Calls
for a Referendum on EU membership have been ringing loud and clear across the
UK, and MEP Nikki Sinclaire will bring her “Have Your Say” road show to Belfast for the first time on Monday 28th
May 2012.
Nikki’s
highly successful campaign has been featured across the national press as she
delivered 120,000 signatures to Downing Street and secured a debate in
Parliament on 24th October 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. Nikki is bringing her new petition
forms along to the event, so the members of the public have their chance to
have their names added to the new petition form. The new petition form aims to
become a bill in Parliament.
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 the UK cannot afford to remain in this
Parliament?”
Following over a year of successful
campaigning, Ms Sinclaire will be making her first trip to Belfast with the
Campaign after strong calls from supporters to visit the City. Nikki believes
that it is essential that all parts of the UK gets the chance to sign the call
for a referendum on this key issue.
Nikki and her large team will be in and
around Belfast to collect signatures for her campaign, and will be identified
by their navy blue campaign jackets. Nikki will also be bringing her
advertising van which will advertise the Campaign for a Referendum.
ENDS
To contact Nikki’s UK office please call +44
121 359 5933 and ask for Nicole Carroll
Nikki’s twitter account: @NSinclaireMEP
