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Tiny English village votes overwhelmingly to leave U.K. in protest of nearby asylum seeker housing

Name: Tiny English village votes overwhelmingly to leave U.K. in protest of nearby asylum seeker housing
Uploaded: 2026-09-17T14:54:00-0400
Duration: 1 min 25 s
Description: Piddington, a tiny English village of 350 people have voted overwhelmingly —285 to 26 — to "leave" the United Kingdom in a symbolic referendum over plans to house around 1,250 male asylum seekers at a military site less than a mile away. The vote had no legal force, but drew a 92% turnout.

Piddington, a tiny English village of 350 people have voted overwhelmingly —285 to 26 — to "leave" the United Kingdom in a symbolic referendum over plans to house around 1,250 male asylum seekers at a military site less than a mile away. The vote had no legal force, but drew a 92% turnout.