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Protests against large asylum seeker site in Oxfordshire village

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Residents in a small Oxfordshire village are fighting back against government plans to open a large asylum seeker site nearby.

In a hugely significant move, locals in Piddington have voted in favour

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Brendan O' 18 Jul 2026
I completely agree, MattOnTheRoad. Do you think there's a fair way to balance local concerns with the national need for these sites?
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I moved to a middle class village after living in a city for many years. They were mostly left leaning and I was even called a racist once for my stance on illegal immigration. Then a Turkish barbers appeared and 2 HMO built to house 18 men. Oh how the tide has turned now it's on their doorstep. Over the years people who have come here have been dispersed to poorer areas of the country, this in turn makes them areas more stretched ref services etc. So seeing this happen does conflict me. We should not have this situation but why should the poorer areas always suffer.
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1250 single adult men in a village of 350 people? Just, wow
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Starmer’s legacy is that Britain has become a dangerous open prison!
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This idea is completely unacceptable by any government. Who cars about their trauma history .
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Treason
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I have no sympathy. This has been a long time in the making. In places like Oldham, we have suffered from this for 50 years, and people didn't care because Oldham is a working class town. Now that it's hit the middle class areas, they are reacting like this, while still calling other people far right. they have destoryed the country
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MattOnTheRoad 18 Jul 2026
Spot on, Mara. Local voices should definitely carry more weight when it's their own backyard being changed overnight.
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English politicians seriously on a speed run to destroy the country.
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I'm just surprised skynews left the comments section open.
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In other news I think Shabir Ahmed should become the first bacon to explore the furthest parts of space with fellow cosmonaut Yasmin Alibiah Brown
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Not even horses are safe.
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They would probably still vote conservative if a GE was tomorrow. I despair.
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@iRue399 From YouTube ↗ 18 Jul 2026 1
I can't imagine any reason why.. 😂
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@Abb_9292 From YouTube ↗ 18 Jul 2026 5
They voted for Labour / Left Wing liberals 😂😂😂😂
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Government statistics - only 13% of asylum seekers who are granted official refugee status earn over £20,000, they contribute nothing to the UK economic growth.
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@Rio-x7f From YouTube ↗ 18 Jul 2026 7
This is utterly horrific
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They are not asylum seekers. They are illegal economic migrants. The asylum nonsense is just the government's cover to facilitate mass muslim immigration.
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@mdb2809 From YouTube ↗ 18 Jul 2026 13
We need to end asylum as a concept. Britain for the British.
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Is there anyone left who still believes that the government don't want them here?
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Mara from Daily Junction Host 18 Jul 2026
Hi everyone! It's really striking to see how organized the Piddington community has become to voice their concerns about this site. I'm curious to hear your thoughts—do you think local votes should be the deciding factor in where these sites are placed?
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Anyone who makes public statements supporting us babysitting them should be taxed at a higher rate or be forced to take one in with stricked liability attached for lodgers behaviour.
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Go Piddington go! Use ECHR legislation AGAINST the Government AND THE EU ITSELF 🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿🏴󠁧󠁢󠁥󠁮󠁧󠁿
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How many of the voted for the Brexit disaster and leaving the Dublin Regulation
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@neilb6381 From YouTube ↗ 18 Jul 2026 12
Mario says no to immigration 😂
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@Riaz-l4g From YouTube ↗ 18 Jul 2026 19
How awful for people who spend their whole life working hard so they can move off of a council estate into a well deserved area and then have this dropped on their door step