A plan to house 1,250 asylum seekers on the outskirts of Piddington prompted a symbolic independence vote, highlighting a growing dilemma for the government.
Local residents unveiled a “Principality of Piddington” sign in the village of Piddington, Oxfordshire, England, after they voted to become independent in a symbolic “referendum.”
Counterterrorism police said the men were found inside the perimeter of R.A.F. Molesworth, a base used by the United States, raising concerns about security.
Attendees at the party’s annual conference have been buoyed: both by leader Kemi Badenoch’s rising poll ratings and by a mock Bayeux Tapestry. But the challenge from Reform U.K. remains.
A 22-year-old from London was the seventh person to be arrested by the counterterrorism police investigating an incident at R.A.F. Fairford last month.
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