Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures UK politics live – latest updates Bishop of Edmonton says people coming to UK are being ‘scapegoated’ for years of policy failures UK politics live – latest updates A Church of England bishop has said Shabana Mahmood’s comments on asylum seekers have shaken him “to the core” and argued people coming to the UK are being “scapegoated” for years of government policy failures. Mahmood is expected to