The man who declared his backyard an independent nation in 1974
In short: In a defiant act of civil disobedience, former fighter pilot Victor Craven-Hodgson attempted to secede from England. This archival clip captures the moment he established his own sovereign territory as a protest against government overreach.
Victor Craven-Hodgson founded the Haws Sovereign Independent Territories on a small patch of land in Millom, Cumbria. His radical stance was fueled by a deep dislike for local and central government; notably, he once submitted an income tax payment written on toilet paper to protest the system.
The video explores his plan to pay only for specific services like bin collections while declaring his territory independent with its own flag. It also examines the legal uncertainty of what would happen if the British government attempted to reclaim the land.
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