The Battleground
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Home Secretary Suella Braverman came up with the barge to boost her position among Tory party members.
Home Office has deliberately mismanaged immigration policy, first moving refugees to hotels and then arguing this is too luxurious.
The myth that the UK is the only country taking in asylum seekers persists despite all evidence.
Net migration to the UK has reached an all-time high because the economy faces a desperate labour shortage post-pandemic and post-Brexit .
Weymouth and Portland have a combined population of 65,000 people.
Most people in South Dorset vote Tory , and local MP Richard Drax is perched comfortably over the constituency.
He has little to fear in this blue county because of his vote share of 58% in 2019 .
Naturally, the South Dorset MP still owns the Jacobean estate in Saint George . Richard Drax may be the best man to represent Weymouth . The link to slavery is appropriate for a constituency connected with empire, where prison barges for foreigners are anchored. Photograph courtesy of Tim Green . Published under a Creative Commons license..
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