The Rejoin March has been rescheduled and is going ahead on Saturday 22 October. We hope that you can come – the government certainly needs to hear from us about how Brexit is going! This is the link for booking a coach or making a donation (very gratefully received). The arrangements will be the same... Continue Reading →
Cheltenham for Europe and Tewkesbury for Europe had a good day at the recent University of Gloucestershire Welcome Fayre at the Park Campus. We used our Brexitometer to gauge how students felt about Brexit. The majority of students who stopped to talk with us thought that Brexit was not going well, and that it had... Continue Reading →
Due to the death of HM the Queen the organisers of the National Rejoin March made the decision to cancel. Here is their statement. National Rejoin March 10 September - POSTPONED From the National Rejoin March Organisers The National Rejoin March organisers are deeply saddened to hear of the death of Her Majesty the Queen.... Continue Reading →
The momentum is building as the Rejoin March approaches. The march starts at the bottom of Park Lane and finishes in Parliament Square where there will be speakers including ‘Stop Brexit Man’ Steve Bray, Sue Wilson from Bremain in Spain, Mike Galsworthy, founder of Scientists4EU, and Femi Oluwole, well known pro EU activist. As it... Continue Reading →
Dear Editor, I note that Mr Chalk, MP for Cheltenham, in his ECHO column, supports Rishi Sunak in his leadership bid as he thinks Mr Sunak will get a grip on inflation. Mr Chalk goes on to say - ‘That’s because pandemic-induced inflation, currently near 10% and forecast to go even higher, weakens the economy.’... Continue Reading →
Published in Gloucestershire ECHO Thursday 19 May 2022 Government to Blame for Another Stand-off Dear Editor, The PM told us during the 2019 general election that he would ‘Get Brexit Done’ but here we are yet another Brexit stand off between the UK and the EU. Instead of diplomacy and talks, the UK government is... Continue Reading →
'We may have left the EU but we are still European' For over 70 years the European Movement has worked to build a closer relationship with the rest of Europe. The countries of the European Union, with whom we share both deeply held values and a common history, are our closest neighbours and natural trading... Continue Reading →
Cheltenham For Europe is surveying local businesses to discover their experience of changes in trading since Brexit took effect. If you would like to give your views then click the button below https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdrrGAet1U9MpE_BoEZymZNpxkiQNLoxM3Oyp-1vpvKyiaXpA/viewform?vc=0&c=0&w=1&flr=0&usp=mail_form_link
I was fortunate to be in Lisbon, Portugal on 25th of April this year (2022). It was the day Portugal celebrated its 48th Liberation Day. This is the day in 1974, in what is known as ‘the Carnation Revolution’, some left-wing divisions of Portuguese Army rose up against the authoritarian, repressive military dictatorship, overthrew it... Continue Reading →
Of course I’m a European.How could I not be?You gave me language,Art, literature, poetry, music,Philosophy, science,Landscapes, food, friendships.It’s in me, all through me.The work of these EuropeansThey made me.Of course I’m a European.How could I not be? That’s not to deny the land I grew up in. The land my parents believed in, fought for,... Continue Reading →
Cheltenham and Stroud for Europe 