Anderson is guilty of, “pranking,” the public in a far more egregious manner. He was caught red handed, FALSIFYING a so called, “spontaneous,” meeting with a member of the, “general public,” whilst on campaign. He didn’t realise the mic was still on him and working, whilst he was setting it up on his phone. So, for Lee Anderson, OF ALL PEOPLE, to get all thin skinned about it and to demand an apology from LBC for the behaviour of, “the public,” is beyond absurd! It’s downright hypocritical! How about HE apologises to all of us his own falsifications? Rachel Johnson responded in a perfectly appropriate manner, ending the call swiftly, yet ever so politely and with expressions of appropriate concern, stating instantly that the issue was one of a, “private and personal,” nature. What more could she have done on a LIVE radio show? To be honest, I didn’t get the impression that the caller was necessarily ill in any way (though he could have been?) but merely camping it up for a laugh. His performance had something of Monty Python about it to me. If he was being sincere, he is obviously in need of mental health care (fat chance of that in the current NHS) but I honestly felt he was performing for comic effect. And yes, he was entirely, “credible.” And Anderson’s loud complaints only serve to add further credibility. If he’d made a simple statement for the press and let it go at that, we wouldn’t even be discussing it now. The fact that it seems to have struck a nerve is what intrigues me now.
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