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Volunteer, 78, says Reform official likened her to Nazi collaborator for teaching asylum seekers English

Global Published 28 October 2026, 11:00 · archived 28 Oct 2026

Mair Godley claims Essex councillor Carl Johnson told her she was ‘facilitating the invasion’ by giving language lessonsA 78-year-old volunteer has claimed a Reform UK councillor accused her of “facilitating the invasion” and being akin to a Nazi collaborator during the second world war because she has helped asylum seekers learn English.Mair Godley and her husband, Nick, 77, a former chair of Wethersfield parish council, live near the former Wethersfield military base in Essex, where the Home Office accommodates hundreds of asylum seekers. Continue reading...

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