A former rugby participant from England challenges a Member of Parliament to a bodily altercation in response to an unwise joke.
A famend rugby league determine has issued a problem to Lee Anderson for a bodily altercation following a misguided joke made by the Conservative Member of Parliament in regards to the metropolis of Bradford, the place the legend hails from.
Earlier this week, Anderson was answering questions in regards to the scrapping of the northern leg of the HS2 prepare line and its affect on native providers. As hyperlinks between Bradford and Leeds had been talked about, the Ashfield MP requested: “Is anybody from Bradford in right here? Would you wish to there faster?”
He then added: “That’ll be on the entrance web page of the Guardian tomorrow.” The remark from the MP for Ashfield triggered laughter from some members of the viewers. However, residents of the West Yorkshire metropolis weren’t as amused.
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They embody Pryce, the previous Great Britain, England, Bradford Bulls and St Helens again. The 41-year-old shared Channel 4’s clip of Anderson’s joke on X (previously Twitter) and wrote: “As a Bradfordian I’d like to supply Lee Anderson a charity boxing match. All proceeds to a charity of his selection. Let’s make this occur twitter.”
The problem has actually gained some traction on social media and had been favored greater than 5,000 occasions on the time of writing. There had been additionally 1,200 reposts.
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“Thank you Leon [clapping emoji]. Has he taken you up in your supply but,” requested one follower. Another quipped: “Think you’d must get in a queue Leon.”
A 3rd, alluding to derogatory feedback Anderson has beforehand made about individuals who use meals banks, mentioned: “It’d must be for the @TrussellTrust. Nothing could be sweeter than seeing him KO’d for a meals financial institution.”
Another follower provided: “If you get injured previous to the bout I’d be glad to face in for you.” A fifth mentioned: “Kudos! Leon. Bradford is an efficient place with good folks.”