Piddington Parish Council Chair Tim McNally has held a press conference in his village, following the decision to approve plans for asylum seeker accommodation in MoD Bicester.
Speaking to the nation, Mr McNally launched a furious tirade on Prime Minister Andy Burnham, declaring he “never responded” to the village’s pleas.
He said: “We’ve tried our very best to engage you, the Government. Andy Burnham and co, you’re all responsible for what you’re doing and we’ve tried very hard to engage with you in a appropriate, professional and polite manner, and yet you haven’t extended to us a simple courtesy of consideration of what we are going to have to consider to receive here as our new incumbent guests that you have targeted for us 1,250 men.
“Andy Burnham, where’s your responsibility to our community and the sexual violence that might be coming upon our community here? You haven’t stepped up once to discuss that. One other thing is I’ve talked about this aspect of deceit and lies and manipulation of the process, and I’m disgusted by it, and this is why I have been so driven to do what I’ve done.
“What is it that the Government does to its people to enforce the fact that they want to leave the United Kingdom for what it stands for? Think about that, Andy Burnham. It’s a disgrace. You’ve only been in position since July 20th, and you haven’t responded to a single request from me. You should have been there. You should have responded.”