English village votes to leave UK in protest over migrant housing plan

People in Piddington, Oxfordshire, voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic referendum against government plans to set up a migrant camp close by. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA People in Piddington, Oxfordshire, voted overwhelmingly to become an independent state in a symbolic referendum against government plans to set up a migrant camp close by. Photograph: Joe Giddens/PA England English village votes to leave UK in protest over migrant housing plan Villagers in Piddington, Oxfordshire, hold symbolic referendum over plans to house more than 1,000 asylum seekers nearby

Prefer the Guardian on Google Residents of an English village have voted to leave the UK in a symbolic referendum against plans to house more than 1,000 asylum seekers nearby.