Cross Party Groups to Maintain Close Relationship to Europe
The latest trade figures do not look great for anywhere for anywhere in the UK, but we in Swindon should be particularly concerned. Exports to the EU from the UK are down dramatically (40% from December), and far from made up by the small increase in exports to other parts of the world (1.7% rise). …
With the furore over the EU’s handling of the vaccine rollout, and the bungling of Article-16 by the EU Commission, we thought we might try and balance the perspective by sending in some letters. A few got published! Please throw a few supportive comments our way, or some thumbs up to other supportive comments! Cheers! …
I attended the Grassroots for Europe webinar held on 27th January with both Will Hutton and Gina Miller, and I have to say, it was quite inspiring and has made me feel more confident about our future, and that the cause we are supporting is the right one. However, we need to be agile and …
A deeply misguided individual sent a letter into Swindon Advertiser comparing actions of Remains (who have always acted lawfully) with the actions of the seditious Trump supporters who violently attacked the US congress: https://www.swindonadvertiser.co.uk/news/18994115.letters-democracy-means-accepting-vote-result/?fbclid=IwAR1IspL4CSIxVDle__egLy9DdwkG9PzIAM4ohwdQZQlmZy8l0ztDoCJ-b4M Swindon for Europe have composed an official response (see below), however many of our members were also outraged and sent letters …
I read in a Guardian article (see link below) that the Govt have announced that we will not be sticking with Erasmus, an instead they will set up our own British scheme named after Alan Turing. Clearly, it would be great if they do set up a scheme to pay for British students to study …
Some good letters have been published in the Swindon Advertiser around the fact that Brexit was not responsible for the UK getting the vaccine deployed first (see the link below) Hope you enjoy them! Sam Swindon for Europe Vaccine not a Brexit issue Steve Halden appears to have made the same error as Matt Hancock, …
The excellent West Country Bylines has put out an article detailing the principles by which public servants should operate, and explains why our current government does not live us to them. Here is the opening: The Seven Principles of Public Life (also known as the Nolan Principles) apply to anyone who works as a public …
We had a our open letter to the MPs of Swindon and Wiltshire published in the advertise. Some very supportise comments too. Steve Rouse, from Swindon for Europe has also had a couple of interviews with the Adver and I’ll be sharing those as soon as they go out. See the letter, and the article …
We had a pretty exciting weekend with lots of street action. After the deluge of Friday night put paid to our efforts to do our customary Wood Street protest, we met on Saturday lunchtime in the town centre of Swindon, and to our amazement people were almost snatching the leaflets straight out of our hands! …
Some of our campaigners from Swindon for Europe went along to the “Stop the US Trade deal” protest held in London on Saturday 24th Sept 2020 (https://www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/2020/oct/24/stop-us-trade-deal-protests-take-place-around-uk), to protest against any attempt to accept lower quality food, medicines, or anything else via a US trade deal. This isn’t a case of being anti-American, but instead …
Whenever we can we’ve been out at Wood Street in Old Town (Swindon) to raise awareness of the disaster that could unfold for food in the UK post-brexit. After talking to people in the street, the responses we get on this mostly depend on how we frame the question. If we frame this “patriotically”, and …
Swindon for Europe’s street team have been hitting Wood Street again (in Old Town, Swindon), campaigning to raise awareness on the government’s lack of action around the report on Russian interference in the EU referendum, more generally in British politics. This isn’t just about Europe, it’s about what sort of democracy we want to live …
