Hospitality Sector Perks Up

Those forces of British decency which rage against the accommodation of asylum seekers in hotels, or indeed anywhere at all other than prison hulks or Central Africa, will doubtless rejoice that the invasion at least enables a few hard-working families to scrape an honest living. Two private companies have made combined profits of a hundred and thirteen million: one of them, the cleansingly-named Clearsprings Ready Homes, has increased its net profits from twenty-eight million to sixty-two and a half; while the other distinguishes itself from the swarming hordes by making do with office space in Mayfair and providing a Conservative MP with pocket money. Both companies' dividends are courtesy of the ever-accommodating British taxpayer, whose elected representatives awarded Clearsprings a ten-year wog warehousing contract; while the blame for any suspicion of profiteering attaches as naturally as ever to the invaders.