The leader of Essex County Council, Peter Harris, was given access to the migrant centre to the Wethersfield former RAF base.
He found:
A gym
NHS clinic
Football pitch
TV’s
Buses laid on daily to take the 800 occupants to nearby Colchester, Chelmsford and Braintree
Indoor sports hall
Recreation rooms
Snack bar
Fully catered means, 3 choices but all Halal
Prayer room (multi faith but prayer mats, Korans and no bibles)
Free mobile phones with generous allowance
£9.95 loaded on a debit card weekly
And what are the occupants doing? Complaining there is no swimming pool.
We have lost our minds as a country.
We don’t need to stop the boats. Labour and the Tories before them were focussed on completely the wrong problem.
Our problem is SELF MADE.
We don’t need to stop the boats.
STOP this madness
STOP letting everyone stay no matter what.
STOP our loony judges getting involved.
STOP houses for life.
Stop these, and the boats will stop themselves.
@ShabanaMahmood@andyburnham
Thank you to everyone who donated to yesterday’s display at St James’ Park in tribute to Kevin Keegan. 🖤🤍
We want to keep putting on the best possible displays to support our new manager and show why St James’ Park is the best ground in the country.
To do that, we need your help! Join us on Sunday 4 October for our annual fundraiser.
We already have some fantastic prizes up for grabs, including a signed Kevin Keegan shirt! The only way to get your chance to win it is by attending the event. 👀
🎶 Live music 🏁 Kids’ flag party 🎤 Football quiz with BBC’s Matt Bailey 🎟️ Raffle & auction ⚽ And much more!
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I have to wait 7yrs to get my state pension when I was promised I’d receive it when I was 60yrs old.
I paid into the system all my working life & was then told it was now unaffordable for me to receive because the country couldn’t afford it.
How then can this government now suddenly afford to find £billions for people that have not paid a penny into the system.
Those of us who have paid in & still waiting should receive a refund for the years they’ve paid in & received nothing in return.
I worry about my daughters too Bridget.
And my granddaughters even more.
But not for the reasons you give.
On the current trajectory racism against their whiteness will be a standard, and misogyny and female oppression under Sharia will be commonplace.
They will have no place to call their own- not even the loo!
And they won’t be able to step out without running a high risk of being sexually assaulted or harassed.
Stop looking the other way and deflecting! 😡 https://t.co/EEkHLFgERU