GB News explodes into furious row as guest clash over migrant crisis: 'It's a con!'

GB News erupted in chaos as presenter Patrick Christys was forced to intervene after his guests were embroiled in a furious clash about the growing migrant crisis. During his self-titled talk show, the broadcaster welcomed Reform UK Councillor Jaymey McIvor and former Labour adviser Matthew Laza, who exchanged heated words when McIvor suggested asylum seekers should be placed in tented accommodation.

During the debate, the Councillor admitted: "I get very frustrated when we have this conversation, we keep talking about these people as though they're asylum seekers. They are not asylum seekers; they're fraudulent to claim that label, they are illegal immigrants entering the country illegally." Laza then blasted: "Under Reform, they're going to wave a magic wand and Nigel Farage is going to stand in the middle of the English Channel and turn everybody back, it's nonsense, it's a con, you're conning the British people." The clash escalated when McIvor suggested placing asylum seekers in tented accommodation, arguing such conditions were acceptable for British military personnel serving abroad.

McIvor stated: "You start to put people in accommodation that is acceptable for British soldiers overseas, which is some sort of detention centres, that is what this country needs. In other words, those tents. If it's good enough for a serving British soldier."

However, Laza interjected: "It's somewhat colder in Lincolnshire winter, I mean, you're going to see people die. It's ludicrous, it's just nonsense," which prompted McIvor to hit back: "They don't moan about it in Glastonbury, do they?"

Laza dismissed the suggestion and fired back: "I don't think Glastonbury in the middle of summer, Jaymey, is the same as Lincolnshire in the middle of December and January."

This debate came just days after Epping Forest District Council's recent High Court victory, which secured a temporary injunction preventing asylum seekers from being accommodated at the Bell Hotel in Essex.

The ruling, which requires the Bell Hotel owners, Somani Hotels Limited to remove migrants within 14 days, has prompted multiple councils across party lines to explore similar legal challenges.

This includes the Labour-controlled Wirral and Tamworth councils, which are examining potential court action, while the Conservative-led Broxbourne and East Lindsey councils are seeking urgent legal advice.

As a result, the Home Office are facing mounting pressure as local authorities challenge the use of hotels without proper consultation or planning permission.

Ministers are reportedly considering alternatives including former military sites at Wethersfield air base in Essex and Napier Barracks in Kent.