Mansfield MP and council leader Ben Bradley says he 'totally understands the feelings' of residents who chanted 'out' outside a hotel being used to house asylum seekers. A video circulating on social media shows a group of around a dozen people protesting outside the Midland Hotel in Mansfield, with a man demanding to be let in.
In the clip, originally posted on the Telegram page of far-right activist Tommy Robinson, the group begins clapping and chanting "out" after they are refused entry into the hotel. Mr Bradley, who has previously raised concerns over the "fairness" of housing asylum seekers at the hotel, said while "no-one wants to see" what happened, he "totally" understood the feelings of the protestors.
"Obviously nobody wants to see those kinds of scenes really, I think it exemplifies the feeling of a lot of residents," the Conservative MP and Nottinghamshire County Council leader told Nottinghamshire Live. "I think residents massively feel the unfairness of the situation, the idea that people are arriving illegally and being put up in hotels, having their bills paid and food provided and all the rest of it when British citizens are struggling.
