TWITTER•GETTY MP Rachael Maskell says we should refugees until our system is full

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Backbencher Rachael Maskell said Britons should just lie down and accept longer waits for hospital treatment and larger classes in schools in order to accommodate more Syrians and other migrants fleeing conflict overseas. She attacked David Cameron's plan to accept 20,000 more Syrians from refugee camps over the next five years as inadequate. Her outburst, which came at a rally to support refugees held in her York Central constituency on Saturday, was branded "dangerously out of touch". She told the gathering: "We need to shout so much more and say 20,000 is not enough, 30,000 is not enough.

I am not saying 'open the doors' and everyone can come in. I'm saying we have to do more. Rachael Maskell

"We will keep going until we hit our saturation point because what does it matter if we have to wait another week for a hospital visit? "Or if our class sizes are slightly bigger; or if our city is slightly fuller? "What does it matter if things are slightly more challenging? "If we have to pay a little bit more into the system? "Surely it is worth it to see those lives being restored again." In a bizarre contradiction, he took to Twitter to write today: "No one should wait for healthcare." A video of part of her speech published on the YouTube website today triggered a string of angry responses, with internet users describing her remarks as "daft" and "insane."

No one should wait for healthcare, I've argued for better workforce planning for years. — Rachael Maskell MP (@RachaelMaskell) September 14, 2015

Labour MP Rachael Maskell [Twitter]

Ms Maskell, who was first elected as an MP at the general election in May, claimed her comments had been "taken out of context." She said: "I am not saying 'open the doors' and everyone can come in. It has to be part of a controlled system. "I am saying that we have to do more. I am talking about six refugees in each constituency; that really is the limit. "We can all have a bit more compassion. If it was the other way round and we were in that desperate situation, we would expect somebody to show compassion to us." Jane Collins, Ukip MEP for Yorkshire, said: "It matters a lot to hard working tax payers that they get the services they pay for and that their children get the best education possible.