Barnham Parish Council chairman John Bauer, who supported the move, said: “Residents voted decisively in favour of holding a referendum as a means to demonstrate the strength of feeling in the village at the government’s failure to consult anyone about a matter which will change the nature of the village.
“This democratic action stands in dramatic contrast to the high-handed approach the government is taking.”
GB News has previously reported how residents of the village were advised to get the attention of US President Donald Trump to help their cause.
Mr Bauer told The People’s Channel that nothing was being “ruled out”, including involving the President, and noted that nearby Thetford was the birthplace of US founding father Thomas Paine, who wrote the pro-independence pamphlet Common Sense.
