An open letter to Leanne Wood, Gerry Adams, and Caroline Lucas
Dear Ms Wood, Mr Adams, and Ms Lucas,
Firstly, I want to thank you for your dedication and commitment as party leaders. Your hard work does not go unnoticed. Thank you again for taking on such a thankless job.
David Cameron has resigned. George Osborne stuck his head above water for the first time this morning — and only to tell the markets they're right to panic. Having created this mess, Boris Johnson, Nigel Farage, and Michael Gove appear to have washed their hands of the entire situation. The Labour Party is imploding as Jeremy Corbyn refuses to step down as leader.
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 first 36 hours following the results of the referendum the world turned upside down. Following is a list of some of the consequences that unfolded in that time.
- David Cameron resigned as PM, effective October 2016.
- 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.
- Almost 150,000 people signed a petition calling for an independent London.
- More than two 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.
- The value of the FTSE 100 fell by £50 billion and the FTSE 250 fell by £25 billion.
- 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.
- Rampant, 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 the current 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 we have a plan in place on how we will proceed. There is no plan. Right now instead of developing a plan, the Conservatives 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.
Mr Cameron must call a general election. We cannot allow him to simply hand the premiership to Boris Johnson or Theresa May. We cannot permit this country to be ruled by an unelected official for 3.5 years. This must be done immediately and be enacted before Mr Cameron's resignation takes effect in October. Please urge him to do so now.
We need a united left to lead us back from the brink of the apocalypse. A planned coalition of parties united against the Right is the best defence to the madness that is threatening to hurl us all off a cliff. You can and should play a key role in that. I urge you all to work with your colleagues in Labour, the SNP, the Lib Dems, Sinn Fein, Plaid Cymru, and the Greens to achieve this. The time for focusing on what separates us is past. We must work together now for the good of all our people.
Please act immediately.
Yours sincerely,
British by Choice
London Borough of Lewisham
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