Well-dressed mothers and retired businessmen and women joined dozens of bald tattooed middle aged men to call for the closure of the Bell Hotel as refugee accommodation.
One bearded man wearing shorts draped a union flag over his shoulders as he took selfie pictures outside the embattled hostel.
Essex Police were out in force in the picturesque commuter town – blocking the entrance to the hotel car park with a riot van.
A temporary wire fence has been erected in recent days following an earlier violent and bad tempered demonstration earlier in the week.
One of the demonstrators told how the ‘whole of Epping’ was united in opposition to housing asylum seekers in their town....<<<Read More>>>...