Thousands Protest Migrant Hotels Across England

The protesters in Epping were joined by de facto Tory leader Robert Jenrick, who has been leading a punchy campaign ion recent months to portray the party as having come round to the public’s way of thinking on border control, after a disastrous 14 years in power. On X, the Conservative MP wrote: “Great to be with peaceful, patriotic protesters in Epping today. People are right to be fed up of illegal migration. And the crime and billions being wasted because of it. Starmer should get out of Westminster, listen to people’s concerns, and act to keep us safe.”

However, figures from Nigel Farage’s Reform UK were quick to note that it was Jenrick’s party which first began to use hotels en masse to house illegal migrants coming across the Channel, and which also implemented post-Brexit immigration liberalisation that led to record numbers of legal migrants being foisted upon the country, despite having previously promised to do the opposite. Indeed, Jenrick himself was once Immigration minister and boasted of establishing migrant hotels, leading to questions over how sincere the Tory volte-face is.

Commenting on the “raising the colours” movement, Professor Matthew Goodwin remarked: “This should be seen for what it is —an act of resistance against mass uncontrolled immigration, broken borders, the decision by politicians to house illegal migrants in the heart of their communities, and the loss of their national identity.

“By flying their flags, they are letting us all know that they do exist, they do belong, they do have a home, and there is a ‘we’ they want to reassert and protect, no matter how much the elite class want them and you to think otherwise.”