Independent
West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire will be sending her Have Your Say Battle Bus to
Lichfield marketplace on the 12th April 2012 from 10am – 3pm.
Nikki’s highly successful campaign has been featured across the national press
as she delivered 100,000 signatures to Downing Street on 8th
September 2011. The Campaign for a Referendum on our continued membership of
the European Union is carrying on collecting signatures across the region, as
well as giving out information and advice about MEP’s and European Matters.
Nikki wants
a referendum so everybody has a chance to register their say on whether we
should be a part of the European Union, and the West Midlands has contributed
over half of the 100,000 signature total.
Anyone under
the age of 54 has never had the chance to speak about this issue, which Nikki
believes is a breach of our democratic principles. The last time the UK held a
referendum on the Common Market, as it was known then, was in 1975 – and even
this was retrospective. Despite the fact that this campaign could leave Ms
Sinclaire without a job, Nikki is passionate that people be given a voice in
deciding whether it is right that:
·
The
UK contributes £48 million per day to the EU
·
75%
of UK laws are decided by the EU yet the UK only has 72 MEPs in the Parliament
out of a total of 736 MEPs
·
Each
day we buy £5 million more from EU countries than they buy from us.
Commenting
on her “Have Your Say” campaign, Nikki Sinclaire said, “European
Law is rarely conducive or indeed relevant to British industry or
infrastructure. The EU takes almost £50 million a day of our money for the
privilege of belonging - money better spent in this country, where we need it
most - on our hospitals, on our schools and in supporting our pensioners. When
will the political elite realise that Britain cannot afford to remain in this
Parliament?”
Like many
towns across the UK, Coventry faces mounting cuts to public services. Nikki
finds it a disgrace that even as the British public tightens its belt, the EU
approves budget rises and other measures which will impact on the British
pocket.
Nikki’s team
of advisers will be with her mobile surgery at Lichfield marketplace from 10am
– 3pm to collect signatures for the campaign, hand out literature and to give
out information and advice about Nikki and the European Union.
ENDS
Nikki’s team
of advisors will be in Lichfield from 10am – 3pm. Nikki Sinclaire is
unavailable to attend this event.
The team
will be heading to Rugby next Wednesday, details TBC
For further
information, pictures or interviews, please contact Nicole Carroll at the
Office of Nikki Sinclaire on 0121 359 5933 or 07974233902
