Signs are displayed in a field following a symbolic vote for independence from the U.K. in Piddington on Sept. 16, 2026.Carl Court/Getty Images

Rebellion in a tiny English village reveals Burnham’s peril on migration – POLITICO

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PIDDINGTON, England — Few would suspect this sedate village north of Oxford, population 350, is on the front line of Britain’s immigration battles.

But the signs marking entry into the newly-established “principality” — fresh from a headline-grabbing vote to symbolically secede from the U.K. — tell a different story.

A father and son visiting from the island of Jersey posed for pictures and brandished their passports as they crossed a white picket fence. They joked that they were immigrating here.