The Labour leader has been criticised for failing to stop the boats.
Andy Burnham has been slammed on TalkTV (Image: Getty)
Andy Burnham has been accused of wanting to “spread misery” throughout the UK as he came under fire for failing to control the illegal migration crisis in the country. Former Conservative Party politician Nigel Evans joined Jeremy Kyle on TalkTV after it was announced that 350 people from a village in Oxfordshire voted in favour of leaving the UK in protest at Labour plans to house over 1,250 male asylum seekers at a nearby military base.
The presenter said he believes the result demonstrates that millions of people from diverse demographics and backgrounds across the country are “fed up to the back teeth” with illegal migration. Evans suggested that the views expressed by residents of Piddington were representative of villages across the country, adding that he had “no doubt” everyone in his own village would have voted to secede from the UK if faced with the same issue.
Evans continued: “It’s a resounding victory for those who are saying to the prime minister, ‘We know that he can run a half marathon, but he can’t run the country.’ That’s the problem.
“They’ve allowed so many migrants to illegally enter the United Kingdom that instead of stopping the boats, he just wants to spread the misery around the United Kingdom.
“Eventually we hit a tipping point and Pittington have just hit that tipping point. 92 per cent are saying we’ve had enough and the country has had enough.”
He went on: “The United Kingdom has had enough and we’ve sat back, watched the government not taking action to stop the boats.
“Don’t spread the misery,” Evans demanded. “Just stop the boats. That is the solution to this issue. Pittington has spoken for Britain today and it’s about time that the prime minister listened.”
Susannah Parden, vice chair of Piddington Parish council and returning officer of the vote, said that 312 votes were counted, with 285 people voting in favour of seceding from the UK.
Tim McNally, chair of the Parish council, spoke before residents after Parden’s announcement, saying: “Yesterday was the anniversary of the Battle of Britain, and for us it was the battle for Britain.
“We’ve been identified as ground zero for a whole number of issues.” He said the vote is “an example of democracy in operation”.
“This is an example of a mandate of behaviour. What we have done, I didn’t realise what I was opening up and getting involved in, I just thought we were going to be opposing a plan, a plan that would have an impact on our village.
“That could turn our village upside down, in a way not quite envisaged before.”
He said in voting to secede, the village had given an “absolute message, not just to the region, not just to the country, but to the world”.
However, the vote has no legal basis, and Piddington will continue to be part of the UK officially.