Piddington residents delighted to leave UK, less delighted by new border controls at end of village | NewsThump
SATIRE44 days ago|Discuss (0)|Politics
Article written by Rich Smith
A tiny Oxfordshire village votes for independence and is absolutely gobsmacked to discover that leaving a country means you are, in fact, outside that country. The residents' baffled fury at passport queues, razor wire, and being classified as economic migrants is a pitch-perfect miniature Brexit in a postcode.
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Piddington has already applied for EU membership, a Norwegian-style arrangement, and a seat on the UN Security Council, all before anyone's remembered to put up a village sign.
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