Author: Corné van Hoepen

If a small village in the Cotswolds holding a vote on leaving the UK wasn’t on your bingo card for 2026, then don’t worry, you’re not alone. Subscribe But this morning, at a very precise 7.05am, the result of Piddington village’s referendum was announced. At the heart of their fallout with the UK, that it’s still very much a part of, there’s a disused Ministry of Defence site on the outskirts of the small village, and the government plans to convert it to a housing facility for more than 1,200 asylum seekers. As one villager, Louise Brooker, tells me: “It’s…

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