Overview

• John Edwards asked in April why 300 Afghan migrants were housed in a Bracknell hotel while local veterans remained on housing waiting lists
• A fellow councillor reported Edwards for allegedly stirring racial hatred but Thames Valley Police confirmed no report was logged
• Monitoring officer Sanjay Prashar ruled Edwards “has a case to answer” and initiated a formal conduct investigation
• The Free Speech Union has taken up Edwards’s case and described the probe as a chilling suppression of democratic scrutiny
• The migrants’ arrival followed a covert UK resettlement scheme covered by a super-injunction after a major Ministry of Defence data leak