Meeting my employers in Rugby

 It was very busy in Rugby market place on Saturday and it was great to have a chance to meet my employers on what was a very sunny day! Lots of people were pro-referendum - they believe like me, that it is time to Let the People Decide!

The beginning of Strasbourg

On my way to Strasbourg today. It will be a lengthy journey, made worse by the fact my first flight from Birmingham International was delayed, meaning that I'll now miss my connecting flight. A stressful start to the week. I have previously highlighted the problems in getting to Strasbourg, and the ridiculous costings of moving the European Parliament to Strasbourg for one week a month, the link to that post is here.

For those of you that are interested, the full agenda for this weeks session can be found on: http://www.europarl.europa.eu/sides/getDoc.do?family=AGENDA&reference=20120417&secondRef=SYN&language=en. I of course will report anything of note this week.

The Campaign team will be in Rugby tomorrow as was reported in the press release and they are hoping to collect plenty of signatures. Next Friday the team travel to Stafford.

The team will have a new batch of Campaign for a Referendum magazines with them, which will be hitting the doormats this week.

The new issue covers the continued work of the Campaign, an article with Tim Congdon CBE, a Thank You to James Goldsmith and the centre spread special timeline entitled "How we got into this mess"

As always, you can sign the petition online at www.HaveYourSay.eu

Campaign for a Referendum goes to Rugby

PRESS RELEASE

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

Issue Date: 16^th April 2012

Independent West Midlands MEP Nikki Sinclaire will be sending her Have Your Say Battle Bus to Rugby Market Place (Near the former D&A shop)  on the 18^th 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 8^th 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, Rugby 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 Rugby Market Place (Near the former D&A shop)   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.