As part of Guido’s Asylum Freebiegate series it can be revealed that Belfast City Council is offering free access to jacuzzis, saunas and other sports activities – only to asylum seekers. Through a ‘Better Health Centre’ membership, you get access to:
For local working residents, a Better Health Centre monthly membership fee is £30.35. If you are disabled, on benefits or a veteran, you still pay £23.45 a month. Shockingly, the free membership only applies to asylum seekers, not refugees – meaning that only those in the process of seeking refugee status can get the freebies, not those who have actually been legally given the status. There will be others…
Speaking to Adam Boulton on Times Radio about kicking the Golders Green suspect, Heidi Alexander said:
“I thought that if I was in the shoes of that police officer, then if I’m honest, given the situation, and the fact that he had a backpack on his back, and they were worried about whether that might go off, I could, if I was a police officer, frankly, I could see myself having taken similar action.”