Inside the tiny village that wants out of UK over migrant camp plans
Brits might need a passport to Piddington from now on after the tiny Oxfordshire village of 350 people voted in favour of leaving the UK in protest at Labour plans to plonk 1,250 male migrants in a former MoD site on their doorstep.
TL;DR
- Piddington, a village of 350 people, voted to leave the UK in protest of plans to house 1,250 male migrants nearby.
- The vote is symbolic and not legally binding but has garnered national and international attention.
- Villagers cite concerns over safety, lack of consultation, and the potential impact on their community.
- The situation has drawn support from some politicians, including Reform UK and Conservative MPs.
- The Home Office maintains the asylum center is still a proposal, but uses an Urgent Crown Development application process that limits local objections.
- Children from the village wrote letters to the Prime Minister expressing their fears about the plans.
- The Women of Piddington penned an open letter to female MPs, calling them 'complicit' for remaining silent on the issue.