Labour is shipping small boat migrants to Cameron Barracks in Inverness and the Crowborough army training camp in East Sussex from next month. That sound you can hear is the screech of a U-turn…
Labour repeatedly attacked the plans:
The Home Office is using the sites for “up to 12 months” according to the local council. Wealden District Council – which oversees the Crowborough site – says it won’t try to stop the use of the site: “The decision rests entirely with the Home Office. We are advised that any challenge to its use on planning grounds would not succeed.” The council is run by the Greens and the LibDems – the former of which has tried to designate the area a “County of Sanctuary for Migrants”…
It adds that small boat asylum seekers will “receive a briefing and orientation about the site and the local community, including sessions on anti-social behaviour and road safety.” Reassuring…
Asked by Lobby hacks about his past comments on Trump (“any UK politician who gave Trump the time of day should be ashamed right now”) Burnham was blithe:
“Politicians say things throughout their career, but now the important thing is to focus on the moment you are in.”
Were it so easy…