CND faced a similar problem 35 years ago and came with a number of inventive ways to their issue on the agenda. One of these was getting local authorities to declare themselves as nuclear free zones. That idea is easily adaptable to the struggle for Europe. Getting local authorities to declare themselves as EU-friendly districts (or whatever) provides a local focus for local activist groups and success would send a clear message to both the media and the local MPs. As important it would encourage fellow remainers that it is still worth fighting Brexit. Most valuable of all would be for us to win over local authorities in areas that at the time of the referendum voted leave.
Friday, April 07, 2017
EU-friendly local authorities - a way of breaking thought the media blackout.
CND faced a similar problem 35 years ago and came with a number of inventive ways to their issue on the agenda. One of these was getting local authorities to declare themselves as nuclear free zones. That idea is easily adaptable to the struggle for Europe. Getting local authorities to declare themselves as EU-friendly districts (or whatever) provides a local focus for local activist groups and success would send a clear message to both the media and the local MPs. As important it would encourage fellow remainers that it is still worth fighting Brexit. Most valuable of all would be for us to win over local authorities in areas that at the time of the referendum voted leave.
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I guess some of the hard remain inner London boroughs might be the ideal guinea pigs for this, but I don't know how we approach them.
The best way to convince other people it is worth doing is start such a campaign ourselves. I agree the inner London boroughs are likely to be the first place we succeed but the actions we towards that end (lobbying local councilors local petitions etc) will have value in themselves as well as building towards eventual success.
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