Stronger togethor

“And humility in politics means accepting that one party doesn’t have all the answers; recognising that working in partnership is progress not treachery” Vince Cable Remember what is important – not the individual but the collective whole – individuals have their moment but come and go. For most of us, only the people that love […]

Graham Norton’s Eurovision best bits

Well done Netta “Taking to the stage Netta performed the song for a final time, in spectacular fashion and representing everything we love about Eurovision: diversity, inclusion, fun, and utter, utter madness. Little sad what happened during the UK entry – Suri must have been really frightened. Thou thought she looked more annoyed than frightened. […]

Finally

The former chief of staff to Brexit Secretary David Davis has called Britain’s efforts to leave the EU a “catastrophe” and called on “sensible MPs” to admit it .. more

Liberal Democrats – Proposing a Second Referendum

Dont like Party Political Broadcasts normally – but think this one is quite good Maybe we’re beginning to wake up from a bad dream

Please think again and keep us in Europe

There isnt much more to say – that hasnt been said. Loosing our right to live and work within Europe where we choose – is a huge loss and is not a solution to whatever is happening elsewhere in the World Please give the next Generations – freedom – to work, travel, explore and connect […]

European Parliament considers plan to let individual Brits opt-in to keep their EU citizenship – Amendment 882

“The European Parliament is to consider a plan that would allow British citizens to opt-in and keep their European Union citizenship – and its associated benefits – once the UK leaves the EU. The proposal, which has been put before a parliamentary committee as an amendment, would grant the citizens of former member states the […]

Parliament debated “EU Referendum Rules triggering a 2nd EU Referendum”

05 September 2016 Transcript of the debate: https://hansard.parliament.uk/commons/2016-09-05/debates/1609058000001/EUReferendumRules The petition: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215 Please allow the Politicians to vote on whether they think Great Britain should exit the EU

The Question is..

Why wouldnt the UK Government trigger Article 50 – without – a Vote in the Commons

Governments response to Second EU Referendum

Please read here: https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215?reveal_response=yes Underneath Government Response, the header – The Petitions Commitee defers decision on this Petition: “The Committee has decided to defer its decision on this petition until the Government Digital Service has done all it can to verify the signatures on the petition. We have already had to remove 77,000 fraudulent signatures. […]

Petition to call for a Second EU Referendum

Please Sign this Petition if you are a UK resident and would like to call for a second EU Referendum and please pass on to friends and family Northern Ireland and Scotland – please vote too, if you agree with the Petition https://petition.parliament.uk/petitions/131215

Call for Second Referendum on EU

(sorry – wrote this when feeling upset, find difficult to delete or alter as still believe lot of it although think understand why ~51% voted the way they did however much wish they hadn’t and believe in democracy) As the Vote Leave – Brexit Party – have now admitted, ‘some’ of their claims to get […]

Joe and Jake – You’re not Alone (United Kingdom) 2016

This is Joe and Jake – Europe please vote for them

UNHCR: The UN Refugee Agency – figures

Below is a link to an article from UNHCR including figures comparing 2013 and 2014. Interestingly the figures quoted are for applications for refuge, not figures for refuge offered. Asylum trends for 2014 “In the 1990s, the Balkan wars created hundreds of thousands of refugees and asylum-seekers. Many of them found refuge in industrialized countries. […]

There are no winners

Just thinking about what is happening in Calais and feel for the many people who are caught up in it – the people and their children themselves who are fleeing from countrys at war and their familys back home – hoping for them to have an opportunity somewhere safer but reallising the risks of what […]

EU

know nothing (and dont want to know) about politics …but seems a crazy thing to want to encourage UK to pull out of EU althou we are an island we don’t have to be like one apart from the benefits for trade and business and looking for jobs and homes outside of our little bit […]