UK: Oxfordshire Village Votes in Favor of Independence Over Asylum Plan

Is this the final straw for local residents or the poisoning of a peaceful village?

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UK: Oxfordshire Village Votes in Favor of Independence Over Asylum Plan

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Above: Piddington, England, on Sept. 16. Image credit: Joe Giddens/PA Images/Getty Images

The Spin

Right narrative

Dumping 1,256 undocumented men next to a village of 350 people is an insult and a danger to locals. And yet, residents who fear for their daughters and grandchildren get smeared as far-right thugs for asking obvious questions of safety. If the government will not put the British people first, then communities will.

The Telegraph Liz Webster

Left narrative

Piddington was a peaceful place until agitators showed up to whip up fear and hand the village a reputation for overt racism it never earned. Stoking panic about asylum seekers merely poisons neighbors against each other and drags national hate campaigns into a tiny community.

Liz Webster Liz Webster