On 10 June Charlotte Crane delivered the following speech to a local audience as part of a debate on Britain's future in Europe. We reproduce it here with Charlotte's permission:
Local Lib Dems are stressing the importance of securing a positive vote to remain in the EU in the referendum on Thursday June 23. Here are 5 things we are doing to make a difference right now. 1.
This letter, from local Stockton man Frank Medhurst, puts the whole of the EU debate into perspective. It was published in the Guardian last week, and has had many shares, including it being tweeted by Jo Cox just before she held her final surgery.
[S]hould it go [leave the European Union], Britain may inadvertently become a brighter beacon for those hoping for international protection who are already near the UK borders, reports EUobserver. EU asylum law gives governments the right to return people to the EU state they first entered. The UK is a staunch defender of the agreement, also known as the Dublin regulation, because they get to send people packing. A Thursday vote to reject the EU would annul the UK's participation and also deny the UK access to Eurodac, an asylum-seeker fingerprint database. It means EU states would not need to accept the return of any asylum seeker who somehow made it to the UK: https://euobserver.com/uk-referendum/133902
Chelmsford residents are invited to an Open Day at the council's recycling depot, to see what happens to the 25,000 tonnes of materials that is recycled each year. Freighter House will be holding this year's Recycling Open Day on Saturday 25th June from 10.00am - 2.00pm. It is near the Boreham interchange services, at Drovers Way, Boreham, CM2 5PH.
.......of our children, our environment, our pensions and even keep down the costs of our holidays by voting to REMAIN in the EU....