Posted on 08/01/2026 9:24:04 PM PDT by MinorityRepublican
Residents of a tiny English village furious over plans to house hundreds of people seeking asylum in a nearby disused military barracks are preparing to hold a symbolic referendum calling for their community to declare independence from the U.K. and join the U.S.
The referendum, which would carry no weight under British law, is being organized as a protest by villagers in Piddington. Residents there have overwhelmingly opposed the British government's plan to house male asylum seekers at the site about a mile away, on a Ministry of Defense property.
Calum Miller, the local Member of Parliament, said the plans for the Bicester Garrison site could see as many as 1,250 people — more than three times Piddington's population — housed at the facility.
Piddington Parish Council chairman Tim McNally, one of the leading voices behind the protest campaign and referendum plans, compared the village's struggle, and himself, to George Washington battling for independence from Britain.
"Washington brought change. I am going to make the change and then give away the power like he did," McNally told The Sun newspaper. "If we vote to leave, we are going down to the U.S. Embassy and bring our declaration to them."
On July 4, as the U.S. marked Independence Day, Piddington residents voted on whether to hold a referendum on leaving the United Kingdom. According to CBS News' partner network BBC News, 96% of participants backed the proposal to hold the referendum, which supporters call a symbolic act designed to draw national attention to their objections rather than a real attempt at secession.
Supporters argue the community was not adequately consulted before the housing plans were announced by the government, and they say the referendum is intended to highlight frustration with decision-making by the central government.
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Let’s give them an NFL team.
Even though this vote would be purely symbolic, legally effecting nothing, this gesture would be historic.
I have already read several stories of frustrated English begging Donald Trump to “save them” from the ongoing invasions of illegals.
If Piddington becomes part of the USA they will have to agree to have all their computer systems run by Indians like we do here now..
Heck, let’s give ‘em two Senators!
It is absolutely disgusting and heart breaking what the UK is doing to the natives. It has happened to my family in Scotland and Ireland. The home office has dumped hundreds of violent turds in the villages and they turned it to hell. Violent, filthy, sexually uncontrollable, thieving, Muslim turds. I won’t insult animals comparing them to animals.
One thing I need to know first: How did they vote?
If they voted for Reform or Restore, OK. If they voted for Labour or the Greens or the Lib Dems, they’re getting what they voted for.
DO IT!!! PROVIDED you are a conservative village. We have enough looney liberals or socialists already!
Can they sell their town to the US?
We could site an embassy there.
Make them all employees.
What they need to do is get some bulldozers and flatten those barracks in the dead of night. Burn what’s left. Render them uninhabitable.
LOL. I just asked AI about buying the UK. Here’s the answer...
“To hypothetically buy the United Kingdom, the United States would need between $17 trillion and $20 trillion to purchase the country’s collective net worth and total asset base.Because countries are not corporations with a single share price, calculating a “buyout” price requires analyzing the UK’s balance sheets and the cost of acquiring its entire physical and economic footprint.”
Oh, I bet we could get it at a much better price.
Who needs Greenland.
Two words: unincorporated territory.
One more thing...
Looks like we wouldn’t save much just buying England. Only about 15%.
Wales and Scotland, we’d buy one get you two for free.
Burn down the barracks for starters.
The American Declaration of Independence carried no weight under British law either.
and Northern Ireland...
Symbolism over substance as Rush would say.
July, 2026:
The Irish are now burning down migrant centers that are under construction!
"Multiple arson attacks and fires have targeted properties linked to asylum seekers and refugees in Ireland since 2023... there has been a significant escalation in suspected arson incidents against both occupied and proposed accommodation sites."
What they need to do is burn down their own traitorous government.
A ‘symbolic referendum’, iow, a nothingburger worthy of being ignored as it it never happened.
Who in politics and government worry about things that have no effect?
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