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…
In Henry Mance’s piece today for the FT, lunching with Nigel Farage:
“Splendido!” Farage says, when the drinks arrive; I suppose it’s a step to European reconciliation. We clink glasses, and he lights the first of two back-to-back Benson & Hedges. A few minutes later, we’re back downstairs. “Are you drinking? Good.” He orders a glass of Sauvignon blanc for each of us — not a bottle, “because it’s Lent” — followed by a bottle of claret, to have with our meal. They say Farage drinks less than he used to. They say a lot of things.”