Good Morning Britain sparked fury amongst fans online minutes into the ITV show as they discussed the latest developments in the ongoing migrant crisis
Good Morning Britain viewers were left up in arms minutes into the show (Image: ITV)
Good Morning Britain sparked fury after more local councils are considering legal challenges against the government in a bid to stop hotels being used to house asylum seekers. On Tuesday (August 19), a council was granted a temporary High Court injunction blocking asylum seekers from being housed in an Essex hotel. The injunction was sought by Epping Forest District Council to stop migrants being placed at The Bell Hotel in Epping, which is owned by Somani Hotels Limited.
In recent weeks, thousands of people have protested near the hotel after an asylum seeker living there was charged with sexually assaulting a 14-year-old girl in the town. Now, at least 19 local authorities are understood to be considering similar legal action against the government across the UK.
News correspondent Jonathan Swain revealed as many as 19 local councils could be considering legal action (Image: ITV)
To get a better understanding on this ongoing development in the migrant crisis, hosts Adil Ray and Charlotte Hawkins welcomed news correspondent Jonathan Swain onto the ITV show.
Adil began: “We are hearing that other councils could be following Epping’s lead which is really worrying for the government because we know that these protests sometimes they turn violent and they were accused of having some far-right members as part of the protest as well. So this is the last thing the Labour government, or anyone really, wants to see.”
Jonathan agreed as he stood outside The Bell Hotel, stating: “This hotel will soon be closing and soon there may be many others following suit because it now seems that community cohesion is the focus rather than party politics.
“We’ve had protests here for many weeks now over the summer but now Kemi Badenoch, the leader of the Conservative Party, is saying to 33 councils around the country that are run by the Conservatives to look into the prospect of also closing migrant hotels in those particular councils.
“And, on top of that, this is a major headache for the government because two Labour-run councils in the Wirral and Townworth are also looking at their options as well . In fact the leader of Townworth, the Labour-run council, is saying this morning that they are doing this in the best interests of local people.
“And this, of course, is already on top of Reform who yesterday (August 20) said that they would like to see more of these [migrant hotels] closed.” It didn’t take long before viewers flooded to X – formerly known as Twitter – to share their frustrations online.
One user penned: “Labour have shown their true colours. Fighting local councils to keep the hotels open. If only they fought this hard to deport the illegal immigrants, we wouldn’t be in this position.”
Another argued: “It’s not so much of a case of we do not want them in local hotels, we do not want any illegal immigrants in the country at all. If it has to be done, then migrant camps should be set up confining them to that space only and not allowing them to roam freely.”
A third added: “Our government is spending 100s of millions on hotels for illegal immigrants and wants to make cuts everywhere else. Come on now, get a grip. This is England, make it great again.”
