{"id":195608,"date":"2023-11-06T08:19:03","date_gmt":"2023-11-06T08:19:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/?p=195608"},"modified":"2023-11-06T08:19:03","modified_gmt":"2023-11-06T08:19:03","slug":"lee-anderson-issues-apology-to-doctor-over-strike-attack","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/tokenstalk.info\/politics\/lee-anderson-issues-apology-to-doctor-over-strike-attack\/","title":{"rendered":"Lee Anderson issues apology to doctor over strike attack"},"content":{"rendered":"

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Lee\u00a0Anderson<\/span> has apologised to a doctor after making a “misleading” social media post about him.<\/p>\n

The MP for Ashfield said he wanted to offer his “sincerest apologies” to Dr Tom Dolphin for “any distress caused” by his post on X.<\/p>\n

He has agreed to pay \u00a31,870 into the British Medical Association’s (BMA) strike fund to “compensate” for “the upset” he “may have caused”.<\/p>\n

Mr Anderson posted on Sunday: “On October 6 2023 I shared a link on X to a Mail Online article entitled ‘Militant union leader at the heart of doctors strikes is a Labour activist who boasted of charging the NHS<\/span> for a strike cover shift’.<\/p>\n

“I accept that my words were misleading as the subject in question, Dr Tom Dolphin, was not on strike on the date of the shift in question but was simply covering a shift as a consultant for junior doctors who were on strike on August 11 2023.<\/p>\n

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“I would like to offer my sincerest apologies to Dr Dolphin for any distress, upset caused.<\/p>\n

“I will also like to add that I understand that Dr Dolphin actually donated his pay for the covered shift which I believe was \u00a31,870 to the BMA strike fund and, whilst I do not agree with the strikes, I want to go on the record to say that I think it is a very unselfish act on the part of Dr Dolphin to put his money into something he strongly believes in.”<\/p>\n

He added that he would make the same contribution to compensate for the upset he may have caused Dr Dolphin and urged his followers to repost his tweet.<\/p>\n

Mr Anderson, a GB News presenter, appears to have deleted the tweet from October 6 which he has apologised for.<\/p>\n

Dr Dolphin posted: “A very gracious apology, thank you, Lee Anderson. Thanks also for the donation. I hope it inspires others to donate to the strike fund as well.”<\/p>\n

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