Piddington, a small village in Oxfordshire, might seem like an unlikely centre of revolutionary discontent. But even the residents of sleepy hollows associated with hobby farms, market gardens and village cricket seem to have their limits. In response to the government’s plans to accommodate over a thousand male asylum seekers at a nearby military base, outraged residents have decided to hold a referendum on whether to declare their ‘independence’ from the United Kingdom.
Why an Oxfordshire village has erupted over illegal immigration
