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Edwin Hayward Profile picture
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Jun 18 • 4 tweets • 2 min read Twitter logo Read on Twitter
"Hotel mogul dubbed ‘Asylum King’ enjoys record profits as Braverman grapples with migrant backlog"

The Tories picked a chain voted worst in the UK for 10 years in a row and poured cash at it.

(You can bet asylum seekers aren't getting hotel conditions!)
telegraph.co.uk/business/2023/… Image
This is far from a one-off. Here's a story from 2014 that will sound awfully familiar...
dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2… Image
And of course...

"Its Chief Executive, founder, and largest shareholder remains Alex Langsam. Langsam is a non-domiciled taxpayer, registered as living in Austria for tax-purposes since 1999."

One wouldn't have expected anything else.
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Britannia…
BTW, it's hardly surprising that the bill to house asylum seekers is so high, because there are multiple snouts in the trough along the way.

See example below.

Britannia Hotels are providing the hotel accommodation, but it's being organised via Serco.
trafford.gov.uk/planning/devel… Image

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Edwin Hayward Profile picture
Jun 18
Strap in. It's time to learn how the Tories treat asylum seekers. Warning: This isn't going to be pretty.

Let's take as an example a hotel belonging to Britannia Hotels.

(Note that they were voted the worst hotel chain in the UK for 10 years in a row.)
trafford.gov.uk/planning/devel… Image
Let's go through this step by step.

The hotel isn't being contracted by the government, but by Serco. So they will put a (likely hefty) markup on the transaction.

The hotel in question has 67 rooms, but 112 "bedspaces". It expects to receive "predominantly single adult males". Image
Asylum seekers (who are NOT allowed to work, remember) get:
- 3 meals a day
- £9 a week
- Free laundry (but no clothing)
- Er, that's it

It is claimed they won't be noisy or cause trouble because they will only have "limited means at their disposal to venture out". Image
Read 9 tweets
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Jun 17
"UK delis could be forced to put up prices after new Brexit tax

Plan to charge £43 per consignment could see some small businesses struggle to stay open"

Because it's per consignment, shops that import small amounts of lots of things pay lots of times... theguardian.com/politics/2023/…
There's a lot more complexity being introduced than just the inspection fee...

Many types of product (milk, dairy, eggs etc.) will now need a health certificate issued before travel.

Again, this will make imports much more expensive - or impossible.
gov.uk/government/pub… Image
Suddenly you need specialists. And customs specialists are rarer than diamonds, and can charge accordingly.

So you have new fees, new processes, new certificates, new documents, new red tape, and new people inserted in the supply chains.

Prices will explode and choices plummet.
Read 5 tweets
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Jun 16
This is the same Tory government that is cutting corners left and right while the cost of living crisis bites deep, and yet they're casually spaffing £1.6 billion up the wall on a bare handful of barges.
independent.co.uk/news/uk/home-n… Image
Context: a business hotel with 120+ rooms near Heathrow is on the market for £26 million.

The contract for the barges would purchase 61 such hotels outright.
uk.businessesforsale.com/uk/superior-4-…
Or how about this 57 bed hotel in Paddington?

Remember, the first barge the government acquired has just 222 rooms.

We're nearly there for a spend of under £40 million, 40x less than the contract.
christie.com/4241256 Image
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Jun 16
"A special QT [is] coming up on 22 June, because that is the eve of the 7th anniversary of the people's decision to leave the EU. We are devoting that programme to a conversation with an audience who took that decision - that is, Leave voters."

What?!
twitter.com/i/web/status/1…
Here's what that "Brexit Special" Question Time audience is likely to look like.

(I took a recent Yougov poll, and looked only at what Leave voters said, since they're the only people who will be in the crowd. The figures below are per 100 people.) Image
So from the above, we can see that...

Two thirds will think that Britain was right to leave.

Three quarters (even more than the number above!) will think Brexit could have succeeded if done right.

That means we're guaranteed to get some ridiculously slanted views.
Read 5 tweets
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Jun 15
Quick thread of Boris Johnson special podcasts. A fun few hours of listening ahead...
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Jun 15
Ok, now we're starting to get Tory MPs crawling out of the woodwork to defend Johnson...
This one is particularly egregious...

Will an avalanche of contempt of Parliament rulings be Johnson's final parting gift?
And another...
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