Lee Anderson has been on a journey that would make Phileas Fogg look like a home bod. Born in Nottinghamshire, in his youth he was a member of Arthur Scargill’s national union of Mineworkers and campaigned for the Labour Party under Michael Foot – the most left-wing labour leader in a generation – at the 1983 general election. most left-wing labour leader in a generation – at the 1983 general election. He cites Scargill, and old school socialists Dennis Skinner and Tony Benn, as important influences in his early political beliefs. He worked as a coal miner for 10 years, just like his father, a…
