el_boufador – Member
Not sure if this will make any difference if there is a vote, but got to be worth 5 minutes of your time if you are passionate about the issue?
Write to your MP to request them to prevent the issue of article 50/ Brexit.
MPs contact details:
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Here’s a handy cut & past email wot I wrote. Put your name and address at the bottom.
“
Hi Fabian,
I’m fairly confident you will have a lot of emails like this so I will keep it fairly brief.
As I understand it, in order for the UK’s exit from the EU to be triggered under Article 50, this must be done within our own constitutional requirements.
Citations:
https://ukconstitutionallaw.org/…/nick-barber-tom-hickman-…/
https://www.theguardian.com/…/stop-brexit-mp-vote-referendu…
Form these articles, it is clear that this is a case for constitutional law i.e. parliament must authorise the Prime Minister to issue an article 50 declaration by repealing the European Communities Act..
From the first citation, here are just a couple of valid reasons why parliament may decide not to authorise the issue of Article 50:
“As some of the core claims made by the leave campaign unravel, Parliament might decide that the case for Brexit has not been made – or was gained under a false prospectus.”
“Parliament could conclude that it would be contrary to the national interest to invoke Article 50 whilst it is in the dark about what the key essentials of the new relationship with the EU are going to be, and without knowing what terms the EU is going to offer.”
I believe that there are now many very obvious reasons emerging which suggest that the Brexit vote was obtained under false prospectus, and why it would clearly not be in the national interest to trigger Brexit now or at any time in the near to medium term.
Therefore if parliament does consider this to be a matter for the constitution, and votes on the issue I urge you to vote to keep the European Communities Act 1927 (i.e. not to repeal it). Ie. so that Article 50 may not be served and Brexit may not be triggered.
Would it be possible for you to assure me that you have taken these points on board and to confirm that you will not vote to trigger Brexit if you do not feel it is in the national interest, as is your duty as a Member of Parliament?
Thank you for your time.
<NAME HERE>
<ADDRESS HERE>
(SO THEY KNOW YOU ARE IN THEIR WARD)
“
No indent or line between paragraphs? Did you vote leave?