Piddington residents are preparing to launch legal action against plans to house more than 1,200 male asylum seekers at the nearby MoD Bicester site, after Angela Rayner used emergency powers to approve the plans last night. 1,200 illegal immigrants next to a village population of about 300…
Parish council chair Tim McNally told the Today programme this morning that ministers should “absolutely” be braced for a fight:
“Last night, Andy Burnham was on a podium talking about the violence, sexual violence towards women, and bringing it upon the media industry as their responsibility to manage. But the reality is, is that this is exactly what the government is doing to us here.”
“There’s going to be many actions, you will see. We will disclose that as we move forward. Today is a day of reflection, and we’ll work out where we plan to go from this point. But I will say, the Hillsborough Law is there for a reason, and we’re going to apply it.”
Villagers have six weeks to lodge a challenge…
Mail commentator Dan Hodges – who was kind to Burnham during the Makerfield campaign – now concludes: “The truth is Andy Burnham doesn’t have a 10 year plan. He’s barely got a 10 week plan.“