Green light for Piddington!

Get the violins out and the halos while we're at it

Agree Casdon and Basgetti.

Here we go- reported in the past hour: “Row breaks out between Tories and Reform. A news conference in Piddington has descended into a shouting match between Reform’s Zia Yusuf and the Conservative’s Chris Philp.

The two men, who are both home affairs spokespeople for their respective parties, appeared alongside Piddington parish council leader Tim McNally at a media event designed to outline local opposition to government plans to for a local accommodation site for asylum seekers.

But the united front did not last long and soon ended up with the pair bickering in front of the cameras. Yusuf asked Philp:
Would you like to actually apologise for the things that you did in government to bring hundreds of thousands of people into this country illegally? Are you going to take the opportunity to apologise to the people of Piddington and to the country?

Philp responded by saying that the residents of the military base would be asylum seekers who had arrived recently. He said that “rather than engaging in point scoring”, Yusuf should “read the room”. However, Yusuf said the Tories failed to “secure our borders” during their 14 years of government”.

Point scoring between parties- twas ever thus.

Peacelilydilly

Get the violins out and the halos while we're at it

What a vile comment.

I pray neither you nor your family ever finds themselves in some of the situations some citizens of our world have had to manage.

And the government response:

“Luke Pollard, a defence minister, said the government would continue to engage with the community. He told LBC: “It’s pretty obvious that there’s a strong sense of feeling from the community around Bicester, especially in Piddington. The Home Office continues to engage with those. There’s still a few more stages to go here, so it’s not yet fully locked in and delivered, so that we can understand where the concerns are, so they can be mitigated.”

A Home Office spokesperson said a final decision to proceed had yet to be taken. “The government is working on a fairer distribution of asylum accommodation across the country, with over £1bn saved in costs since the election. This includes closing all asylum hotels and moving to alternative accommodation, including former military sites. These are designed to be self-contained, with 24/7 security and CCTV, to minimise the impact on the local community.”

Think Reform UK have talked of building "detention centres" to house AS whilst their claims are being processed. Size and locations not yet designated. If new would be more expensive than MOD premises conversions.

13:37Cossy

Peacelilydilly

Get the violins out and the halos while we're at it smile

What a vile comment.

I pray neither you nor your family ever finds themselves in some of the situations some citizens of our world have had to manage.

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Give over what waiting in France having passed through numerous safe countries and paying thousands of Euros to the smuggling gangs to cross over to the land of benefits.