Politics● LowSep 16 · Sep 16, 2026, 4:09 PM
English village votes to 'secede' from UK over asylum centre plan
GlobeAlert Desk · curated from EuroNews [en] · Western Europe
Residents of Piddington, an Oxfordshire village, have voted for symbolic independence from the UK in protest against plans to house more than 1,000 migrants at a nearby former military base.
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