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By Dave Burke Tory hardman Lee Anderson has whined that he couldn’t vote against Rishi Sunak’s Rwanda Bill – because Labour MPs were laughing at him. The loudmouth Conservative had been expected to oppose the legislation after dramatically quitting as party deputy chairman in protest. He said he planned to vote it down, but ended up walking out after hearing opponents “giggling” and “taking the mick”. Just 11 angry Tories followed through on their threats to vote against the Safety of Rwanda Bill after weeks of posturing. Before the crunch vote Mr Anderson had backed a series of amendments whi…