People's Vote Petition
Here's a link to the People's Vote petition which I signed the other day - its message is quite simple:
WE, THE PEOPLE
We, the undersigned, demand a People’s Vote on the Brexit deal.
https://www.peoples-vote.uk/petition?recruiter_id=1734126
From 'Oh Jeremy' to 'Where's Jeremy?' (24/06/18)
Jeremy Corbyn shares his priorities with the voting public while continuing to ignore the views of the vast majority of Labour Party members.
People's Vote On Brexit (23/06/18)
A Brexit supporter took to Twitter the other day to reassure fellow citizens that Airbus pulling its investments out of the UK would have absolutely no effect because she always flies from Stansted.
Meanwhile Nigel Farage also took to the airwaves to announce that:
"Brexit done badly will leave us in a worse position"
Whereas in June 2016 the UKIP leader's assessment was very different:
"The worst case scenario is better than where we are."
Who knows, maybe one day soon Jeremy Corbyn and the Labour leadership will stop supporting the Government and start opposing this madness.
People's Vote on Brexit (22/06/18)
Both Labour and the Tories are guilty of talking up a 'Brexit dividend' even though independent commentators agree that the UK economy will suffer as a consequence of leaving the EU.
Meanwhile The Times reports on what's happening in the real world with thousands of jobs at risk as Airbus prepares to pull its investment out of the UK.
Another good reason for a people's vote on the final terms of Brexit, if you ask me.
https://www.thetimes.co.uk/edition/news/airbus-prepares-to-move-business-from-britain-over-brexit-fears-f6jnc7x2j
Airbus prepares to move business from Britain over Brexit fears
● Aerospace giant on brink of abandoning British investment
● Tens of thousands of manufacturing roles at risk over Brexit updated
By Francis Elliott - The Times
By Francis Elliott - The Times
An Airbus A380 Airplane lands at Heathrow. The company employs 14,000 people in Britain, whose jobs are among those at risk - ALAMY
The European aerospace company Airbus is set to become the first big manufacturer to pull investment from Britain after losing patience with Theresa May’s stalled Brexit negotiations.
Airbus, which generates £1.7 billion in tax revenues, is preparing to abandon plans to build aircraft wings at its British plants and move production to China, the US or elsewhere in Europe. It is making a series of investment decisions this summer because of worries that EU safety certifications will not apply from March next year and uncertainty over customs checks.
“In the absence of any clarity, we have to assume the worst-case scenario,” Tom Williams, the chief operating officer of Airbus, told The Times. “It is the dawning realisation that we now have to get on with it.”
The company, which directly employs 14,000 people and supports a further 110,000 jobs in its supply chain in the UK, has started stockpiling components in the event of a hard Brexit. It would “reconsider its footprint in the country, its investments in the UK and its dependency on the UK” if Britain crashed out of the EU without a deal, according to an internal risk assessment. The move puts tens of thousands of jobs at risk. “This extremely negative outcome for Airbus would be catastrophic,” it states.
In the most significant intervention on Brexit by a large company since the referendum two years ago, Airbus, which has factories in north Wales, Stevenage, Portsmouth and Bristol, reveals the warnings it delivered privately to the prime minister three weeks ago.
The European aerospace company Airbus is set to become the first big manufacturer to pull investment from Britain after losing patience with Theresa May’s stalled Brexit negotiations.
Airbus, which generates £1.7 billion in tax revenues, is preparing to abandon plans to build aircraft wings at its British plants and move production to China, the US or elsewhere in Europe. It is making a series of investment decisions this summer because of worries that EU safety certifications will not apply from March next year and uncertainty over customs checks.
“In the absence of any clarity, we have to assume the worst-case scenario,” Tom Williams, the chief operating officer of Airbus, told The Times. “It is the dawning realisation that we now have to get on with it.”
The company, which directly employs 14,000 people and supports a further 110,000 jobs in its supply chain in the UK, has started stockpiling components in the event of a hard Brexit. It would “reconsider its footprint in the country, its investments in the UK and its dependency on the UK” if Britain crashed out of the EU without a deal, according to an internal risk assessment. The move puts tens of thousands of jobs at risk. “This extremely negative outcome for Airbus would be catastrophic,” it states.
In the most significant intervention on Brexit by a large company since the referendum two years ago, Airbus, which has factories in north Wales, Stevenage, Portsmouth and Bristol, reveals the warnings it delivered privately to the prime minister three weeks ago.
People's Vote on Brexit! (17/06/18)
Politics Home reports that Stephen Pound MP, a member of Labour's frontbencher team at Westminster has joined the calls for a 'People's Vote' on the final terms of Brexit.
Good for him - I wonder if he'll now be sacked by Jeremy Corbyn for standing up and speaking out in support of what the vast majority of Labour Party members believe?
Here's a link to Peoples Vote UK and below that is another link to Politics Home where you can watch a video and listen to what Stephen Pound has to say.
https://www.peoples-vote.uk
https://www.politicshome.com/news/europe/eu-policy-agenda/brexit/news/96045/watch-blow-jeremy-corbyn-labour-shadow-minister-backs?
WATCH Blow for Jeremy Corbyn as Labour shadow minister backs fresh EU referendum
By Kevin Schofield - Politics Home
A senior member of Labour's frontbench has defied Jeremy Corbyn to back a second EU referendum.
A senior member of Labour's frontbench has defied Jeremy Corbyn to back a second EU referendum.
Protesters unveiled a 'Stop Backing Brexit' banner as Jeremy Corbyn spoke at the Labour Live festival - Credit: PA Images
Shadow Northern Ireland minister Stephen Pound said a "people's vote" should be held on the deal Theresa May eventually strikes with Brussels.
His comments put him at odds with official Labour policy, which is not to support another referendum.
Mr Pound said: "This decision is not something we can just forget about a week later. This is a decision that is going to affect my grandchildren, their children and every single generation of this country - it is so, so serious that we have to have a cold evaluation.
"This shouldn't be about ludicrous slogans on the side of a bus. This should be about the future of the European ideal - for us and for all future generations. Support a people's vote."
Mr Pound is the most senior member of Mr Corbyn's top team to break ranks with the leadership on Brexit policy.
Last month shadow ministerial aides Anna McMorrin and Tonia Antoniazzi both backed a cross-party call for another referendum.
Both of them were among six Labour frontbenchers to resign last week so they could break the Labour whip and back British membership of the European Economic Area.
Meanwhile, protesters unfurled a banner proclaiming 'Stop Backing Brexit' as Mr Corbyn addressed the Labour Live festival on north London on Saturday afternoon.
A spokesperson for the People's Vote campaign, which is calling for another referendum, backed Mr Pound's comments.
He said: "More and more Labour members, MPs and shadow ministers are demanding a people's vote on the final Brexit deal.
"Jeremy Corbyn should listen to the young people at Labour Live who called on him to stop backing the Government's Brexit and instead call for a people's vote."
Labour has been contacted for comment.
Shadow Northern Ireland minister Stephen Pound said a "people's vote" should be held on the deal Theresa May eventually strikes with Brussels.
His comments put him at odds with official Labour policy, which is not to support another referendum.
Mr Pound said: "This decision is not something we can just forget about a week later. This is a decision that is going to affect my grandchildren, their children and every single generation of this country - it is so, so serious that we have to have a cold evaluation.
"This shouldn't be about ludicrous slogans on the side of a bus. This should be about the future of the European ideal - for us and for all future generations. Support a people's vote."
Mr Pound is the most senior member of Mr Corbyn's top team to break ranks with the leadership on Brexit policy.
Last month shadow ministerial aides Anna McMorrin and Tonia Antoniazzi both backed a cross-party call for another referendum.
Both of them were among six Labour frontbenchers to resign last week so they could break the Labour whip and back British membership of the European Economic Area.
Meanwhile, protesters unfurled a banner proclaiming 'Stop Backing Brexit' as Mr Corbyn addressed the Labour Live festival on north London on Saturday afternoon.
A spokesperson for the People's Vote campaign, which is calling for another referendum, backed Mr Pound's comments.
He said: "More and more Labour members, MPs and shadow ministers are demanding a people's vote on the final Brexit deal.
"Jeremy Corbyn should listen to the young people at Labour Live who called on him to stop backing the Government's Brexit and instead call for a people's vote."
Labour has been contacted for comment.
Message for Corbyn - STOP BACKING BREXIT! (17/06/18)
A group of enterprising young Labour supporters had a message for Jeremy Corbyn at yesterday's 'Labour Live' event in London - STOP BACKING BREXIT!
For having the temerity to speak out and echo the views the vast majority of Labour Party members the young protesters were asked to leave the event even though they must had paid for their tickets to be there in the first place.
Whatever happened to peaceful and good natured protest inside the Labour Party?
Maybe it's gone the same way as Labour Party democracy over Brexit because the vast majority of members support staying in the Single Market and the Customs Union - as well as having a popular vote on the final terms of any proposed Brexit deal.
