Piddington villagers vote for symbolic independence from UK over asylum plan
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Residents of Piddington, Oxfordshire, voted overwhelmingly in a symbolic referendum to secede from the United Kingdom in protest against government plans to house more than 1,200 asylum seekers at a nearby former military base. The non-binding vote passed 285 to 26 with 92% turnout, though the result carries no legal weight.
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