UK: Tiny Village Votes to Leave the Country in Protest Against Migrant Housing
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UK: Tiny village votes to leave the country in protest against migrant housing
Residents of Piddington, Oxfordshire, voted for "exit from the UK" in a symbolic independence referendum over authorities' decision to place refugees on a nearby military base.According to parish council data, 285 people supported separation...
The small English village of Piddington, 25 kilometers from Oxford, voted overwhelmingly to secede from the United Kingdom and become an independent principality.
Piddington’s 350 neighbors voted to become independent following the British plan to house 1,250 asylum seekers for 10 years on a military base
Piddington's self-proclaimed "principled" after a symbolic vote, in a protest against the government's plans to open a migrant reception centre nearby. A small English village voted for the secession of the United Kingdom, in a symbolic protest against the government's plans to house 1,256 asylum seekers on a nearby military base. The inhabitants of Piddington, a village with about 350 people, voted by overwhelming majority in favour of secessio…
285 of 312 votes for independence: The English village of Piddington defends itself with a symbolic vote against a planned asylum district in its neighbourhood.
The result was categorical: of the approximately 350 inhabitants of the village, 285 voted for secession, 26 were pronounced against, and a ballot was declared null. The attendance at the consultation organized on September 15 was about 92%. The referendum cannot change the status of the village Even if the result was presented as a vote ... Article A village of only 350 people voted to break from the UK. The reason for which the locals organize…
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