The Deputy Leader of the Green Party was publicly mocked for claiming that asylum seekers due to be housed in the local barracks were “doctors, engineers, and surgeons” who should be given the right to work. A member of the public pointed out that “doctors, engineers, and surgeons” don’t usually come across the Channel on a dinghy and throw their medical certificate overboard…
This week the Green leadership of Wealden District Council – which includes national deputy leader Rachel Millward – finally agreed to try to challenge the Home Office’s imposition of 530 small boat migrants in Crowborough Army Training camp. Prediction: They will U-turn, there will be no challenge…
A member of the public accused Millward of failing to tackle the situation, to wide cheers from a 300-strong meeting organised by the council:
“You must resign. You don’t understand this situation. We need someone who can take the lead and represent this community.”
To cheers…
Speaking about Morgan McSweeney’s resignation, skills minister Jacqui Smith told Times Radio:
“It’s clearly not ideal but I do understand why Morgan, as he explained, decided to resign at this point. But the important thing as you say is how we both tackle what this Epstein and Mandelson scandal has identified and also how we make sure, as the prime minister is absolutely determined to, that we continue the change that the country needs and that’s what I’m focusing on this morning.”