Brexit: Nil desperandum, Boris?

Prime Minister Boris Johnson has written to EU leaders requesting an extension after his latest plan was rejected by MPs yesterday. Parliament instead voted in favour of an amendment withholding approval of Mr Johnson’s Brexit deal until all the necessary legislation to completed. Continue reading Brexit: Nil desperandum, Boris?

Labour leader to address pro-People’s Vote event alongside student activists

Leader of the Scottish Labour Party Richard Leonard will speak on an explicitly pro-People’s Vote platform for the first time at Edinburgh University Student’s Association tomorrow (Monday 9th September). 

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‘Brexit is based on lies’: hundreds call for People’s Vote

Hundreds of people attended a People’s Vote Let Us Be Heard rally in The Meadows yesterday. Labour MPs Jess Phillips and Ian Murray, and SNP MP Joanna Cherry were joined by a stellar line-up of comedians from the Edinburgh Fringe Festival.

As well as the MPs, speakers included top comics Andrew Maxwell, Grace Campbell and Fred MacAulay as well as the renowned ‘Brexit Graffiti Granny’, Hazel Jones.  Continue reading ‘Brexit is based on lies’: hundreds call for People’s Vote

People’s Vote: Let Us Be Heard rally at The Meadows this afternoon

Labour MP Jess Phillips and SNP MP Joanna Cherry will join a stellar line-up of comedians at the Edinburgh Fringe Festival for a People’s Vote ‘Let Us Be Heard’ rally in Edinburgh today.

They will be joined by top comics Andrew Maxwell, Grace Campbell and Fred MacAulay as well as the renowned ‘Graffiti Granny’, Hazel Jones. Continue reading People’s Vote: Let Us Be Heard rally at The Meadows this afternoon

Pro-EU group calls for second referendum

The European Movement in Scotland has repeated it’s call for a second EU referendum.

David Clarke, Vice-Chair of leading pro-EU campaign group, the European Movement in Scotland, said: “The European Movement in Scotland (EMiS) welcomes the fact that Scotland has voted decisively in favour of pro-EU/Remain parties in the European Parliament elections. Continue reading Pro-EU group calls for second referendum