Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has been caught in a scuffle with an anti Brexit campaigner outside Parliament.
The Ashfield MP was filmed trading insults with ‘Stop Brexit’ campaigner Steve Bray in Westminster in a heated exchange which eventually saw police intervene.
Footage of the incident shows Bray taunting the former Conservative politician as he walked down the street, branding him an ‘MP who lies through his teeth’.
Mr Bray continues: ‘Who votes for idiots like you? How many parties have you been in Lee? You just jump ship whenever it suits you.’
The pair continue to trade insults, before Mr Anderson reaches for Mr Bray’s hat and knocks it upwards.
Mr Bray then responds by pushing the politician in the chest, and claiming to two police officers nearby ‘that’s assault’.
But Mr Anderson replies in turn, saying Mr Bray is ‘a thug’ and ‘needs arresting.’
The two officers then intervene to break up the pair as Mr Anderson walks off.
Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has been caught in a scuffle with ‘Stop Brexit’ campaigner Steve Bray outside Parliament
The pair continue to trade insults, before Mr Anderson reaches for Mr Brays hat and attempts to tip it off his head
Mr Bray then responds by pushing the politician in the chest, and claiming to two police officers nearby ‘that’s assault’
Mr Bray is understood to have shouted at the MP through a megaphone before the confrontation.
Mr Anderson told GB News following the incident: ‘This professional nuisance is a menace to upstanding political figures like myself.
‘The sooner this individual is carted off to the job centre, the better.’
Former Tory Minister Andrea Jenkyns offered her support towards Mr Anderson, claiming Mr Bray is a ‘a horrible man’.
She added: ‘He hounded me every week in parliament for over five years. He even hounded and shouted through his megaphone at me many times when I had my young child with me, making him cry on so many occasions.’
Reform MP Rupert Lowe, who is at the centre of a police investigation for his alleged bullying party chairman Zia Yusuf, also waded in on social media.
He wrote on X: ‘Following swearing at a Parliamentary security guard, this is a pattern of bullying and aggressive behaviour from Anderson.
‘I look forward to seeing how Reform deals with this concerning development.’
The Great Yarmouth MP was suspended last Friday over allegations of bullying and of verbally threatening party chairman Zia Yusuf – the latter is the subject of a police probe.
Mr Lowe denies any wrongdoing and says he is the victim of a ‘witch hunt’ after he dared to criticise Mr Farage’s leadership of the party.
Mr Bray (pictured) has been an almost constant presence outside Downing Street since Britain voted to leave the European Union
Mr Bray has been an almost constant presence outside Downing Street since Britain voted to leave the European Union. He is widely known for his blue top hat and yellow ribbon announcing ‘Stop Brexit’.
He famously blasted Rishi Sunak with New Labour’s 1997 anthem ‘Things Can Only Get Better’ as the then PM announced the election amid a torrential downpour last year.
When Boris Johnson departed Downing Street for the last time, Mr Bray played the theme from the Benny Hill show as Mr Johnson delivered his speech.
Mr Bray has regularly faced difficulties with police in Whitehall over his loud protests – often using an amplifier and large speakers to disrupt press briefings outside Number 10.
He and Mr Anderson have a long history of verbal clashes in Whitehall and this is not the first time their heated exchanges have turned ugly.
In 2023, Mr Anderson again went after the controversial campaigner’s hat after taking it off his head outside Parliament.
Video shared online shows the controversial campaigner approaching Mr Anderson, 56, and asking: ‘How are the subsidised meals going Lee? Looks like you’re benefiting from them.’
Mr Anderson had been dubbed ’30p Lee’ for insisting Brits should be able to cook meals from scratch for ‘about 30p a day’.
Video shared online in 2023 shows the campaigner approaching Mr Anderson, asking: ‘How are the subsidised meals going Lee? Looks like you’re benefiting from them’
The MP then grabs Mr Bray’s hat off his head before turning back towards the entrance of a building
Replying to Mr Bray’s comment, the MP says: ‘It’s a new year, but you’ve not got a new job yet. Same old job. You’re still a parasite. You’re still a scrounger and you’re still a malingerer.’
The MP then grabd Mr Bray’s hat off his head before turning back towards the entrance of a building.
A short scuffle takes place, with the campaigner wrestling his hat off a grinning Mr Anderson as an armed policeman comes out through a door to break the pair up.
‘There we go,’ the Tory says as he walks into the building, while an incandescent Mr Bray calls him a ‘piece of s**t’.
