Second English village to vote on ‘leaving the UK’ over asylum seeker plans
The English village of Barnham is planning a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK to protest government plans to house asylum seekers at a local former military base. This follows a similar protest vote in the village of Piddington.
Why it matters
The move highlights growing local tensions regarding government immigration policies and the use of former military sites for housing asylum seekers.
Barnham could follow in the footsteps of Piddington, which overwhelmingly voted for ‘independence’ from the UK in protest over plans for asylum seekers
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A second English village will hold a symbolic referendum on leaving the UK in protest over plans to host asylum seekers at a nearby military base.
Barnham in Suffolk could follow in the footsteps of Piddington, Oxfordshire , where opposition to the government ’s plans to house migrants at Ministry of Defence (MoD) Bicester saw 90 per cent of locals vote to leave the UK in an unofficial referendum held in September.
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