Some of us attended the 2016 referendum count as observers. As news started to come in from elsewhere, with results worse than what we needed to win, word came from Head Office that we should fight for every vote. To focus on what we could do and keep watching the counters to make sure that… Continue reading Fight for every vote…
Come for the catharsis and to help stop Brexit…
Join us this Wednesday 9 October to spend time in a relaxing space where you can catch your breath amidst the news onslaught of the last few weeks, months and years and catch up with what’s going on here in Lewisham to try and stop Brexit. We’ve got a room upstairs in The Talbot, 2 Tyrwhitt Rd,… Continue reading Come for the catharsis and to help stop Brexit…
Notes from a meeting…
LiFE meeting with Vicky Foxcroft – 15/08/19 The latest meeting took place at Vicky Foxcroft’s surgery, with four representatives from LiFE. We started by outlining how public sentiment in the heavily Remain-supporting constituency seemed to have shifted over the past 3 years, and how this posed a problem for Labour: From laughing at us when… Continue reading Notes from a meeting…
The Will of The (Lewisham) People shifts again.
It was good weather for the Hilly Fields Midsummer Fayre, there were lots of people about, and our new Brexitomer was in high demand. “What should happen now?” was the question with the options: Cancel Brexit Have a general election Accept the negotiated deal Have a referendum on the deal Leave without a deal Ought… Continue reading The Will of The (Lewisham) People shifts again.
Cut to the chase manifestos
We wanted two line, cut to the chase manifestos, from parties that cover: What is your party’s desired end result for the UK? How does it propose getting there? The Greens What? We want to keep the best “deal” we can have, membership of the European Union. We celebrate freedom of movement and champion the… Continue reading Cut to the chase manifestos
We ask Vicky about what we can count on
The Labour Party manifesto for the European Parliament was very disappointing, and rather unclear. We’ve written to our MP, Vicky Foxcroft, to ask her where she stands. Dear Vicky, We are writing this open letter to you because, like many Remain supporters, we were very disappointed by the Labour party’s manifesto for the European Parliament… Continue reading We ask Vicky about what we can count on
We ask Vicky Foxcrof to support the call to Rescind Article 50
We’ve wrtitten again to Vicky Foxcroft, this time to ask her to take part in the Commons debate on Monday on the petition asking for Article 50 to be rescinded if (stet: the petition was started a while ago) Vote Leave broke the Law: Dear.Vicky, As you are probably aware, there will be a parliamentary… Continue reading We ask Vicky Foxcrof to support the call to Rescind Article 50
