lunes, 12 de marzo de 2018

12/03/18: MP LOBBYING CAMPAIGN: THE FORGOTTEN 1.2 MILLION

EuroCitizens is supporting the latest British in Europe lobbying campaign of UK MPs, to engage their support for our rights (https://britishineurope.org/lobbyyourmp/)
After nearly two years of uncertainty, the December agreement between the EU and the UK does not safeguard our rights as the British government misleadingly claims. It leaves UKinEU citizens landlocked in one country with no freedom of movement throughout the EU27. Our economic rights are severely curtailed and we are deprived of all of our political rights.
This is simply unacceptable. We must make MPs aware of the plight of the forgotten 1.2 million Britons in the EU before it is too late.

What can you do?

1. Write to the MP in the constituency where you last lived:
Template for you to adapt: https://britishineurope.org/mptemplate/

Find your MP by entering the postcode or constituency: http://www.parliament.uk/mps-lords-and-offices/mps/​.
Or use this spreadsheet: http://bit.ly/MPSpreadsheet.
Engage in conversations and pester MPs (that is what they are there for). 

Please send replies to us and to bielobby@gmail.com.
Writing to MPs is an extremely valuable activity even if you have been out of the country for more than fifteen years.

2. Convince at least one friend or family member in the UK to help us.
Ask them to write to their MP (even better if not the same one as yours) or visit their constituency surgery. Remember that on 3 May there will be local elections in the UK and MPs will be worried about losing councillors. We will produce a template letter.

We must do something to stop us being thrown under the Brexit bus!