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Village may symbolically leave the UK due to migrant camp (travel to freebie land) - C C - Sep 15, 2026
Why Piddington village, with 350 residents, is holding a referendum to leave the UK
https://www.theweek.in/news/world/2026/09/15/why-piddington-village-with-350-residents-is-holding-a-referendum-to-leave-the-uk.html
About 350 residents of a small village in the UK are holding a symbolic referendum on whether they should remain part of the country.
The people in Piddington, located in Oxfordshire, England, are conducting the poll after the Labour Party decided to repurpose a military camp at “Site A” near the village to house about 1,256 asylum seekers, all of them male.
The men moving in would mean that the women in Piddington would be outnumbered ten to one by immigrants. Site A is located between Piddington and Upper and Lower Arcott. The government's decision gained widespread criticism.
The women in the village had penned an open letter to every female MP in the country saying that their “safety, security and freedoms were under threat”.
Melise Witkin, 59, told the Daily Mail, 'We are 356 people in the village with 46 children and 1,250 men turning up is a recipe for disaster. People walk their dogs, children play; I just think it is madness.”
'It is not such a rich or poor village. I just don't think that is a conversation to be had. This is about safety,” she said
Many female residents expressed fears which prompted the village to introduce private security patrols. Some even joined self-defence classes, the Daily Mail reported. According to local leaders, the site is unsuited for an influx of people in the numbers.
The accommodation being prepared consists of temporary mining camp dorms powered by diesel generators. Water and sewage will have to be transported by truck. The village leaders have also gained the support of the opposition, the Conservative Reform UK party.
The parish council and its residents already held a preparatory vote on July 4, which gained 96 per cent support. They are now moving for the independence referendum. The initiative was made to grab the attention of the Westminster government.
The symbolic referendum also comes amid Scotland, Northern Ireland and Wales signing a memorandum of understanding warning that the Westminster authority over the three devolved governments was weakening. All three governments, however, cannot hold a referendum unless it is approved by the UK government. The memorandum helps the three countries coordinate their demands and put pressure on the Andy Burnham government.
Voting to leave the UK (Black Belt Barrister) ... https://youtu.be/ltcNbQ2a6BM
RE: Village may symbolically leave the UK due to migrant camp (travel to freebie land) - C C - Sep 16, 2026
It's now official. The village did vote to [futilely] leave.
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Tiny village votes to quit UK in protest at asylum-seeker accommodation
https://www.politico.eu/article/piddington-oxfordshire-votes-to-quit-uk-protest-asylum-seeker-accommodation/
EXCERPTS: A tiny village in the south-East of England has symbolically “voted” to leave the U.K. in protest at the housing of asylum-seekers at a nearby military site.
Residents in Piddington, Oxfordshire, have been angered by a U.K. Home Office plan to accommodate just over 1,200 asylum-seekers at a site owned by the Ministry of Defense.
The non-binding referendum, organized by the local parish council, saw 285 villagers vote to leave, 26 vote to remain, and one spoilt ballot paper. The exercise has no legal authority, but is a show of local opposition on a hot-button issue.
Council Chair Tim McNally told the BBC that the result was “an example of democracy in operation,” and said the villagers had “given a message to the world.”
Government minster Lisa Nandy told Times Radio Wednesday morning that the result indicated “serious frustration” at the Home Office and acknowledged that “we do have to share the load” between poorer and wealthier communities.
[...] Opposition political parties have been swift to leap on the row over Piddington. Reform UK MPs Suella Braverman and Sara Pochin visited the village prior to the referendum. Braverman said people in Piddington were “terrified” and that no one “is listening to their voices.”
“For Labour, open borders are a project,” Pochin argued, “They’re a problem for everybody else — and a particularly large problem looming here for the residents of Piddington.”
RE: Village may symbolically leave the UK due to migrant camp (travel to freebie land) - Syne - Sep 16, 2026
Brits need to figure out some way to arm themselves.
RE: Village may symbolically leave the UK due to migrant camp (travel to freebie land) - stryder - Sep 17, 2026
(Sep 16, 2026 08:22 PM)Syne Wrote: Brits need to figure out some way to arm themselves.
Nope, I don't think we do. Any weaponry would just end up making the country worse, Just look at the School Shooting statistics globally and tell me if a country with large amounts of weeapons actually reduces school shootings happening.
RE: Village may symbolically leave the UK due to migrant camp (travel to freebie land) - Syne - Sep 17, 2026
(Sep 17, 2026 02:26 AM)stryder Wrote:(Sep 16, 2026 08:22 PM)Syne Wrote: Brits need to figure out some way to arm themselves.
Nope, I don't think we do. Any weaponry would just end up making the country worse, Just look at the School Shooting statistics globally and tell me if a country with large amounts of weeapons actually reduces school shootings happening.
Trying to deflect with a red herring, huh?
Comparative Studies: Academic research (such as multi-nation comparisons on gun density and prosperity) indicates that countries with very high per-capita rates of civilian gun ownership—like the U.S. or Switzerland—often correlate with high scores in economic freedom, low perceived corruption, and strong political rights.
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RE: Village may symbolically leave the UK due to migrant camp (travel to freebie land) - C C - Nov 13, 2026
Asylum camp approved near Piddington village that voted to leave UK in protest
https://metro.co.uk/2026/11/12/asylum-camp-approved-near-piddington-village-voted-leave-uk-protest-29789392/
INTRO: A new asylum camp has been approved near a village in rural Oxfordshire that ‘left the UK’ over the plans. Piddington held the vote in September as the government eyed up MOD Bicester to place 1,256 lone male asylum seekers.
MP Greg Smith announced on Facebook this evening that Housing Secretary Angela Rayner had approved the controversial scheme. Smith said the decision showed the Government ‘don’t give a stuff’ about residents of Buckinghamshire and Oxfordshire.
‘This is totally outrageous and proves this government don’t give two hoots about us here in Bucks,’ he said. ‘I will keep working on two fronts – firstly to explore every avenue to get this decision overturned and secondly work with our police to ensure our villages are properly protected when the camp is opened up. Never give up!’
In her letter, Rayner said she had approved the project ‘subject to conditions’. Her Tory counterpart, shadow home secretary Chris Philip, called the move ‘sickening’.
‘I have met many women from the village who are scared for their safety but Angela Rayner doesn’t care,’ the Croydon South MP wrote on X.
Wrong Plan Wrong Site, a group campaigning against the MOD Bicester site, told Metro the decision ignored ‘crucial matters’. The government, it added, failed to address issues about the site’s ‘safety, suitability or deliverability’.
Chair Janet Chamdal said: ‘We are extremely disappointed that the Government has granted planning permission to MOD Bicester Site A, despite more than 3,000 public objections and significant concerns raised by statutory authorities, including Oxfordshire County Council.
‘The decision grants permission, but it does not resolve fundamental questions about the site’s safety, suitability or deliverability.’
‘Our message remains simple: prove it works before you proceed’, she added... (MORE - details)