Earlier in the day, Home Secretary James Cleverly and Deputy prime minister Oliver Dowden hit out at the stunt.

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He also gave knighthoods to his deputy, Oliver Dowden, and a peerage to Graham Brady, the outgoing chair of the Tory 1922 Committee.

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Shadow home secretary Yvette Cooper pointed to record figures for small boat crossings, saying ‘people are not waiting, they are arriving’.

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The performance art came as a surprise to both festival-goers and IDLES themselves.

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The Secretary of State said his meeting with the First Minister and deputy First Minister was “very constructive”.