The programme was interrupted by the latest developments in the ongoing migrant crisis.
GB News came to a halt for the latest update on the illegal migration crisis. Earlier in the week, it was reported that 83 migrants were set to be placed in new builds worth £250,000 in Shropshire. Residents in Stoke Heath admitted they had been left stunned by the plans for the 21 new build properties, with the estate already being dubbed “Migrant Street” locally.
However, GB News aired the breaking alert that “Migrant Street” has now been put on hold due to fury from locals, who attended a meeting to raise their concerns. The meeting was organised by Mark Pritchard, the Conservative MP for The Wrekin, who revealed it was “overflowing” with local residents raising “legitimate concerns”.
GB News was paused for a bombshell update on the illegal migration crisis (Image: GB News)
Speaking to GB News correspondent Jack Carson, Pritchard continued: “The government has brought about this scheme by stealth. No transparency, no consultation, certainly not with local residents. Not even with the Parish Council.”
He claimed that if the matter was not brought up by himself during Prime Minister’s Questions, the government would have attempted to ease in up to 121 asylum seekers in what he described as a “completely inappropriate location”.
Pritchard admitted he was impressed with the “quality of questions” from locals and the approach they took during the meeting.
He went on: “People aren’t racist. They’re just wanting to know what’s happening in their community, why it was done in secret and who is coming to live next door to them.
“I think those are legitimate questions that anybody living anywhere in the country would ask.
“We’ve heard the home secretary say that nobody should be in new-build accomodation. Is that the government policy? If it is then that should be halted immediately.”
Pritchard then turned his attention to Keir Starmer, claiming he “removed any deterrent” of anybody coming to the UK illegally when he first became prime minister.
The politician added: “Even if everybody coming to Stoke Heath was genuine, the friendliest asylum seeker you’ve ever met, it’s still an inappropriate location.
“The asylum system has been abused and many people don’t have genuine claims. That’s why, under Kemi [Badenoch], we would leave the ECHR in order to have the laws in order to get people back into their own countries and have a deterrent.”
