Tens of thousands of people joined the People’s March for Europe on Saturday, many wearing "Remoaner Till I Die" t-shirts. This march followed last week's Action Day.
There were many speakers, including Conservatives and even ex-staff from the Brexit department.
"It's not undemocratic to try to persuade the electorate to think again about Brexit. That's democracy at work."
Mr Chapman, until very recently chief of staff to Mr Davis’s Brexit department, said his ex-boss was a man “without a plan A, let alone a plan B”.
Mr Chapman has also called Mr Davis a lazy three-day-week man. Banners were waved saying of Mr Davis: “Thick as mince, lazy as a toad.” - quoting the ex-head of the Vote Leave campaign, Mr Cummings.
Mr Chapman said, “We are heading to disaster,” he added. “We are heading to a cliff.
“Disgracefully, they [the Government] have refused to publish their own assessment of the impact of Brexit on over 50 sectors. They say it is because it would undermine negotiations.
An ‘autumn of discontent’ is planned, including a demonstration in Manchester on 1 October.
Does this make any difference? It certainly does to me and to others who voted to Remain. One comment from a demonstrator particularly resonated: “I want to be able to look my grandchildren in the eye and tell them, ‘I fought for your future’.”
What about national sentiment? Sunderland voted strongly to Leave in the referendum. A local paper recently published a poll which showed Sunderland would vote Remain now.
We the people may be disenfranchised, with the Brexiteer headbangers' dismissive cry of 'Remoaners', their refusal to allow democratic oversight of negotiations, their refusal to reveal anything about the real consequences, their refusal to allow a democratic vote on the final deal - but they too will pass. Europe will weather this and the British nation will too, and we will once more take up our place in our local Community.
No comments:
Post a Comment