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Jul 30, 2025
LB takes a look at: Holiday Inn Express, Blonk Street, Sheffield, S1 2AB After the recent news of illegal deliveroo/uber eats riders I went to check out this hotel where I had personally witness these riders coming back with empty food bags from these companies.
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Yep.
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But you can't just stand here.
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I can stand where I like out here. Thank
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you.
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[Music]
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Hey up and welcome to the channel. Today
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we're in Sheffield having a look at one
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of the migrant hotels, the Holiday in
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Express, just off Blancc Street.
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And behind the doors of the Sheffield
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Hotel, taxpayers are footing the bill
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for a broken system costing the public
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millions while those inside
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are facing overcrowding, disease, and
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neglect.
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This holiday in is operated by IHG, one
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of the many hotels used to house asylum
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seekers under the home office contract.
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This one is run by MI and the
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government's own figures show that it
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costs around £145 per person per night.
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And in December 2024, that's the latest
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info I could find,
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Sheffield housed 266 asylum seekers. So,
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I'm not sure how many is in this hotel
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itself, which costs us 38,500
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a day or 1.2 million a month. That's
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including all the hotels in Sheffield,
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not just this one. So, I think on the
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data I saw, I think this one was
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estimating somewhere around 640,000. It
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houses 150, but I'm not 100% how
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accurate that information is.
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But the costs of the hotel isn't just
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financial. Inside this hotel there is
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reports of scabies and room sharing
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among strangers. They're nowhere private
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to sleep or wash
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but they are getting it for free. But I
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say is isn't good for anybody isn't that
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the security has become a concern
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after violent protests at similar hotels
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such as the one in Mambas and this hotel
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apparently had barriers installed to
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protect staff and residents.
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As I said, the company responsible for
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this one is Mia,
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and they made, how much did they make?
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Where is it? They made 383 million in
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profit on the immigration crisis since
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2019.
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And the National Audit Office now warns
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that these contracts in the UK over the
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10-year period is three times more than
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expected,
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which is roughly around 15.3 billion.
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So, and I'm I'm here as well due to the
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illegal
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deliver riders. So, I've personally seen
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several turn up to this hotel with empty
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backpacks and just walk in, not stopped
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by security or anything. So,
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[Music]
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we will have we will go over and have a
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closer look at
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Heat.
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[Music]
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Heat.
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[Music]
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Right. So, we're just walking up to it
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now. There is public access. We are
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having a public pay display car park.
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Now, there's a set of stairs which lead
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to the bridge. You can cross over onto
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the road to another public car park. And
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there's another public car park there.
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So, I've got every right to be in that
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car park and out the front of the hotel.
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And I'm going to research this hotel.
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And I'm going research this hotel. It
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does have a C1 license.
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So people can come and go, go to the
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bar, have a drink,
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and what they want really.
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So we'll go investigate and have a look,
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see what's going on outside.
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If we speak to anybody,
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we'll speak to them
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[Music]
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on Google, though. Um, as I put on the
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screenshot earlier,
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the hotel is open to all members of the
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public
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and there is a fright of way through
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there.
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Go in the back door.
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Have a little walk around. See what's
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going on.
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Hey, up your weight.
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Speak English.
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No.
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No. Anybody that does?
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All right, lads. Do you speak English?
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How's it going?
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How's it going? See, I'm not here to
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cause any issues with anybody. I've just
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doing um heard some reports about the
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hotel. So, I've just come to check it
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out about overcrowding
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and things like that.
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Can you go slowly with me?
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Yeah. So, I've had reports on the hotel
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that there's like overcrowding in rooms
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and other issues with it. I'm just just
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coming to check see if it's
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I screen over there.
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Which one?
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Uh that door.
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Okay, I'll go have a look. No. Is it Are
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you finding it okay in England?
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Yeah.
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Do you like it here?
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Ask me.
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Well, you can't tell me if you like it
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or not, can I?
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No worries. Right. Brilliant. Thank you.
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So he didn't speak English.
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Security guard just behind the door.
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[Music]
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And look at all the bikes.
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Loads of them. I'm not going to pull the
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handheld out.
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Look at them all. None of them are
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locked up.
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How much is the paying display?
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Yeah. Pol in parking. I for hotel guest
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register to pay at reception.
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How you up? You all right?
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Yeah. Good.
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What are you there?
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No. I'm good. I'm just having a look
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around.
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Yeah. Can leave now.
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I'm in a public I'm in a public car
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park. Daddy,
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I'm in a public car park.
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In a public car park? Yeah.
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Pay display if if a member of the
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public, I can park it.
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You walking?
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Nope.
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Can I access it as a member of the
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public can come in?
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Yeah, you can go. Yeah.
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Yeah. So, I can come right down here.
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It's all publicly accessible.
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That's right.
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That's publicly accessible. So, I'm okay
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to stand here.
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Yeah.
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Yeah. So, that's not meant to stand
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here.
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Why?
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Yeah. It's not public access. It's a
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private.
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It is. So,
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pedestrians can walk through.
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Yeah. You can walk through. You can't
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stand.
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So, you can walk through. Yeah.
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So, I couldn't stand and make a phone
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call if I wanted to.
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No, you can stand. You can walk. No.
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Okay. I I um I disagree.
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Okay. So, I'm just going to have a look
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around the car park a bit more.
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You don't need to look car park a bit
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more. You have to leave, please.
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I'm on public land.
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Yeah. I know. You can walk down. You
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can't stand here.
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I'll walk around car park.
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You can't walk down car park. What is
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your What's your business here?
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I was just checking the prices a second
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ago.
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You don't need to check the prices. It's
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not working. Is it work?
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Well, it's open. It's not covered up.
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Don't say do do not use on it.
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There's no sign saying the car park
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closed.
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I'll carry on going around when I'm I'll
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go when I'm finished. Thank you.
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You can't go when you finish. You can
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leave now.
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Hello.
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Hello. Okay.
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Yeah. Yeah. I'm I'm not coming in. I'm
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not causing you any trouble. I'm just
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having a walk around the public
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accessible areas and that's me done.
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So, I can stand here if I wanted to.
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I've also I've also come to uh I've had
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reports I've seen them myself like
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deliver riders living in this hotel. Are
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they working illegally or legally?
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That's what I'm saying that you can walk
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down. You can walk up. Nothing bad in
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that.
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Yep.
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But you can't just stand here.
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I can stand where I like out here. Thank
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you.
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You can't stand here. It's not
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It's not permissible to stand here.
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That's what I'm saying.
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It's not possible.
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Yeah. It's not possible. You can walk
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down anywhere. It's not possible to
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stand here.
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That's what I'm saying to you. You can
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walk down. You can walk down this way.
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You can walk down this way. So that's
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what I'm saying.
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Okay.
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Yeah.
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I'll stand on there then. So that's the
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right way.
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Down there.
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Is that better?
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Is that better?
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that you can see that way.
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So, they don't even like you standing
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on the public property.
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No mention of the delivery riders. He
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just like waved like, "Yep, we know. We
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understand."
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So,
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you're not allowed to stand on this
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access, but you're allowed to walk.
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[Music]
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That's how they treat residents of the
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UK.
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So, I'll go for a walk around on this
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side. See if there's any signages on the
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door.
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Publicly accessible.
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There's a meeting going on inside. All
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deliveries go on the side.
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IGN clean promise.
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No smoking, no signs saying
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close to public.
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And Google says it's open.
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So,
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nothing else to see on that side. Nice.
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So, we'll come back.
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They are very well protected.
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He didn't go hands on with me to try and
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move me. That's why I kept retreating
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around the bicycle to keep him from
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going behind me.
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[Music]
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[Music]
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So there's nothing I can say then
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because I was walking not standing.
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There is a bin there for members of the
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public.
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Please do not step over the chain.
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Please use exit to the car park to join
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the hotel.
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So, there's a litter bin for the public.
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There's a lift outside, but this to me
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is publicly accessible.
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So, I'll stand here for a little while.
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And just to be a just to be an
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annoyance, I'm going to walk back to
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them
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just to prove a point.
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[Music]
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Yep. I know it's petty, but there we go.
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Morning.
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Good morning. How are you?
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Yeah, good. You?
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What?
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Very good. Yourself?
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Selfie?
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Very good.
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You're very good.
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Yeah. Are you?
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Very good.
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So, not not You're not allowed to speak
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to me.
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Not allowed to speak to me. Are you
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enjoying England?
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Very good.
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Very good. How is it?
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Super.
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Been cold inside now. He's
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now notifying them about my camera.
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He's on the phone. So, could be speaking
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to the police. So, I will hang around
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out here
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[Music]
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and wait a few minutes cuz if it's up
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somewhere like this calling,
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then
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there will be coming quite soon.
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So, I'll get the handheld out now.
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Show how publicly accessible it is.
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Got this bridge leading from the public
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car park all the way down crossing out
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to go through there.
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And then
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the road itself
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lays all the way down there
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[Music]
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onto Blanc Street. So it is publicly
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accessible from three different angles.
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We have got the hundreds of bikes
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lined up given free from the government.
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This hotel is run by meters.
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They call them all inside now. So man's
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walked through with a camera
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shutting all the blinds inside.
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So, I wasn't looking in the windows
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anyway.
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So, there we go. Talk about integrating
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with the community.
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I've got no issue with anybody who comes
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in the country legally.
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So,
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it's just the illegal ones which don't
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pay into the system
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which I've got an issue with. They might
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just be holding
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holding centers.
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But again, they enjoy England. Got no
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issue with that. The weather is
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beautiful. It's not absolutely pissing
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down today.
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We've got two security guards and
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another member of staff outside. She's
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just gone back in. One of them left
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outside.
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[Music]
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Is that another way into the car park as
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well? Over there. I think there's a
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stair set in that corner too for public
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to use, but I'm not 100%. I've not been
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had a look in that corner.
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So, we'll hang about and see if he has
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called the police.
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[Music]
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Now he's gone back inside.
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One gentleman out in the car park still.
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He's not listening to their rubbish.
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So this is Mia's. You're not allowed to
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stand in a publicly accessible area with
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public right of worth through it.
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had no comment on the deliver room,
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but this hotel along with the others in
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the UK is costing us 385,000 pound a
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day.
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Altogether in the UK,
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nearly 16 billion over the 10-year
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contracts I've got.
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So, I've shut all the blinds on this
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side. Security is just still looking out
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the window.
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I've seen a couple of cop cars go by
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when I was on the way over here from
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when I was getting my drone footage.
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So, we will uh
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we'll just see.
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[Music]
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So, if anything happens, we'll get the
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video. We'll cut the video to there
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because it's just going to be me boring,
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stood chilling in the sun. I have got
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some sun cream on.
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which I'm glad I do.
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Can hear sirens, but I don't think
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they're coming over here.
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Oh, there's a bobby up there.
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[Music]
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So, is he coming down here?
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How's he packing water?
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Nope. I don't think he's coming down
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yet.
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So, I said we'll
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get the video picked back up if anything
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happens in the next 10 15 minutes.
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The gentleman did just try and come out
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of the hotel then.
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And he got ushered back inside. So, he's
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not nobody's allowed out cuz I'm out
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here. I'm not even on what they could
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even say is their land with public
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access.
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I'm on the bridge. So, we'll stay a
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little bit longer and see if the police
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do turn up.
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[Music]
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Here we go. About a 15minute response
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time.
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[Music]
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Here they come.
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Yeah, you can come through. All right.
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[Music]
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So, it wasn't even 15 minutes, I don't
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think, from when they arrived
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for when they called.
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[Music]
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Wonder if I've told them any
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false accusations like I've been
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aggressive, been harassing people. I've
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just spoke to a couple of people very
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politely, not aggressive.
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[Music]
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So, we got two security guards.
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We got the other member of staff
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talking to the police.
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So, I wonder what they're going to have
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to say.
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Are they just going to leave? Are they
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going to park up and speak to me? I'm
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in the Police are leaving. Not a word
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said to me. Nothing illegal going on.
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There's another Bobby.
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So, the police turned up for them. They
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must have educated them that there's
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nothing they can do for me filming out
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here in public.
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And then they've left and they've gone
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back inside with the tails between their
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legs. So, we'll end that video there
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and we'll leave.
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So,
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and we've got some of the the power
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washers here, but they're just working.
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We'll leave them alone. But I've come to
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see the one of the hotels,
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which has sold out the British public
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and housing
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migrants costing us a collective of over
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15 billion, nearly 16 billion a year.
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Right. So, we'll end that there and we
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will see you in the next video. Thanks
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for watching.
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[Music]
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