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Shadow Home Secretary Chris Philp and Reform UK’s Zia Yusuf clashed during a heated press conference in Piddington on Friday over plans to house over 1,200 asylum seekers at a nearby former MoD site, trading insults over border policy and "cheap party points”.

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00:07Andy Burnham and co, you're all responsible for what you're doing.
00:12We've tried very hard to engage in an appropriate, professional and polite manner.
00:18And yet you haven't extended to us a simple courtesy of consideration of what we're going to have to consider
00:24to receive here
00:25as our new incumbent guests that you have targeted for us.
00:281,250 men, not such a problem if they're part of the army.
00:32The 1,250 men who are not part of the army, not part of any command and control and free
00:36to roam,
00:36is not what I call a safe bet.
00:39And I've been asking the government perpetually, time and time again, for explain to me your security betting.
00:45And of course, yesterday we see two Iranian guys who, one came in on a boat,
00:49and the other one came in the back of a truck.
00:52So of course I consider their betting process a little weak and poor.
00:54The other aspect is yesterday, our friend Andy Burnham actually stepped up and said very simply
00:59that he holds the aspect of sexual issues with the media organisations against women
01:06as being their responsibility.
01:09But Andy Burnham, where's your responsibility to our community
01:11and the sexual violence that might be coming upon our community here?
01:15You haven't stepped up once to discuss that, and I've brought that many times.
01:19One other thing is, I've talked about this aspect of deceit, and lies, and manipulation of the process.
01:25And I'm disgusted by it, and this is why I've been so driven to do what I've done.
01:30What is it that the government does to its people to enforce the fact that they want to leave the
01:34United Kingdom
01:34for what it stands for?
01:36Think about that, Andy Burnham.
01:37It's a disgrace.
01:39You've only been in position since July 20th, and you haven't responded to a single request from me.
01:44You should have been there.
01:45You should have responded.
01:47And tell me today, why is it not public that the units that you are actually producing in Hull
01:55are ready to be deployed as good as this next week?
01:59Why have you not told the public you've committed to the expense of that facility,
02:03and you have not disclosed it?
02:06And yet, yesterday or last week, no decision has been made.
02:10We still haven't made a decision.
02:11You most certainly have made a decision, and you're spending public money quite happily.
02:17I'm deeply concerned about the threat to the safety of women and girls here in Piddington,
02:21and indeed across the country.
02:22I've spoken to many of the ladies here over the past few months.
02:26They are deeply concerned, scared even, about their safety and the safety of their daughters and granddaughters.
02:33And given the statistics, the fact that certain nationalities, Afghan, Eritrean, are 20 times more likely to commit sex offences
02:40than average,
02:41I'm afraid to say that concern is fully justified.
02:44It's absolutely right to hold Andy Burnham accountable for this, and also for every single crime that potentially happens here
02:54in this village.
02:55We have a very clear plan.
02:57Unlike the sort of cheap slogans, we have a very clear plan.
02:59It's called the Borders Plan, and that plan sets out exactly how we will end illegal migration.
03:04And we are going to put, rather than just sort of trying to chase headlines, we've done the serious work.
03:09And in Parliament on Tuesday, we have tabled a whole series of amendments designed to change the law to fix
03:15this problem.
03:16I hope the six or seven Reform MPs in Parliament will vote for our amendments when we table them.
03:21We have a serious plan to fix this.
03:22But the men accommodated down the road, probably in a few weeks' time by the Labour government, will have arrived
03:28recently.
03:29And my view, and Kemi's view, as the new team running the Conservative Party, is that men, young men who
03:35break into our country, should be deported.
03:38It is as simple as that.
03:39But I hope today, rather than engage in point scoring, we can stand in solidarity with the residents.
03:52It is important that we hold everybody accountable for this situation.
03:59That's why I came into politics, right?
04:02The notion that you had no involvement, you know that that's not true.
04:05You were heavily involved in immigration and borders policy for the Conservative Party.
04:08And yes, it is true.
04:09One thing you did say that was correct.
04:11Read the room.
04:11One thing that you did say which was correct.
04:13Read the room.
04:13Now hold on, Chris.
04:14The public here want you to pipe down on the cheap politics.
04:16Hold on.
04:16It's not cheap politics.
04:18The only way, the only way, the only way, the only way we are going to stop this problem.
04:23The only way we are going to stop our borders, you refuse to do it.
04:26Had we given, had we given, had we given, the hole that this village is in, Chris, the
04:33reason why, the reason why we are in this situation is because we don't have a secure
04:37border.
04:37You have misjudged the situation.
04:38Do you have to say, calm down.
04:39You have, Chris, you should apologise to the British people and to the people of Piddington
04:43who would not be in this mess if you had used your majority to secure our borders and stop
04:48the boats.
04:48Would you like to apologise?
04:49That's the last thing I'm going to say on this matter.
04:51I've just explained that the young men being put here are recent arrivals under the Labour
04:54government.
04:54And just listen to the public here.
04:55They do not want to hear your cheap party points.
04:58They want to hear solidarity and unity.
05:00I think there's a lot of people in the country who, who, who, who want to hold
05:03and so it's a party accountable for their rights.
05:05Gentlemen, I just, basically, thank you both.

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