UK: Appeals Court Overturns Epping Asylum Hotel Closure

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Above: Protestors outside the Bell Hotel, Essex on Aug. 29, 2025. Image copyright: Lucy North/PA Images/Getty Images

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The Spin

Left narrative

The Court of Appeal's decision to overturn the High Court's shameful capitulation to far-right intimidation is a crucial victory for justice and fairness. Yet, unsurprisingly, this decision will be manipulated by the far-right to encourage even more hatred and violence. Compassion and care must continue to prevail over those seeking to divide Britain.

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Right narrative

The Court of Appeal's reversal in Epping exposes the British state's warped priorities, putting illegal immigrants' comfort above British families' safety concerns. This government brazenly argued in court that asylum seekers' rights trump local communities' wellbeing. British people will no longer put up with this national betrayal.

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Cynical narrative

First, the Bell Hotel was closed by a former Conservative activist, and now it has been reopened by three judges with close ties to Labour. However you look at it, it is clear the British legal system is nothing more than a veil for party political interests.

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