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Will Jones – The Daily Sceptic July 28, 2025

Town councillor John Edwards, who asked questions about 300 Afghans put up in a local hotel, was “reported to police for stirring up racial hatred”, and has also been placed under “investigation” by a “monitoring officer” at Bracknell Forest Council in Berkshire. The Mail has the story.

The elected councillor began asking questions in April, questioning whether the large number of new arrivals would affect local residents on the housing waiting list.

But instead of getting answers, Councillor Edwards said he was accused of “inciting” hate and spreading “misinformation” against an ethnic group.

The Free Speech Union has now taken up his case, calling it a “chilling” example of democracy being suppressed.

It has since been revealed there was a huge official cover-up with the Government obtaining a super-injunction to stop the public finding out it had a secret immigration scheme for thousands of Afghans.

The Mail revealed that, while the public was being kept in the dark, ministers were being warned in private their scheme risked “significant integration considerations” including with housing and local services such as education and healthcare.

But when Councillor Edwards – an independent member of nearby Sandhurst Town Council – began asking Bracknell’s borough council a series of questions, he was reported to police by a borough councillor.

He wrote a post on Facebook on April 9th saying: “First of all, I want to make clear that everyone arriving on this scheme must be treated with dignity and respect. This is in no way blaming them, and they should be made to feel welcome.”

He went on to question the fairness of the scheme and whether it would have any impact on local residents waiting for housing or other services, pointing out that “many of our own veterans remain homeless”.

A Labour councillor on the Labour-controlled Bracknell Forest Council wrote on a Facebook community group it was “far Right propaganda” and added: “This has all been reported to the MOD, council and local police.”

Councillor Edwards – who never heard from the police – told the Mail: “The council has fuelled a narrative that I’m spreading hate and misinformation — despite my claims being true.

“Another councillor has said publicly they have reported me to the police for ‘stirring racial hatred’. This would be a serious criminal offence. It’s stressful, it’s potentially very harmful to my reputation.

“It’s a way to smear and silence me, and it has a chilling effect which amounts to, ‘disagree with the council and you will be call a racist’.”

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