Lee Anderson, a Member of Parliament (MP) for Nigel Farage’s Reform Party, was ejected from the House of Commons after accusing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of lying about Jeffrey Epstein-linked Lord Peter Mandelson being appointed as ambassador to the U.S. despite failing security vetting.
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❓ WHAT HAPPENED: Lee Anderson MP was ejected from the House of Commons on Monday after accusing Prime Minister Sir Keir Starmer of lying about not knowing Lord Peter Mandelson had failed his security vetting before he was appointed as Starmer’s ambassador to the U.S. Mandelson was forced out of his post after further details of his friendship with deceased pedophile Jeffrey Epstein—a relationship which was already public knowledge—came to light. 💬 KEY QUOTE: “The problem is no one believes him. The public don’t believe him. The MPs on this side of the House don’t believe him. His own gullible backbenchers don’t believe him.” – Lee Anderson 📰 DETAIL: The exchange occurred during a heated parliamentary session in which Starmer addressed MPs on revelations that Mandelson failed his security vetting, but was granted clearance by the Foreign Office—roughly equivalent to the U.S. State Department—regardless, ostensibly at the behest of the department’s top bureaucrat, Sir Olly Robbins, without Starmer being told. Anderson is among many lawmakers and journalists who have said it is “hard to believe” Starmer, who pushed hard for Mandelson’s appointment despite his history of scandal, had no idea he had failed his vetting. 🎯 IMPACT: Anderson asked in the House of Commons, “Does the Prime Minister agree with me, he’s been lying?” He was asked to withdraw the comment by Speaker Sir Lindsay Hoyle, as parliamentarians are not allowed to call each other liars in the chamber, but Anderson declined, saying, “Mr Speaker, I have the greatest respect for you and your office, but I will not withdraw it. That man couldn’t lie straight in bed.” Hoyle then ordered him from the chamber. Zarah Sultana, a far-left MP who formerly sat with Starmer’s Labour Party, was also ejected after calling Starmer a “barefaced liar” who is “gaslighting the nation.” 👀 FLASHBACK: Raheem Kassam, Editor-in-Chief of The National Pulse, warned against Mandelson months before his ouster, telling the late Charlie Kirk that the appointment was a “great affront to President Trump [and] the American public and what they voted for” on his show in January 2025. |
“That man couldn’t lie straight in bed!”
Lee Anderson has just been kicked out of the chamber for calling Starmer a liar. pic.twitter.com/1yka4DCwpl
— Nigel Farage MP (@Nigel_Farage) April 20, 2026
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