businessman quits the Tory party over ‘f**k business’ attitude

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JESSICA FRANK-KEYES

A TOP businessman and LGBT+ champion has quit the Conservative party after almost two decades over the alleged ‘f*** business’ attitude and response to culture war issues.

Iain Anderson, founder of PR firm Cicero and chairman of LGBT+ charity Stonewall, yesterday threw his support behind Keir Starmer’s Labour Party, after abandoning his long standing Conservative party membership.

Writing on Twitter, Anderson said his decision was “to restore trust in government – bring inward investment – and end the culture wars”.

Anderson took up the public facing role in Boris Johnson’s government in September 2021, but quit last year after becoming disillusioned over the approach to transgender issues.

The friend of former prime minister Liz Truss told the Financial Times (FT) that after 39 years: “It’s not the party it used to be – I can’t defend it.”