The Votes Are In

At a time when so few American voters take time to cast ballots in elections, the village of Piddington shows us how voter participation should be.

On September 15, Piddington experienced a 91.8 percent voter turnout overwhelmingly approving a referendum to secede from the United Kingdom, and declaring their village the “Principality of Piddington”. This paves the way for the leaders of Piddington to seek becoming part of the United States.

In a previous column published in August, the plight of Piddington was noted. A small village less than 50 miles from London, the British government decided to establish a place to house male immigrants a stone’s throw from Piddington in an old military barracks. Anyone who watches news from across the Atlantic know the escalating problems occurring in England due to mass inflow of immigrants and specifically Muslims. In light of this, one cannot blame the residents of Piddington.

Making the situation even worse, Piddington has no police department. They are dependent on the Thames Valley Police, a regional territorial police force covering over 2,200 square miles. For the residents of Piddington, that is a grave concern and understandably so especially knowing how Muslims are known to treat women and young girls.

Apparently, those in the British government saw no reason to include the residents of Piddington in their plans and apparently paid little attention to the potential negative impacts on Piddington. Worse, the government had expressed little sympathy for those concerns expressed by the residents of Piddington.

ON July 4 – during that uniquely American holiday probably deliberately chosen – Piddington residents approved holding the referendum declaring independence. The British government had time to address concerns but did not, much like the way the British treated the American colonies 250 years earlier. And like the colonies, the residents of Piddington decided enough was enough. While they did not take up arms against the British, they made use of the ballot box. If Dr. Mark Felton’s reporting on the condition of the British military is anywhere close to being accurate, the 358 residents of Piddington might stand a chance.

As has previously been reported, Piddington has been in contact with both the American Embassy and President Donald Trump seeking to become part of the United States.

To become part of the United States, Piddington will have to make some changes, such as adopting American collegiate football as a national pastime and replacing hot tea with Southern iced sweet tea. They’ll have to swap crumpets for waffles and marmite for syrup, and bubble and squeak for … well … who knows what that is. Most importantly, they’ll have to learn to drive on the correct side of the road.

HUMOR aside, the fact that over 90 percent of Piddington’s voters cast their ballots is incredible and should be envied in this country. The last Presidential Election drew 63.7 percent of registered voters to the polls – along with who knows how many unregistered voters.

Piddington voters had grown tired of the politicians in London not paying attention and American voters need to grow tired of career politicians in Washington who do not pay attention, who refuse to provide honest and secure elections, who care more about padding their pockets than arresting those stealing taxpayer dollars as has happened in Minnesota.

Midterm elections will be starting soon.

Only through voting can we make changes.

That’s my opinion.

Andy Kober can be reached at andykober@hotmail.com