Write to your MP and ask them to revoke Article 50

[CraicMammy]

Whether you’re a Leaver or a Remainer or a still-not-really-sure-er, if you are worried that the country is not in the best economic or social position to leave the EU on 29 March 2019 - write to your MP and tell them!

WE NEED TO REVOKE ARTICLE 50

I’ve drafted a letter you can copy and paste, click on the google drive link below or c&p from this thread!

Thank you so much xxx

docs.google.com/document/d/1g2qkZcTi72cILbx1BmmQnY74dCRMCsa66n01j1c1QXw/edit?usp=sharing

Letter text here:

(Your name)

(Your address)

(Date)

(Name of your MP)
House of Commons
London
SW1A 0AA

Dear (MP),

DEPARTURE OF THE UNITED KINGDOM FROM THE EUROPEAN UNION ON 29 MARCH 2019

I am writing to you to invite you to petition the Government to revoke, with immediate effect, the UK’s Article 50 notice to leave the EU on 29 March 2019.

I make this request with no agenda other than a deep concern that there has not been sufficient time to allow for a complete negotiation of the terms of the country’s departure or to prepare for the practical effects. For example, it is widely predicted that even with a withdrawal agreement in place, a departure on 29 March this year will lead to severe delays in the import and export of goods at our cross-channel ports, and of the timely and reliable distribution of time-sensitive medical products across borders, because there hasn’t been enough time to make the necessary preparations. Further, there is no technical solution available to manage a customs border between the EU and the UK on the island of Ireland, or the control of movement of people across that border that does not offend the terms of the Good Friday Agreement.

I am extremely concerned that the prospects of a chaotic, rushed departure from the EU this March will cause significant social and economic instability in this country and abroad. Even more so if a ‘no deal’ Brexit occurs. The risk of severe and long-term social and economic disruption to the UK, when the ‘benefits’ appear at this date, so intangible is, in my view unacceptable.

Sir John Major recently made a speech on this subject*, and I find myself agreeing with him wholeheartedly:

“…We need to calm the markets. We need to protect the economic wellbeing of the British people. We need to protect our national interest. There is absolutely no doubt in my mind that - to do so - we need to revoke Article 50 with immediate effect. The clock must be stopped. It is clear we need the most precious commodity of all: time…”

I anticipate that you support the Government’s position that it has received a firm mandate from the UK electorate to take steps to leave the EU. However, I would argue that such a mandate did not require the Government to ensure the ‘divorce’ took place on 29 March of this year. If it is not in the best interests of this country to leave the EU on that date, we must not.

The European Court of Justice has confirmed that the Article 50 notice can be revoked by the UK Government, without a parliamentary vote**. It would, of course, be possible to trigger Article 50 again in the future, once the current obstacles have been overcome, if the Government so chooses.

I hope that you will be able to take time to consider the points I have raised in this letter and I look forward to receiving your response in early course.

Yours sincerely,

(Your name here)

• Extract from Sir John Major’s speech to the Institute of International and European Affairs in Dublin, made 11 December 2018 ** Case C/621/18 Wightman and ors v Secretary of State for Exiting the European Union

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I have written to my MP pointing out that this Constituency voted leave. And leave we must ASAP. Preferably without paying any more money.

I have done the same as you, Coppersulphate.

It isn’t in the country’s best economic interests to leave before we are able to manage customs checks at our borders. It’s in no one’s best interests to have food rotting at our ports, or empty shelves in our supermarkets.

It’s not the right time to leave, so we should REVOKE ARTICLE 50 at least until such time as we have the infrastructure in place to succeed.

I have written to my MP pointing out that this Constituency voted leave. And leave we must ASAP. Preferably without paying any more money.

Except that your MP is representative not a delegate, and his/her duty is to vote for what they believe is in the UK’s best interest.

Your representative owes you, not his industry only, but his judgment; and he betrays, instead of serving you, if he sacrifices it to your opinion

If you’re on Twitter please follow my campaign at @rarticle50 RT and share the draft letter to MPs

Well done Craic I'll follow and sign.. no point writing to my MP again. He represents a huge remain constituency yet is one of the disaster capitalist ERG Leaver types.

I contacted my MP recently to ask for another vote or at least support the WA over a no deal scenario, so I'll wait to get a reply to that first. Delay of A50 is looking like a necessity, we are just not in any way ready to start this. It's a total fiasco.

Quite, whatever the flavour of Brexit you prefer or none at all, the simple reality is the country is ill-prepared to leave on 29/3.

I’m doing this so I can sleep at night.

Boring.

Undemocratic.

Project Fear.

I agree, Project Fear.

Weird how some posters see the government's own impact assessments and the inadequate no deal prep as some kind of false alarm.

No I bloody well won’t! That’s the thing with remoaners, convinced they are right.

‘Project fear’ comes from the government’s own assessments of a no-deal.
Last week, with all the bank holidays etc, I did notice in supermarkets quite a lot of empty shelving. It made me realise how tight our supply lines are without normal deliveries/trading for a few days.

Project fear or otherwise it is completely clear that this whole thing is a complete ~shitshow~ disaster and exiting the EU in this manner is only going to hurt the people in society who most need support. That’s not to say individuals aren’t entitled to champion their own cause but be under no illusion that this will hurt more people than it will benefit and it will disproportionately hurt those most disadvantaged in society - if you want to support this then more power to you, I however choose to not support something that hurts people in our society, irrespective of how it impacts my individual circumstances

{No I bloody well won’t! That’s the thing with remoaners, convinced they are right.}
Immediately before the referendum the Pound to Euro exchange rate was about £1= €1.15.
Currently it is bouncing around, depending on which ridiculous statement Mrs May comes up with, at around £1= €1.10, around 5% lower. This has already happened, and it is highly likely to get worse.

How many petitions, letters, demos, & god knows what else, are remainers going to do before they give up?
We’re leaving in a couple of months fgs.

My MP would love to have A50 revoked
but TM can do that all on her own without reference to parliament
and my MP is scared of deselection by the Momentum thugs

Leave voters are also convinced they are right. Two sides on a civil war are both convinced they are right. This is the problem.

Leave won.

End of.

THe battle but not the war

@surferjet with enchanting dialogue like yours it’s eaay to see why

Are you happy with how things are proceeding? The plans in place for exiting the EU? The divisions rife across our country and the plans for repairing this in an economically poorer country - it was essentially the stagnation of the economy for ten years that led to such discontent.

But as you say, end of so I guess we should abandon all hope of making the best of things at this point 😘

Surferjet and Coppersulphate have said that they will hold a massive street party and all the defeated 'remainers' are welcome. There will be loads of cake available.

Thanks for starting the thread OP. I asked my MP to either revoke or people's vote last wk. My preference is revoke, everyone is fed up in the UK and putting the EU through more fannying is pointless.

It shouldn't be about who voted for what anymore, the gov is behaving chaotically and it's time to stop the madness.