Tory hopeful caught ‘blatantly’ staging door-knock interview with friend in fake news scandal

A Conservative candidate has been caught on video setting up a fake interview with a friend who was made to appear as a genuine constituent.

Lee Anderson, who is running for the Tories in the key marginal seat of Ashfield, was caught on video phoning a friend and saying: “I’m knocking at your door in a minute. You know I’m the candidate but I’m not a friend, alright? I’ll see you in a minute.”

Anderson was walking around Ashfield with Mail+ journalist Michael Crick, when he was caught conspiring the interview with a friend.

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