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The Reform UK MP Lee Anderson has used his parliamentary office to record paid-for personalised messaging videos, in a possible breach of rules that prohibit the commercial use of the Palace of Westminster.
Anderson, who had already been warned about commercial filming in Westminster, sold two videos filmed from what he called the “beating heart of democracy in Westminster” in early February 2025.
Both were Valentine’s Day messages sold for £45 and £56 via the video messaging app Cameo, which enables the public to commission short clips from celebrities and public figures.
A spokesperson for Anderson said he donated the money to charity.
Anderson joined his party leader, Nigel Farage, on Cameo in July 2024, two days after he was elected as a Reform MP.
Farage’s use of the platform has come under scrutiny after a Guardian investigation revealed he had recorded videos supporting a rioter, repeating far-right slogans, and endorsing a neo-Nazi event.
Farage, who has made at least £374,893 from the platform in the last five years, also sold videos that contained misogynistic remarks and references to antisemitic conspiracy theories.
Farage’s spokesperson said his Cameo videos should “not be treated as political statements or campaign activity”. They said he had recorded thousands of videos, adding: “At that scale, the occasional mistake can occur.”
Compared with Farage, Anderson is a far less in-demand – and somewhat cheaper – figure on the platform. The Guardian only found 22 public videos produced by Anderson, compared with 1,794 from Farage over the same period. Two of Anderson’s videos were filmed from his taxpayer-funded parliamentary office, which could amount to a breach of rules prohibiting the commercial use of the Palace of Westminster.
The Reform MP has already been found in breach of these rules, after he recorded a promotional clip for his GB News programme from the roof of the House of Commons. After the finding against him by the standards commissioner in September 2023, Anderson apologised for breaching the MPs’ code of conduct and promised he would not create commercial videos on the parliamentary estate again.
But Anderson, the chief whip of Reform’s eight MPs, faces fresh scrutiny over two videos unearthed by the Guardian that he filmed on 12 February 2025.
In the first clip, Anderson says he is speaking from the “beating heart of democracy in Westminster” to send Valentine’s Day wishes to “Steve”, a Reform voter and member. “Make sure you treat the missus to something really nice and hopefully get you down here to Westminster one day and come and say hello to Reform UK. Have a good one, fella,” he adds.
In the second clip, filmed as the Commons adjourned, Anderson told “Scotty” to “get your act together” for Valentine’s Day.
“The flowers that you sent her last year, I’ve been told you got them from the local cemetery on the way back from the pub after you had one too many,” he said. “She doesn’t want flowers, mate. She wants a cruise. Sort yourself out, you pathetic man. All the best.”
Anderson’s spokesperson said: “Lee Anderson has not earned a single penny from Cameo. One-hundred per cent of the money he receives from the platform is donated directly to a male suicide charity.”
In six other videos, filmed in locations other than Westminster, Anderson offers tours of the Houses of Parliament for the recipients of the paid-for clips. He told them if they were ever in London to “come and see me” and he would show them around the parliamentary estate and go for “a few pints together”.
These videos risk further breaches of MPs’ rules, as it is not permitted to offer tours of parliament as “a prize or reward for fundraising or for any other kind of benefit”.
