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

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

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.

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