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Tiny village votes for 'independence' from UK amid asylum seeker row

22 points · 41 comments · Danhale93

  1. rapsey · · focus · HN ↗
    Much like the residents of Martha's Vinyard, I am sure all have been very progressive, until it was time to have migrants in their back yards.
    1. hagbard_c · · focus · HN ↗
      This was voted down but it is to the point, NIMBYism is more the rule than the exception when it comes to this subject.
      1. pjc50 · · focus · HN ↗
        This is more likely going to be a situation where they were always xenophobic.

        There's a rather uncomfortable interview with a local resident (of many years) who is Australian with a Jamaican husband, saying "well great now I know all my neighbours hate foreigners".

        1. account42 · · focus · HN ↗
          It's not xenophobia to not want foreigners to outnumber you 4 to 1 in your hometown.
          1. pjc50 · · focus · HN ↗
            Not so much &quot;in&quot; as &quot;next to&quot;; <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;ERuytwVias2Lmfof9" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;maps.app.goo.gl&#x2F;ERuytwVias2Lmfof9 - it&#x27;s the area above and to the right of the prison, HMP Bullington.
        2. philipallstar · · focus · HN ↗
          Thinking that not liking over 1000 men moving in next to a small village is purely &quot;hatred of foreigners&quot; is mind-blowingly race-brained.
        3. hn_throw2025 · · focus · HN ↗
          …so xenophobic that they voted for both a Liberal Democrat MP and Mayor?
        4. [deleted] · · focus · HN ↗

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        5. happytoexplain · · focus · HN ↗
          This isn&#x27;t a good example of xenophobia, assuming you are using the word for its colloquial implications (I.e. simple race-adjacent hatred, and not just the fear of a large group of new strangers of a culture or circumstance that is alien to your community).
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