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March and rally to remain in the EU

THE EUROPEAN MOVEMENT in SCOTLAND

EDINBURGH 4 EUROPE

MARCH TO REMAIN IN THE EU

A Tory Prime Minister, with no UK-wide mandate, is planning to take us all out of the European Union, without a deal, threatening our jobs, services and citizens’ rights, on 31October. Scotland voted 62% for Remain in the 2016 referendum, yet our views continue to be ignored.

Crashing out of the EU with no deal is the worst possible outcome – it could wipe £11billion off Scotland’s economy in under a year and lead to job losses of 10-25%. Jobs in the agricultural and manufacturing sectors are most at risk. Millions of EU citizens could lose their rights overnight. There will be shortages of essential drugs and food.

We will also lose sovereignty by becoming subservient to Donald Trump and without real protection from an ineffective World Trade Organisation.

We did not vote for this. The Edinburgh4Europe March and Rally on 21 September, could be our last our chance to show Boris Johnson the strength of feeling in Scotland against him and his chaotic no deal Brexit.

We demand that MPs revoke Article 50 to prevent a no deal Brexit. We must remain in the EU to preserve peace in Europe and to ensure shared action to prevent climate change.

21 September is the United Nations International Day of Peace: https://internationaldayofpeace.org/

Gather in West Parliament Square, outside St Giles Cathedral, at 2pm and march to Holyrood, where we will hear passionate speakers, including:

Joanna Cherry QC MP, SNP

Lord John Kerr, author of Art. 50

Lorna Slater, Co-Leader, Scottish Greens

Ian Murray MP, Labour

Alex Cole-Hamilton MSP, Scottish Lib Dems

Professor Tanja Bueltmann

Madeleina Kay, EU Supergirl

Cathy Wigley, Women4EU

More speakers to be added as they are confirmed …

Bring your placards and banners!

Event organised by Edinburgh for Europe, affiliated to the European Movement in Scotland. Contact ed.activists@euromovescotland.org.uk for more info or to join the Brexit resistance.

 

 

STOP THE COUP: Thousands of protesters expected to hit the streets today

  • Hundreds of thousands expected to protest in dozens of locations this Saturday
  • MPs pledge to occupy parliament as constitutional crisis intensifies
  • Mass civil disobedience and disruption on the cards
  • Over a hundred trade unionists call for strike action

Hundreds of thousands of people are expected to take part in protests this Saturday against the Boris Johnson’s move to suspend parliament and ram through his Brexit agenda. Continue reading STOP THE COUP: Thousands of protesters expected to hit the streets today

‘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

HAIR: Love and Peace comes to Edinburgh

Welcome to the ‘Age of Aquarius’. It’s 1967 and HAIR’s hippie ‘tribe’ youngsters in the East Village of New York are yearning to change the world, questioning authority and the American flag. Wild, colourful, sexually liberated and free, they are united in protest and song, under the shadow of the Vietnam War. Continue reading HAIR: Love and Peace comes to Edinburgh

Silent Slaughter: Community groups and Trade Unions urge council cuts rethink

Capital Coalition poised to slash city services by more than £34 million 

Campaigners from North Edinburgh Save Our Services and representatives from Edinburgh Tenants Federation will appeal to city councillors to draw back from making swingeing cuts to council services across the city when they speak at  deputations to the City Council’s Budget meeting on Thursday. Continue reading Silent Slaughter: Community groups and Trade Unions urge council cuts rethink