I'm one of the 48% of people who voted to remain in the EU in the Brexit vote and one of more than the 48% of voters now who feel totally disillusioned and constantly lied to by the Conservative Party, UKIP and even to an extent the Labour Party who really, really need to get their act together on what is going to happen in March 2019 when we actually, finally leave the European Union.
Or do they ?
What if there was an alternative ?
This week the Renew Party launched and is trying to get to around 300 parliamentary candidates in any future general election specifically to allow a new approach to politics and Brexit. Presumably they are looking to undertake a Macron style coup of the political process and overturn some of the more demagogue-esque hard Brexit nonsense that very few sane people seem to support but which now seems to be the stated policy goal of the Tories. This of course despite every economic report stating the effects will be negative. Don't even get me started on how we can hard borders with European countries, unless they happen to have an Irish accent.
I wish them well and will be supporting them (assuming they turn out to be saner than the last new political movement/offshoot to achieve notoriety). Any party that actually tried to represent that 48% of remain voters in some way, as opposed to not at all is at least worth a cursory glance at ?
Here's their website : https://renewbritain.org
Check them out, have a read, maybe volunteer or donate and lets see if we can at least make the debate around Brexit a bit less one sided !
Monday, 19 February 2018
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