People at the protest were wearing “Free Tommy Robinson” t-shirts with anti-immigration posters
21:08, 31 Jul 2025Updated 22:43, 31 Jul 2025
Police said a 25-year-old man from the Sefton area has been arrested on suspicion of inviting support for a proscribed (banned) terrorist organisation(Image: Liverpool ECHO)
A man has been arrested at a protest outside a hotel in Hoylake. It is the third day that people have protested outside the hotel in Wirral.
Police said a 25-year-old man from the Sefton area has been arrested on suspicion of inviting support for a proscribed (banned) terrorist organisation. A spokesperson for Merseyside Police told the ECHO that the offence is alleged to have occurred outside of the Merseyside area.
He is in police custody to be questioned.
Tonight two separate groups gathered outside a hotel with a police presence keeping them apart. At around 6.45pm our reporter witnessed a man being arrested.
People began arriving at the hotel at around 5pm this evening with police outside the entrance of the hotel.
One woman at the front of the protest was wearing a “Free Tommy Robinson” t-shirt and waving two Union Jack flags.
Pictures taken by the ECHO show two groups on opposite sides of the entrance with banners and flags. On one side a poster reads “No More immigrants. We are full.” with several Union Jack flags and on the opposite side “Hoylake rejects hate” and “Refugees welcome.”
Around 40 counter-protestors were outside the hotel with a message displayed saying “no excuse for racism” and “stop the far right” printed on posters.
Earlier this week Reform UK and the Conservatives both issued letters claiming that asylum seekers would be put into the hotel.
David Burgess-Joyce, the Chairman the Wirral Branch of Reform, claimed “undocumented, illegal male immigrants” are staying in the hotel.
Councillors Max Booth, Tony Cox and Andrew Garden said that relocations of “single males” would begin this week.
The ECHO has contacted the Home Office for more information.
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