Chichester MP praised by councillors after condemning ‘hate’ towards lifeboat crews
Chichester councillors have supported the city’s MP following her tribute in the House of Commons to lifeboat volunteers.
Jess Brown-Fuller said she was ‘shocked and appalled at the vitriol and hate shown’ to the Royal National Lifeboat Institution across the entire south coast by anti-immigration protesters and their supporters.
This followed ‘stop the boats’ protests in Portsmouth and Dover – the latter of which saw hundreds of black-clad masked individuals who claimed to be patriots disrupting the port.
Praising the work of the lifeboat crews, the MP added: “They go out day in, day out and show us what actual patriots look like when they are saving lives at sea.”
Speaking during a district council meeting on Tuesday (September 22), chair Clare Apel said: “It was brilliant to see our MP stating how important it is to support the wonderful work the lifeboat people do, and also to say how appalling was the behaviour that they received in Portsmouth.”