When the This Morning presenter Rylan Clark shared his thoughts about asylum seekers live on air, fingers in the ITV production studio will surely have been hovering nervously over the kill switch. Because what came out amounts to a tirade – I found his comment to be misinformed, exaggerated and, quite frankly, incorrect.
During a discussion about Nigel Farage’s hardline immigration plan unveiled this week, the former star of The X Factor said it was “insane” that illegal migrants were being put up in hotels, and that there was “something wrong” in the way refugees are welcomed into the UK: “This is the narrative we’re being fed: Here’s the hotel, here’s the phones, here’s the iPad, here’s the NHS in reception of your hotel. Here’s three meals a day, here’s a games room in the hotel. Have a lovely time – and welcome…”
