Excellent response from the office of Mary Honeyball, MEP for London
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From: "Matthew Ford" <matt@maryhoneyball.net>
Date: 7 July 2016 at 16:07:24 BST
Subject: RE: On Brexit
Thank you for taking the time to write to Ms. Honeyball. Ms. Honeyball has received a staggering number of correspondence regarding the 'Leave Vote', it's consequence for the UK, EU Nationals, the triggering of Article 50, along with Nigel Farage's comments in the European Parliament, and many peoples personal concerns and views.Overwhelmingly, the correspondence has about people's concerns regarding Britain's future and our relationship with the European Union, the nature of the leave vote and peoples continued desire to remain in the European Union. From Friday 24th onwards we witnessed an unprecedented moment in British history and politics, with events changing hour to hour. Ms. Honeyball has been working throughout this period both in Brussels and back in the UK. I have been briefing Ms. Honeyball regarding your correspondence and the many others we have received, and these are helping shape her thinking alongside her own work after the referendum. I thought is best to attach a link to a panel event Ms. Honeyball spoke at following the 'Leave Vote', where she articulates the mood in Brussels along with her thoughts on the vote. Ms. Honeyball highlighted how emotional the European Parliament was at the vote to leave and the challenges facing the UK.Furthermore, I can assure you Ms. Honeyball will continue to represent London and her constituents in the European Parliament. However, until we have a new Prime Minister and a far better understanding of how they will handle the consequences of the vote, there can be no concrete assumptions as to what the future holds for the UK after this referendum. As we have seen, those who ran the 'Vote Leave' campaign had no plan regarding how they would leave and this is an issue Ms. Honeyball highlighted at the beginning of the year.Furthermore, many have asked about Ms. Honeyball's views on the role Labour has to play in opposing UKIP. Ms. Honeyball is clear that she wants a strongly pro-European Leader of the Labour Party and Jeremy Corbyn has shown he is not the person to provide that. She has written more here:and she was on Channel 4 discussing it here:Ultimately, it will be the decision on the UK Parliament on how we proceed, however, Ms. Honeyball along with her European Parliamentary Labour Party (EPLP) colleagues will work to shape the debate around the vote and work with their colleagues in the European Parliament.Thank you again contacting Ms. Honeyball and for sharing your views on this most important of subjects.Best wishes,
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Date: 03/07/2016 09:37 (GMT+00:00)
To: mary@maryhoneyball.net
Subject: On BrexitDear Ms Honeyball,Fifty-two per cent of voters in this country voted to commit economic suicide. Many of them did so because they have been screwed over by the current government. Many of them did so because of beautiful lies they were told by a Leave campaign that was fuelled by political ambitions of people who have never had to work.The people who propagated those lies knew they were lies. They did not care. This was never real to them. They thought it was a game. They thought it was a popularity contest.The poor, who are already suffering under Tory austerity, will be hit hardest by the economic devastation caused by this decision.Not only have we voted to commit economic suicide, we've also handed the country to the far right. Immigrants and people of colour are being attacked and degraded because we have legitimised racism and xenophobia.Democracy is a constantly evolving beast. One minute we vote for something, the next we change our minds. That is how democracy works. If we don't like the result of a vote, we are free to petition, campaign, and speak out against it. That is how democracy works.This referendum is not democracy in action; this is democracy on steroids. In an election, the results can be reversed, they can be repealed. A few years later we do it all again and we make a different decision. Not this time. If we do not fight this, it will be irreversible.There will be no more UK. Scotland will leave. Northern Ireland will break away. London will no longer be the financial capital of Europe — and if you don't think that's a bad thing, you must not know how much tax we pay. The price of everything will increase while wages go down — at least for the few lucky enough to have a job. We will have to wave goodbye to our workers' right. We will kiss our human rights goodbye.As one of the MEPs representing me in the European Parliament you are beholden to carry this message to them. They must be informed that this is not over yet.Thank you.Yours sincerely,British by ChoiceLondon Borough of Lewisham
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