I think it's extraordinary. I heard on your news bulletin just now that the Home Office is saying that discussions have started. Well, if that phone call, which lasted about 10 minutes, was the start of discussions, that's really no way to…

The government has come to this with no credible plan as to how it will manage that site, nor how it will maintain social cohesion, as we've seen across the country.

I’m deeply concerned that the Environment Agency is not equipped to deal with this unfolding environmental disaster.