General Election Now!

Dear Mr Cameron,

I'm writing to you today because the UK is at a crossroads. What comes next will set our course for decades to come. We must define the terms of our relationship with the EU and obtain their agreement.

In the 4 days since the results of the referendum were announced the has world turned upside down. Following is a list of some of the consequences that have unfolded in that time.

• Nigel Farage admitted the Leave campaign's claims of freeing up £350 million a week to be spent on our own social services was erroneous.
• Daniel Hannan stated that this decision is unlikely to have an impact on EU migration rules.
• Sinn Fein called for Northern Ireland to leave the UK and reunite with the Republic of Ireland.
• The SNP indicated their intention to secede from the UK and remain a member of the EU. Furthermore, the EU indicated they would view such an application favourably.
• More than 175,000 people signed a petition calling for an independent London.
• Even after invalid signatures were removed, more than 3.5 million people across the UK signed a petition calling for a second referendum on leaving the EU.
• Both the Daily Mail and the Sun published articles advising their readers of the dire, devastating personal consequences of Brexit.
• Global equity markets lost US$3 trillion in the first two days days of trading following the announcement — the largest two-day drop ever recorded.
• The value of the pound reached a 31-year low. In fact, it was falling so rapidly that British tourists overseas were unable to exchange or withdraw cash.
• The Bank of England announced they had set aside £250 billion of additional liquidity as an emergency measure.
• Repeated, rampant, violent, vulgar incidents of public racism in broad daylight were reported all across the country.
• The EU began pressuring the UK to leave quickly.
• Voters across the UK have publicly expressed remorse at voting Leave, saying they did so purely as a protest against YOUR government.

The time to act is now. We are a nation in crisis. We cannot afford to wait days or weeks. The consequences of delaying will be devastating to our economy and our national identity.

We must not trigger article 50 and give formal notice to cede from the EU until and unless we have a plan in place on how we will proceed. There is no plan. Right now instead of developing a plan, your colleagues are arguing over whose responsibility it was to have developed one. 

We must engage with one another across intra-national borders to work together to resolve this. The rest of the UK stands to lose more from Scotland's separation than they do, but — make no mistake — we all lose. The same is true for Northern Ireland. This is Game Theory in action. Only by working together can we all win. 

You must call a general election. We cannot allow you to simply hand the premiership to Boris Johnson or Theresa May. We cannot permit this country to be ruled by an official unelected to the job at hand for 3.5 years. This must be done immediately.

We must work together now for the good of all our people.

Please act immediately.


Yours sincerely,
British by Chooce

London Borough of Lewisham