A Conservative MP has claimed that the UK will only have a big problem when pub chain Wetherspoons is empty. In a speech to the party's conference in Birmingham, Lee Anderson also questioned the existence of food poverty and criticised parents whose children go hungry.
Speaking to young Tories, the MP for Ashfield touched on a number of other topics including people who run food banks and the BBC licence fee. The Mirror reported that the ex-Labour councillor said: "Go in any Wetherspoons, that's the barometer of how this country is doing, when Wetherspoons is empty we've got a big problem."
Mr Anderson was critical of the media, who he accused of fearmongering. He told the audience: "Whenever we put the TV on people are telling us how poor we are."
