WHAT a mean pair of Tory MPs we have in Herefordshire, moaning about 120 asylum seekers being housed in a hotel that Lidl regards as redundant.
Jesse Norman is worried that an extra 120 people in the county will overstretch our public services.
I fear that that will be due, not to people seeking safety, but 13 years of Tory austerity that has broken every part of the public sector.
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Sir Bill Wiggin, using the emotive term illegal migrants, is dog-whistling the right-wing thugs he pretends to abhor.
He knows that there is very little chance of people claiming asylum unless they find some way of entering the country.
As a man keen on entrepreneurship he should be aiding people who have shown courage and gumption in making the terrible journey. Post-Brexit we are suffering major staff shortages.
These are exactly the people this county needs.
DAVID PHELPS
Knightwick, near Bromyard
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