Protesters outside Portsmouth hotel mistake Pakistan U19 cricket team for asylum seekers
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Reform councillor said he urged activists to stand down ECB checks on young players’ welfare A group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tour. George Madgwick, a Refor
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Reform councillor said he urged activists to stand down ECB checks on young players’ welfare A group of masked agitators gathered outside a four-star hotel in Portsmouth after reports a group of asylum seekers had been taken there, when it was in fact Pakistan’s under-19 cricket team on a tour.
George Madgwick, a Reform councillor called to the hotel to mediate between staff and the assembled crowd, said it was a “massively unfortunate incident”. Continue reading...
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