Sign our Epetition

Cameron talks of repatriating powers from the EU.  Anyone who knows much about the EU knows that this is out of the question for EU leaders – it would mean abandoning their whole central principle of “ever-closer union”.  To expose this, we have put a petition onto the Government’s epetitions website. Please sign it, and ask others to do so.  If we can get enough signatures, we can have a House of Commons debate.  You can vote by clicking http://epetitions.direct.gov.uk/petitions/22274.   If the Government does try to renegotiate, its failure will make it easier for us to win an in/out referendum, which most of us want.

Can You Help our Campaign?

The branch has campaigned actively against the EU for nine years. We have built up a list of over 7,500 registered supporters, mainly by street stalls where passers-by register their support, and by distributing thousands of leaflets. If you'd like to help our campaign please contact us.

Most of our helpers simply deliver leaflets in their own local area. When a new leaflet comes out, we call you and ask if you can help this time. You deliver in your own time, when it suits you.

Writing to the papers is always helpful in getting our message across. Local papers are easier to get into than national ones, and the letters do get widely read. If you co-ordinate your letters with other helpers you can often get a dialogue going.

Spread the word.

• Tell your family and friends how much the EU already controls us, and that we can and must leave.

• Tell them about the campaigns we support, and ask them to help.

Campaigns we Support

We are giving our full support to three new campaigns:

The People's Pledge

A campaign demanding an “in or out” referendum on Britain’s European Union membership attracted more than 20,000 supporters on 15 March - its very first day.

Voters signed up in droves for the cross-party People’s Pledge initiative, which aims to name and shame the MPs who are not prepared to back a referendum on whether Britain should quit the EU. The campaign will particularly target MPs in marginal seats. Sign up on www.peoplespledge.org/

 

The Daily Express Crusade

The Express is the first national newspaper to call for Britain to leave the EU. Details of the main Express campaign are on www.express.co.uk/web/europecrusade where you can sign up to support the campaign. Our news page will carry articles from time to time on the progress of the Express Europe crusade.

On 8 January the Express published a 24 page supplement on why the UK should leave the EU. You can read it on http://images.dailyexpress.co.uk/pdfs/GetBritainOutoftheEU.pdf

The campaign scored a success in February when Editor Peter Hill led a march on Downing Street to hand over sacks of petition coupons signed by 373,000 readers. Thanks for your support. The campaign continues.

 

Hugh's Fish Fight

Since January, Hugh Fearnley-Whittingstall has been carrying out a very effective campaign to ban discards - the requirement of the EU's Common Fisheries Policy that fish in excess of a fisherman's quota must be thrown back dead into the sea. This comprises well over half of each catch. His publicity stunts have included giving away discardes fish free, walking around Parliament attached to a huge balloon and placing half a trawler in front of the European Parliament showing film of discards and an indicator of how many people have signed up to support his campaign. He has made at least two TV programmes, drumming up support.

He has suceeded in persuading the EU's Fisheries Commissioner to draw up proposals for a new fisheries policy, including a ban on discards. This is probably the first time the EU has ever listened to the public. The European Parliament will vote on the proposals, se we need to keep up the pressure. Please sign up on www.fishfight.net/the-campaign/

 

How to Contact us

Please contact us if you would like further information, can help our campaigns against the European Union, or would like to comment on any of the points we have made, or any of our News of the European Union.

Email Us

Note : If you would like to help our campaigns, please supply your name, telephone number and email address, so that we can contact you easily. If you live outside of our area, we will pass your details to DMHQ, with your approval

 

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