‘It Is in Much of the Media’s Interest to Drive a Farage Victory’: How Asylum Became the Issue Obsessing Britain

‘It Is in Much of the Media’s Interest to Drive a Farage Victory’: How Asylum Became the Issue Obsessing Britain

Anti-migrant demonstrators outside the Bell Hotel in Epping. Byline Times is not identifying them as members of the far-right Photo: Ian Davidson/PA/AlamyIn August, the High Court ruled that the Government must move the asylum seekers living at the Bell Hotel in Epping. The judgment followed a period of protests outside the hotel after the arrest of a resident for sexual assault.Epping Forest District Council secured a temporary injunction which…