Britons should not be afraid to call out challenge “wrongdoing” and “criminality” which they see around them, one of Kemi Badenoch’s frontbenchers has said.
Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said that that it was “reasonable for the public to call out and expose criminality where it occurs” as long as it was safe to do so.
The call for more “have a go heroes” comes amid an increasing trend for senior politicians to film themselves challenging wrong doing or anti-social behaviour.
Philp himself has been filmed challenging people living in a homeless encampment in Mayfair, central London, last month while shadow Justice secretary Robert Jenrick has challenged people on the London Underground who are apparently not paying their fares.
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Britons should not be afraid to call out challenge “wrongdoing” and “criminality” which they see around them, one of Kemi Badenoch’s frontbenchers has said
Speaking to today’s Chopper’s Political Podcast, Philp said: “I think people should be calling out wrongdoing, actually. It’s up to them to decide whether they feel it’s safe. And that’s for each person to make a judgement.
“But I think it’s reasonable for the public to call out and expose criminality where it occurs.”
Philp said he approached the groups of people living in tents near Park Lane in central London to find out why they were there.
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He said: “That’s right opposite the Hilton on Park Lane. And I went there to find out what was going on, to ask them why they were there.
“Frankly, the Government and the authorities should be removing them back to Romania and Bulgaria.
“They’re clearly not engaging in economically productive activity. So they should be, frankly, removed.
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Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp said that that it was “reasonable for the public to call out and expose criminality where it occurs” as long as it was safe to do so
“Interestingly, even though that site had been there for quite a while and it’s controlled by Sadiq Khan as the Mayor of London, it’s a Transport for London bit of land.
“The day after I visited, suddenly they got moved. But it shouldn’t take a visit by the Shadow Home Secretary to shame Sadiq Khan into action.”
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