‘Compassion for the most vulnerable’: bishop thanks protesters who blocked asylum coaches

Bishop of Dover praised people who stopped removal of men from Margate to Bibby Stockholm barge

A prominent Church of England bishop has praised the protesters who successfully disrupted the Home Office’s attempts to move asylum seekers to the Bibby Stockholm barge in Dorset.

Using words which could put her in conflict with Downing Street, the Right Rev Rose Hudson-Wilkin, the former chaplain to the late Queen and the House of Commons, thanked the local people who had blocked buses and said: “Our Lord showed compassion for the most vulnerable.”