Brighton Council has been accused of “two-tier” hypocrisy after
ignoring a van with a Palestine flag for months only to tow it days
after a St George’s flag was added. GB News has the story.
Two
Brighton residents have spoken out against what they perceive as
discriminatory treatment by their local council regarding the removal of
a caravan from a Coldean street. Ryan Bishop and Josh Amble appeared on
GB News with presenter Martin Daubney to voice their concerns about the
timing of the vehicle’s removal.
“It was there for a good six
months and a lot of people contacted the council, they didn’t want to
know. It wasn’t removed,” Bishop told Martin during the show.
“The second our cross gets put up, it gets removed straight away. It proves our two-tier society. It’s disgusting”, he said.
The
pair argued that the council’s swift action after a St George’s flag
was added to the caravan, following months of inaction while it
displayed a Palestine flag, demonstrated unfair treatment.
Brighton
and Hove City Council has come under fire for allegedly showing bias in
its enforcement actions after a caravan that had displayed a Palestine
flag for half a year was suddenly removed within days of a St George’s
flag being attached to it.
The vehicle had reportedly been parked
on a Coldean road for approximately six months without council
intervention, despite numerous complaints from residents during that
period. However, the local authority took swift action to remove the
caravan shortly after England’s national flag was added to it.
“I
think it’s an absolute outrage. We’re shut down and silenced and get
called far-right and racist when something like this happens. It gets
worse and worse,” Mr Bishop stated during his GB News appearance.
The
local authority has defended its actions, stating that the caravan was
removed under Section 143 of The Highways Act as part of standard
enforcement procedures against non-motorised vehicles stored on public
roads.
“The caravan was put under formal notice on July 7th 2025.
As is our standard policy in these circumstances, we had been liaising
with the owner as a first stage, who had assured us it would be moved,”
the council said in an official statement.
When the owner failed
to relocate the vehicle by the deadline, contractors were hired to
remove it. The council emphasised that this caravan was one of three
removed from various locations across the city during the same
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