Lee Anderson's life in Parliament must be 'quite lonely' says former colleague

Former Ashfield MP Gloria De Piero says her successor Lee Anderson's life in Parliament must be "quite lonely" after he became the only Reform UK MP. Mr Anderson once worked as Mrs De Piero's caseworker when he was in the Labour Party , before leaving over disagreements with the leadership of Jeremy Corbyn.

Gloria De Piero spoke about her views on her former political staffer on Matt Forde's The Political Party podcast, released on Monday . Mrs De Piero herself chose not to stand at the 2019 election due to her own disagreements with the Labour Party leadership, but she remains a member.Speaking about Mr Anderson's win in 2019, Mrs De Piero said: "I felt very sorry for the Labour candidate who is a personal friend.

"That's the level of friendship that we had then and we don't have now. I talk to him, of course I talk to him. I don't really hate anyone, I don't bear animosity. People make their own decisions and live with those decisions." "You have a set of principles and you join a party that most reflects them. Your party will go through ups and down and it's my view that you're job is to argue for your sort of kind of Labour in the Labour Party."

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