Mobile Surgery in Wolverhampton today

A little bit wet but the team soldiered on! This morning when the weather was dry we had lots of people talking to the team about the upcoming European Elections. Have your say - we are bottom of the ballot on May 22nd.

Speaking at the West Midlands Pensioners Convention

Viewing a picture of the Old Wolverhampton market outside the meeting room

It was great to have the opportunity to speak to the Wolverhampton Pensioners Convention today about my role as an MEP, my achievements and why I believe so strongly that we should have a referendum on EU membership sooner, rather than later. 

It was a very lively, and over running, q&a session. The main feeling was one of frustration, as to why the politicians are so frightened of giving the people a say. Pensioners in particular feel frustrated when they have the lowest pensions in Europe, yet the UK is continually asked to put more money into the EU to fill funding black holes. 

This is why we need a national debate and an independent panel to establish the real facts behind EU membership, equip the electorate with the facts, and then allow them to vote in a binding In or Out referendum.  

The event was published in the Express and Star beforehand. 

 

A day out in Wolverhampton

Once again, the mobile surgery faced a day of rain. Despite the weather, we had a fantastic day collecting signatures. Wolverhampton is a great area for us, and people were very happy to stop and sign.

The team will be in Stourbridge next Friday

Press Release: Nikki Sinclaire gives the people of Wolverhampton the chance to have their say on the EU

 

 

NIKKI SINCLAIRE GIVES WOLVERHAMPTON THE CHANCE TO “HAVE THEIR SAY” ABOUT EU

Issue Date: 10^th July 2012

Independent West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire will be sending her Have Your Say Battle Bus to Wolverhampton on July 13th from 10am – 3pm. 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 24^th 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, and the West Midlands has contributed over half of the 120,000 signature total. 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 Britain cannot afford to remain in this Parliament?”

Like many towns and cities across the UK, Wolverhampton 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 in Wolverhampton (Queens Square) 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.