I really like Lee too, and, as others have said, it was great the way he stood up for Lucinda.
Also, he takes a real slagging for saying 'Lee McQueen is concerned'. But, like I said on another thread, I think he did that as a way of definitively flagging up that he was worried about an aspect of the task, so that there was definite proof that he'd aired his worries.
Even if that wasn't the case, I think it was really funny and folk are taking it too seriously if they slag him off for it.