Lee Anderson: The Red Meat Brexiteers Need

'The Tory faithful will be hoping Lee Anderson will put some much-needed lead back in the party’s pencil.'

Stuart Mitchell/@IncMonocle

Ahead of yesterday’s “Rishi reshuffle,” critics – including a growing number of the Tory faithful – were fearing there was a feeling of “rearranging the deckchairs on the Titanic” about proceedings.

But Brexiteers and the Red Wall were thrown a surprise lifeline, in the announcement of Lee Anderson - the “Ashfield Anvil” – as n…