English village votes to leave the UK over migrant housing plan
Residents of Piddington, a small English village, have voted to symbolically secede from the United Kingdom in a non-binding referendum. The move serves as a protest against government plans to house up to 1,200 asylum seekers at a nearby military base. Although the vote was overwhelmingly in favor of secession, the action is purely symbolic and carries no legal weight.
LONDON (AP) — A tiny English village has voted to leave the United Kingdom as a symbolic protest against government plans to house up to 1,200 asylum seekers on a nearby military base. Residents of Piddington, which has a population of about 350, voted overwhelmingly for secession in the non-binding referendum. The results announced on...
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