Conservative and Reform politicians get into shouting match live on air
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Conservative and Reform politicians clashed during a visit to Piddington today, as residents railed against approved plans for an asylum camp just outside the village.
Tory Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp and his Reform UK counterpart Zia Yusuf attended a news conference in the Oxfordshire village, which recently voted to secede from the UK over the controversial development.
However, the event quickly descended into a shouting match between the politicians, after Mr Yusuf attacked the Conservatives’ record on immigration and handling of asylum seekers.
In response, Mr Philp labelled the Reform grandee’s comments ‘disingenuous’ and called on him to ‘pipe down on the cheap politics’.
‘We would not be in this mess if you had used your majority to secure our borders,’ Mr Yusuf told the Tory MP.
He added that Conservatives would block the development at MOD Bicester Site A, adding they would close the camp ‘straight away’ if it were built under Labour, after Angela Rayner signed off on the project last night.
The former cabinet minister told Mr Yusuf to ‘read the room’ and that he had ‘missed the point’.
‘You’ve misjudged the situation. Do yourself a favour. Calm down,’ he added to Mr Yusuf.
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