By GB News (World News) | Created at 2026-09-16 21:19:05 | Updated at 2026-09-16 21:53:59
39 minutes ago
Nigel Farage has praised the chairman of Piddington Parish Council after residents overwhelmingly backed a referendum calling for the village to leave the United Kingdom over plans to house thousands of asylum seekers nearby.
Speaking to Nigel on GB News, parish council chairman Tim McNally said the 92 per cent result sent a powerful message to the Government about the impact of its plans on local communities.
Amid fears 1,250 migrants would be housed at the nearby MoD Bicester, locals voted decisively to cut ties with the UK, with 285 out of 312 backing independence.
“This is a bit of a day for the people, and I’m not going to stop. I’ve just started,” Mr McNally declared.
The Piddington council chief said the referendum wording was deliberately designed to expose how Government policy could make local people feel increasingly disconnected from the country.
“I wanted to demonstrate something really poignant,” he said.
“That is what the Government does to its people to make them actually want to feel they don’t want to be part of the country.
“You’re actually talking about making significant transitions to a small little village to have to accommodate that sort of number of people.”
Piddington'S Parish Council chief has promised Nigel Farage ‘I’ve just started’ after bombshell referendum win
GB NEWS
Mr McNally said the result should warn ministers about how they treat communities.
“So we’ve got to send a message back to this Government as to how you treat people,” he said.
“And I’ve been saying, as you’ve probably been listening to my rhetoric, there are a lot of unhappy people here, and they’re reaching out to me, and they’re saying, ‘Tim, show us how it’s done.’”
Nigel also questioned whether the result had left local Liberal Democrats in an awkward position given the party’s support for welcoming migrants while opposing the use of small boats to cross the Channel.
Mr McNally said he was not a Liberal Democrat, but praised local MP Kellan Miller for stepping up to represent the community.
“He has actually stepped up and started to do what’s necessary,” the Piddington council chief said.
He claimed Mr Miller had served a legal notice on the Government over the proposed site and had been attempting to challenge the plans in Parliament.
Mr McNally also criticised how little time the MP had to question the Home Office about the proposals.
“He ended up having only 30 minutes. He was only given 30 minutes with the Home Office to ask questions about a site that’s going to run 50,000 men over ten years and cost £240 million to open up,” he said.
“I mean, what ridiculousness is this?”
