In briefSupporters called the declaration of independence a victory for people power and local democracy.Others said the campaign had a darker side and stirred up fear of newcomers. An English village of around 350 people announced overnight that a vast majority of residents had voted to exit the United Kingdom in an "independence referendum" in protest at plans to house over 1,200 migrants in a nearby facility.Piddington in central England, 25 kilometres from the university city of Oxford, has grabbed headlines with its tongue-in-cheek breakaway vote.The village's parish council announced that with 312 ballots counted, 285 had voted to secede...