Tory MP candidate caught getting friend to pose as anti-Labour swing voter as party's disinformation campaign continues.
Lee Anderson, who is standing for the Tories in Ashfield in Nottinghamshire, forgot he was wearing a live microphone while he phoned his friend to set up the fake encounter to impress a journalist. “Make out you know who I am, you know I’m the candidate, but not a friend, alright?” Anderson was recorded saying as he spelled out instructions to his friend minutes before bringing a journalist to his door.