Amelia Gentleman
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Sep 24, 2026
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Fighting with a ballot, that's our kind of war.
Ros AtkinsHOST
Well, to discuss how this local dispute became an international story, we were joined by Amelia Gentleman from The Guardian and Jamie Morris, a reporter with BBC South
Jamie MorrisCORRESPONDENT
SouthAt the start of this, I remember having a call with Tim McNally, who's the chair of Piddington Parish Council.
Jamie MorrisCORRESPONDENT
He certainly had a plan to get this as far and wide as possible.
Jamie MorrisCORRESPONDENT
And I actually spoke to one of the chairs of another parish council last week who was quite happy to allow the Piddington campaign to sort of highlight the issue.
Jamie MorrisCORRESPONDENT
So, you know, they've clearly done this in a way which, which has, um, you know, got it into the eyes of, of the media.
Ros AtkinsHOST
Well, Jamie, do stay with us, but I want to bring in Amelia Gentleman from The Guardian-
Amelia GentlemanGUEST
Hi
NiamhHOST
And then again, it's all about beauty standards that are, like, must look younger, must...
MichaelaHOST
so it feeds into all of that doesn't it really 100% and so I read a Guardian article by Amelia Gentleman which was about her and it was actually it's a really interesting read because Amelia Gentleman I think is in her 50s yeah I quite like her yeah and she was really like I wanted to come into this and not slag her off and be like this is gross and weird yeah
NiamhHOST
And, you
MichaelaHOST
know, she really does such a, she tries really hard to create like a balanced article out of it.
Jamie MorrisGUEST
So, you know, they've clearly done this in a way which, which has, um, you know, got it into the eyes of, of the media.
Ros AtkinsHOST
Well, Jamie, do stay with us, but I want to bring in Amelia Gentleman from The Guardian-
Amelia GentlemanGUEST
Hi
Ros AtkinsHOST
... uh, who is in the studio with us.
7 MINS LATER
Katie RazzallHOST
Very helpful.
Katie RazzallHOST
Thank you so much.
Katie RazzallHOST
Jamie Morris from BBC South, based in Oxfordshire, and Amelia Gentleman here in the studio, but from The Guardian.
Katie RazzallHOST
Thank you both.
Nate BetheaHOST
But there's an element of what I can only describe as like the twee carnival-esque in the way that it's been covered in British media, which paying attention to it following the story.
Nate BetheaHOST
But it's also caught the attention by happenstance and by deliberate action of various... fascist elements in the united kingdom as well as through x slash twitter online in general uh there's been an appearance by patriot platforms danny tomo and the guys in black masks they're the the also the like bottom ranked league fascists of the british security project also went out there basically like hey we're we want to defend the women and children of pittington against asylum seekers etc it's not subtle and for example talking about the deliberate action There was a recent Guardian article by Amelia Gentleman, and we're going to quote that here, where she mentions the leader of the parish council, Tim McNally, who led the independence movement, said that he was happy that the village had, quote, sent a message to the political jugular, unquote, adding that he was now talking to other village leaders elsewhere in Britain, sharing a blueprint with advice on how to object to unpopular decisions imposed by central government.
Nate BetheaHOST
In interviews earlier this week, he said he would consider renaming the village Trumpington if Donald Trump agreed to adopt the principality as the 51st U.S. state.
Nate BetheaHOST
Since June, he has been filming video appeals for support, speaking directly to the camera as he walks around the village on his AtPittingtonRoarsX account.