A huge thanks to all the Ashfield constituents who conducted themselves impeccably during the Friday night protest in Sutton.

You are not racist or bigoted. You are simply decent people who believe in protecting their own community and especially our women and girls. The reason I don't attend these protests is because of certain sections of the left wing media and sadly some politicians who would love nothing more than violence to erupt so they can then label myself and my constituents are far right hooligans. This is an age old tactic. If I'd have announced I was attending then far left agitators like ANTIFA would have been shipped in from all over the country and they would without doubt started trouble. Nevertheless, I will continue to represent you all in Parliament and use my voice as your voice but please do not fall into the traps being set to portray you all as far right racists. You're not and I am proud to represent you all.

We have seen countless incidents in recent years where asylum seekers have come here and committed crimes. This Government is literally allowing thousands of unvetted men into this country and are rolling out the red carpet for them at taxpayers' expense. Just last week a new asylum seeker hotel has opened at the Britannia International Hotel in Canary Wharf, an expensive part of London where many ordinary working families would not be able to afford to spend a weekend in.

We've seen protests in several areas of the country over the last couple of week, such as in Epping where Essex Police were found to have lied about escorting ANTIFA protesters to The Bell Hotel protest in order to force a confrontation. Two-tier policing rears its ugly head once again. This is not a bad dream, people. This is Keir Starmer's Britain.

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I wrote to Home Secretary Yvette Cooper last week regarding a letter I received from the Home Office saying that the Government has a duty to support asylum seekers by ensuring they are housed in safe, secure, and suitable accommodation, and are treated with dignity whilst their claims are being considered. Why is this same level of ‘dignity’ not extended to the ordinary communities that are forced to tolerate potentially dangerous asylum accommodation sites? The letter goes on to say that the Home Office does not publicly comment on individual accommodations that are being used for asylum seekers ‘for the safety of asylum seekers’. Yet where is their regard for the safety of the British public, of our women and girls?

They are not serious about solving this crisis. The bottom line is, the British public has had enough of what is happening to our country. The Prime Minister knows that he and his party are on borrowed time. The polls are increasingly showing in the favour of Reform UK. Last week's polling showed Reform UK's lead over Labour as high as 14 points. They are finished.