Team in Kenilworth today

On the day that HS2 is due to be voted on again in Parliament, the team also spent time in Kenilworth. A great response as always - Stop HS2! 

A morning in Kenilworth

 It was great to head over to Kenilworth today to meet with local people on the market. Lots of people were keen to talk about my opposition to HS2 and what I am doing, and will continue to do, to guarantee them a referendum on EU membership.

MEP's MOBILE SURGERY TO VISIT KENILWORTH

MEP’s MOBILE SURGERY TO VISIT KENILWORTH

 

We Demand a Referendum MEP Nikki Sinclaire will send her mobile surgery to Kenilworth this Friday (16^th November 2012).

 The mobile surgery will be positioned in the town centre from 10am until 3pm, and will be on hand to offer advice to constituents on a range of matters.

 Ms Sinclaire’s team will also be collecting pledges of support for the NEW We Demand a Referendum party, which will contest the European Election of 2014. The single issue party has one aim; to force an In Out referendum on the UK’s future relationship with the European Union. Ms Sinclaire is asking people to pledge their vote for one election only, in order to send the government a strong message on this crucial issue.

Nikki Sinclaire is still the only UK MEP to have a mobile surgery.

Nikki said, “With a constituency as vast as ours, where 5 million people reside, it is essential that I and my team are able to get to the various towns and cities in the West Midlands and meet my constituents face to face”.

Leaflets, Kenilworth and HS2

My feelings on HS2 have been known for a very long time. I have openly campaigned against what I see as a white elephant project. This high speed link which eventually proposes to join Manchester and London is projected to cost £33billion, yet I fear that it will cost many more times than this.

Although the government has announced its intentions to carry on with this unnecessary vanity project, I will continue to oppose this and lobby MPs to think of alternatives to this project.

In both my latest booklet (pictured below) and in other literature produced in my office, I have put my objections to HS2 in writing. I have also been seen along the length of the proposed HS2 route with my AdVan with a poster saying No2HS2.

Tomorrow some of my team will be in Kenilworth delivering my latest booklet with my HS2 leaflet inserted. HS2 is a highly emotive issue in the area of Kenilworth, because as you'll see on this BBC map http://s3-eu-west-1.amazonaws.com/assets.dft.gov.uk/hs2-arp-00-dr-rw-04023.pdf the proposed route will impact on Kenilworth heavily.

The inside of the HS2 leaflet is below. If you would like to download it in its entireity, then a PDF is available here

 As I stated in my press release, sent out on 10th January,

“Upgrading the existing Euston to Birmingham International Rail Line would reduce travel times to 50 minutes and allow alternate stopping and flexible local services to be integrated into a faster service that also meets the commuting needs of the intermediate communities while still catering for rail freight.‘’
What isn’t mentioned much is the real concern that HS2 would lead to economic decline in intervening towns and cities including Coventry and Northampton. So in fact the project would almost certainly end up as a vacuum, sucking investment away from the West Midlands.

“There is a real danger of Birmingham becoming a subsidiary of London if the HS2 project goes ahead. The money would be better spent on further regeneration within the Midlands”.

If you would like to receive a copy of my HS2 leaflet or any other literature from my office, please contact my staff at NikkiMep@gmail.com