Burnham’s Middle England Asylum Plan

By Times News

Community Score: 50% | 33 views | 1d

0 community ratings: null thumbs up, null thumbs down

“It's quite a bold call early on. And he said rightly, ‘we're going to spread this around…there will be a few upset people, and I'm sorry about that, but I've made a choice’. I find that very refreshing in a leader, and I admire it.” Former Labour adviser Mark Lucas praised the prime minister for making a "bold" political choice to house asylum seekers in rural Middle England villages like Piddington, insisting that strong leaders must "embrace risk" rather than force poorer communities to bear the load. Mark Lucas and Timandra Harkness were speaking to Jane Mulkerrins on Times Radio. Listen live every Saturday, 1–4pm. Read the best of our journalism: https://www.thetimes.com/ Listen live to Times Radio: https://www.thetimes.com/radio/live Subscribe to The Times and The Sunday Times YouTube channel: https://www.youtube.com/subscription_center?add_user=timesonlinevideo Find us on Facebook: https://www.facebook.com/timesandsundaytimes/ Find us on X: https://x.com/thetimes Find us on I

Tags: the times, the sunday times, mod asylum centre, bicester asylum seekers, mod bicester, oxfordshire asylum centre, asylum accommodation, bicester, asylum seeker protest, bicester protests, asylum, asylum hotels, asylum seekers, sheep street bicester, asylum policy uk, asylum seekers uk, close asylum hotels, 1250 asylum seekers, asylum military bases, military bases asylum seekers