Farage calls for resignations over police responsepublished at 14:35 British Summer Time
14:35 BST
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At the press conference earlier, the chief constable was asked to respond to allegations that officers were favouring pro-asylum seeker protesters.
It comes after Reform UK leader Nigel Farage called for Mr Harrington’s resignation over claims made in the national press that police were ferrying those campaigners to the hotel.
Mr Harrington said: “People have got the right to turn up and protest if they are
peaceful and lawful.
“We have not driven people to the protest, people made
their own way there.
“We did take people away for their safety, for the safety
of people there. To defuse the situation we drove people away.”
Prior to the press conference, Farage accused Essex Police of being “absolutely disgraceful” in how it handled clashes between rival protesters.
You can read more on this point of contention here.