Year: 2018

On Friday 30 November representatives from Warwick District 4 Europe met with Jeremy Wright, MP for Kenilworth and Southam, to ask him to join us in supporting the calls for a People’s Vote.  Ahead of the meeting, we held street stalls in Kenilworth and Southam, talking to his constituents about their views on Brexit and asking them to write a postcard to their MP telling him they were in favour of a People’s Vote. In just 2 hours in Kenilworth on 17 November we collected over 100 postcards and our…

250 local supporters travelled to be part of the March for a People’s Vote in London on Saturday 20 October. They left from Leamington, Kenilworth, Warwick and Stratford to join an estimated 700,000 people who marched to demand a People’s Vote on the Brexit deal. Alison Eason, one of the organisers, said, “Originally we only booked two coaches but more and more people kept buying tickets, so we had to increase it to five. Even then tickets sold out and many local supporters made their way to London independently. We…

On Saturday 25th August Warwick District 4 Europe took part in the European Movement’s latest National Day of Action. In the morning a team of 18 of our volunteers held a street stall in Kenilworth, where they collected nearly a hundred signatures for the People’s Vote petition and a pile of postcards to send to local MPs. 87% of the people we spoke to said they were in favour of the People having a final say on the Brexit deal and many of them signed up to join our mailing…

As part of the National Day of Action on Saturday 21st July, pro-European groups held events in towns all over the country. Fifteen members of Warwick District 4 Europe had a street stall in Warwick town centre, where we gathered lots of  new signatures for the People’s Vote petition and raised awareness of the campaign. We had many conversations with members of the public and, in line with every other street stall we have held, over 80% of the people we spoke to were in favour of a People’s Vote…

Over a hundred members of Warwick District 4 Europe travelled to London on Saturday 23rd June for the biggest pro-European march ever as more 100,000 people from all over the country filled the streets around Parliament to demand a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal. Together with friends from Stratford 4 Europe, we filled three coaches with supporters to travel to the event, with many more making their own way there. Peter Corkill, the Chair of Warwick District 4 Europe, said: “It is clear from the massive numbers turning…

Members of Warwick District for Europe held a street stall in Kenilworth on Saturday 9th June 2018 and the results of the survey they carried out once again showed an overwhelming majority are in favour of a People’s Vote on the outcome of the Brexit negotiations. Members of the public were asked one simple question. “Do you want a People’s Vote on the final Brexit deal?”   195 votes were cast in total, with 85% (166 people) saying they were in favour of a People’s Vote and 15% (29 people) saying…