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…
Burnham confirms he spoke to Trump last night about drilling in the North Sea:
“I indicated in the phone call that we had a week last Monday that I would take a pragmatic approach when it comes to the North Sea, and that is my intention as we go forward from here. There is a resource there. When people are struggling, we can’t ignore that. Hence, me indicating that to the president…”