Originally Posted by
Trumpet trousers
Notwithstanding the rights/wrongs of housing asylum seekers, and the influx of Portacabin type units to Scampton (despite the Council imposing a 'stop work' notice [which was simply ignored by the Home Office,]) it appears that some of the permanent accommodation blocks have been subject to refurbishment-type works since the RAF vacated the site. This work appears to have been lost in the media noise surrounding Scampton, and thus my question is: How can the RAF vacate the site one day, and very soon after, refurbishment of accommodation blocks takes place? That suggests to me that the service personnel who occupied those buildings were living (and working) in substandard accommodation - surely if it's good enough for service personnel to live in, then it should be good enough for asylum seekers too?
BTW Bob, it's Sir Edward Leigh, not Richard
The accommodation at Scampton in 1989 was rubbish. When it had multiple units based there! I was on TMT1. Accommodation was rubbish and falling apart. 2 weeks later with RSS, I was in a room in married quarters used as overspill for detached personal to unit...