About a mile away a flag bearing the St George’s cross has been attached with cable ties to a drainpipe on the Bell Hotel. It has appeared in the past 10 days or so. Like others on the streets of Epping, it was put up in the dead of night.

A High Court Judge ruled that asylum seekers can no longer be housed at a hotel in Epping that has been the site of multiple protests in recent weeks. At such a critical moment in US history, we need reporters on the ground. Your donation allows us to keep sending journalists to speak to both sides of the story.

Yvette Cooper, the Home Secretary, is to seek to appeal the High Court ruling to shut down a migrant hotel in Essex.