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the next BIG THING
Saturday 19 October
Sign up to join the 19 October 2019 march here on the official website.
Help us get the word out and get the numbers for the march.
1. Sign up to the BLUE mailing list, and, if you like, join your group's Facebook closed group
2. Door to door:
For Bromley liaise with Bromley4europe@gmail.com. For Lewisham with leweast4europe@gmail.com. In the middle there's Lewisham West and Penge - lewishamwpenge4eu@gmail.com.
3. Stations
Please access this Google spreadsheet (http://bit.ly/Marchstations) to see the latest and propose sessions of your own (we will only grant access to members of the BLUE list). Also watch the People's Vote events page for news of arranged sessions, as well as our Facebook groups and pages.
Get togged up!
You can get some group t-shirts here: http://aperistore.co.uk
and check https://www.wordupdesign.eu/ for great pro-eu ideas, as well as https://i-heart-eu.myshopify.com/collections/all-products/products/reasons-to-remain-gold-and-silver-plated-lapel-pin.
And the European Movement has done some good t-shirts too: https://shop.europeanmovement.co.uk/collections/the-t-shirt-collection
Get there!
We wobbled! It looked as if Achilles was taken. But the ethnic minorities have moved their rally to the Hard Rock Cafe (11-00am) so this is still the target.
Suggested routes if you'd like to meet up on the way - or just head for Achilles under your own steam.
These timings have been checked.
Blackheath catch the 10:58 Southeastern service to Victoria arr. 11:25. (If you miss it London Bridge and Jubilee to Green Park)
Brockley catch the 11:07 London Overground to Canada Water then Jubilee Line to Bond Street arr. 11:30 (or 7 minutes later)
Forest Hill catch the London Overground service leaving at 11.17, change at Canada Water and get out at Green Park.
Hither Green catch the 11:06 to Charing Cross and then underground.
Sydenham catch the London Overground service leaving 11.14, change at Canada Water and get out at Green Park.
Suggested post march venues:
- https://www.facebook.com/events/1273792319475371/ (All Inn One - just by Forest Hill station)
Calendars - click to see all the calendars
South East London campaigning events generally are documented on the South East London calendar here.
Meetings of Bromley and Lewisham groups 2019
Lewisham East for Europe
- End of October meeting tbc
Lewisham is for Europe (LIFE - Lewisham Deptford) .
- 9 October Social - The Talbot.
LIFE Core group meetings
- 10 July and fortnightly thereafter 7:30pm Talbot
Lewisham West and Penge in Europe:
- 11 July and weekly thereafter
Bromley for Europe
- 25 July: Campaign Update at The Partridge, near Market Square (194 High St. Bromley, BR1 1HE)
For current priorities see the London4 Europe website and the London Toolbox
Past actions
Get there!
If you would like to travel to the March with others from our groups, we will suggest a train to catch at the stations shown below. For preference we will avoid the official route via Bond Street tube station which will be a bottle neck. Victoria or Green Park have served well in the past. But you can travel independently and we can rendez-vous at our usual place, by the statue of Achilles at the Hyde Park Corner corner of the park. If as many people turn up as last time, or hopefully more, there will be a massive delay before setting off, if we ever set off. There will be screens all along the way so no rush to get to Parliament Square. Let's relax on the grass rather than standing in the crowd. If that means some of us spend the day in Hyde Park so be it - your presence in Hyde Park will count towards the numbers marching, and we need more than a million if we can.
We'll have our group banners so we can find each other.
Get oriented!
Where is Achilles?
Get prepared!
Print off perhaps half a dozen copies of this sheet (.docX) (.rtf) (.odt) and cut them in two so that, on the march on the 19th, when you ask people if they belong to a local group yet (if not why not?) you can give them help on where to write. (Lewisham East version here (pdf))
Put it to the people march at 12:00 on 23 March, Central London
Can we break a million?
We'll need to get the word out.
Check People's Vote events for leafleting sessions you could help with: https://www.peoples-vote.uk/events . Or fill out our form: https://goo.gl/forms/6URRmIzXwakZHZIr1 (Help us, donate so we can print more flyers)
Get some flyers for your friends relatives, neighbours - cover your local streets. Contact bromley4europe@gmail.com or leweast4europe@gmail.com .
Please access this Google spreadsheet for station leafleting timetables (we will only grant access to members of the BLUE list, so apply there first please)
This is the route and these are some links.
People's Vote March links: https://www.peoples-vote.uk/ ; https://www.peoples-vote.uk/march
Please register to give the organisers an idea of numbers.
Conservative Conference on (warm-up 29th) 30th September 2018 in Birmingham
In advance of the Conservative conference we will also be preparing messages to the Bromley MPs
The newsletter inviting those on the BLUE list with Conservative MPs to "sign" by pressing their constituency button will be linked here:
The texts of the letters will be placed here: Bob Stewart, Bob Neill, Jo Johnson
March
In BIrmingham, Brum in Europe have with Warrington for Europe organised the Bin Brexit in Brum rally here: https://www.facebook.com/events/223720344981203/ Eventbrite registration: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/bin-brexit-in-brum-march-and-rally-tickets-48906010193
"We’ll gather in Victoria Square at 11AM on Sunday 30th September and the march will begin at 12 noon. We will return to Victoria Square between 1 and 1:30 to hear speakers and music.
How do I attend?
Mark yourself as “Going” to the Facebook event and make sure you register your attendance on our Eventbrite group. If you plan to attend it is important that you register on both our Facebook group and on Eventbrite, so we can accurately estimate numbers.
How can I support this cause?
Any monetary donations to this event would be greatly appreciated and put to good use - buying things like staging equipment, lighting etc. You can donate via our crowd funder.
CROWDFUNDER: https://www.gofundme.com/bin-brexit-in-brum-march-and-rally"
Side events
Vigil
Warm up events with the Vigil on Saturday 29th: https://www.facebook.com/events/2193705397512052/
Labour Conference on Sunday 23 September 2018 in Liverpool
MP letters
In advance of the March for the Many and Vigil and Stickers and Postcards Events in Liverpool groups with Labour MPs will be writing a last minute letter to impress on our elected representatives their duty to reject Brexit and support moves for a People's Vote on the Final Deal.
The newsletter inviting those on the BLUE list with Labour MPs to "sign" by pressing their constituency button will be linked here:
The text(s) of the letter(s) will be placed here: Ellie Reeves, Janet Daby, Vicky Foxcroft.
March
In Liverpool, People's Vote have organised the March for the Many: https://www.facebook.com/events/294729177972994/ ,
"At the Labour Party Conference in Liverpool later this September, delegates should have the opportunity to vote for motions that recognise that we need a People’s Vote to sort out the mess the Government have made of Brexit.
We will assemble on St. George’s Plateau, in Liverpool, on Sunday 23 September at 1200pm. We will then march through the heart of Liverpool to Pier Head, where we will hear speeches from leading Labour party voices who support a People’s Vote."
But so have Liverpool for Europe: https://www.facebook.com/events/635342983531342/ It seems that Millbank took over the local event and it is now routed not to go closer than a mile from the convention.
"Being Liverpool many people will make their own way there, but get the 10.37 am train from Warrington Central to Lime Street, and for £2.50 single (4.19 pm return train is also £2.50) it will get you next to the assembly point by 11.14 or the 11.10 am from Warrington Central gets you in at 11.50. Get a £6.80 off peak return for that train, as it's the best deal.
Warrington for Europe isn’t the march organiser, but please follow the ticket link to sign up for official updates, although you don’t need a ticket to join us. - http://marchforthemany.co.uk/
Side Events
Liverpool for Europe will be doing some stunts as well as marching. See their "Brexit -free city" crowdfunder
Vigil are there over a few days
You can click on the embedded map below.
People's Vote with the option to Remain
The anti-Brexit March for a People's Vote takes place on Saturday 23 June. Many groups in South East London will be coordinating their participation by leafleting commuter stations in the weeks running up to the march, then arranging groups to set off from those stations to converge on Victoria, and then the statue of Achilles near the Queen Mother's Gate in the corner of Hyde Park. This is all coming together in an Eventbrite event that you can access here: https://www.eventbrite.co.uk/e/march-for-a-peoples-vote-on-the-final-deal-tickets-46292325592