Why are men in balaclavas descending on an Oxfordshire village?
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What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
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Piddington, tiny village. The government has announced a planned asylum centre. You've
got an elected MP, Sarah Pochin, essentially saying, come on, patriot platform, Piddington is waiting for you.
Tomo, the man who got his supporters... To mask up and take to the streets of Portsmouth, he thinks that they could probably amass between 5,000 and 10,000 people. The idea
that the good people of Piddington are going to be served by having people like that turn up on their doorstep. They are now the victims and find themselves the meat in the sandwich of a culture war.
What is the Piddington village referendum and why are residents protesting?
for a prime example piddleton pinnington where the migrants are about to go in where they're putting 1250 into how powerful would it be if 5 000 men when they know the mo because we've proven who we are what how our conduct is that we surround that camp we take tents we sit there for for days and we don't let them get in
That is Danny Tomo. Remember him? He's the one that organised the protest that brought a halt to Dover. He's the one who led the protests in Portsmouth with all those men in balaclavas. And now he's suggesting 5,000 of his supporters descend on Piddington.
Yeah, that village of 350 people was worried about a migrant centre on its doorstep. Now it sounds like they've got a whole new headache. Welcome to the News Agents.
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It's John. It's Maitlis. Let's just give you the context for what is going on in this tiny village of Piddington today where they are holding a referendum because the villagers there are in Oxfordshire. It's a sort of, you know, small, quite affluent part of the world. And they are basically up in arms because the government has announced a planned asylum centre for where they would be putting around 1,200 single men immigrants pretty much on their doorstep.
Who is Danny Tomo and how did his masked Patriot Platform protests start?
And the residents of this village have been saying for weeks, really, we're not racist, but we're not feeling safe. We're not feeling great about this. that's going to be a massive influx of people that we don't know. There's not going to be any women in that centre. It all feels a bit too much, a bit too close. And so now the solution has come in the double form, it seems, of Danny Tomo, he of Patriot Platform, and the Reform MP, Sarah Pochin, who is suggesting that, yes, his hard right anti-migrant protesters would be welcomed in Piddington because it's now going to be down to them and reform to sort this problem out. Who needs a referendum?
Yeah, it's so interesting, isn't it? Because, look, you know, what you've got there in Piddington is a disused MOD storage depot, MOD Bista. And... There's been such a hue and cry about asylum seekers being housed in hotels. And you'll remember the furore there was, particularly over kind of Epping Forest and the one, the people staying, I think it was at the Bell Hotel and the protesters there gathered. And indeed, there was an asylum seeker who was convicted and found guilty of sexual assault, which also kind of magnified this sense of...
How many supporters does Danny Tomo claim he can mobilise and what are his plans for Piddington?
They're all kind of criminals. We've got a lot to be frightened about. And it is understandable that if you've got, you know, twelve hundred and fifty six asylum seekers, all men on the doorstep of this sleepy little village, that people will feel concerned about it. And so what I find surprising is that you've got an elected MP, Sarah Pochin, essentially saying, come on, guys, the hard right, come on, Patriot Platform, Piddington is waiting for you. Bring your 5,000 guys down here. And you think, you know what, maybe we should leave it to the police and the forces of law and order in this country to retain order in this
country. Yeah. I mean, I mentioned the referendum and we should explain that this is largely symbolic. It's
not like Texas seceding from the rest of the United
States. It is its own version of Brexit with absolutely no effect because around 130 women in Piddington have written an open letter, in other words, a sort of published plea to female MPs saying they face a crisis. They don't want to find this asylum centre on their doorstep.
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Chapters
8 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:02–0:41
2
What is the Piddington village referendum and why are residents protesting?
0:41–2:20
3
Who is Danny Tomo and how did his masked Patriot Platform protests start?
2:20–3:46
4
How many supporters does Danny Tomo claim he can mobilise and what are his plans for Piddington?
3:46–5:32
5
What role does Reform MP Sarah Pochin play in welcoming the protesters?
5:32–7:45
6
Why are villagers uneasy about a 1,250‑person asylum centre on their doorstep?
7:45–8:06
7
How did Danny Tomo’s fundraising and legal actions against the Daily Mail unfold?
8:06–9:06
8
What does Donald Trump say about AI safety and why does he claim it’s not a threat?
9:06–37:43