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Some Parts of the United Kingdom Want to Break Up
UNITED KINGDOM
The English village of Piddington in Oxfordshire – home to 358 people – has no stores, post office or even a pub. So when the British government recently announced a plan to house more than 1,000 adult male migrants at a former military base nearby, many villagers were outraged, fearing they would be overwhelmed.
They decided to leave the United Kingdom.
“[It] could turn our village upside down,” said Tim McNally, chair of the Piddington parish council, referring to the housing plan which inspired a recent symbolic referendum to secede from the UK that passed, 285-26.
“[It was] an example of democracy in operation,” he added, referring to the referendum.
The little village, which is now occupying itself with creating a national flag, a national animal and a national sport, was only the latest entity to threaten the unity of the United Kingdom…
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