Crowdfunders
Every day they come, the requests for financial support. Shall we take stock and see which to choose?
Represent Us: https://www.gofundme.com/representuspoll
Maddie Kay's excellent Reasons to Remain booklet (being distributed free to groups)
Fair Vote: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/eu-referendum-result/ call out on 25 January 2019
"We have unfortunately been refused - in writing - permission to take the case to trial. The decision is hard to understand. The judge relies on a decision made in another case, Wilson, which has a very different target. The Wilson case has nothing to do with the public inquiry we say is needed, as explained in this submission from our lawyers
Their main submission on why our case should proceed is here
The written refusal of permission does not mean our fight is at an end. There is another stage to the permission process that we want to pursue, an oral permission hearing before a different judge. "
Grahame Pigney's work including supporting the Aritcle 50 case: read here https://thepeopleschallenge.org/2018/12/10/from-the-three-knights-opinion-to-the-cjeu-ruling-on-article-50-a-long-years-journey-into-light/
and help him here: https://www.gofundme.com/thepeopleschallenge
Jo Maugham's successful Article 50 case now proceeds to clarifying the position in the UK: https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/we-cant-rest-on-our-laurels/
And the victory in the High Court against the Electoral Commission is very important: https://amp.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2018/sep/14/judges-brexit-vote-eu-referendum-vote-leave?__twitter_impression=true
The UK in EU case has been rebuffed in the pre-hearing, but they are lodged an appeal on 18 December 2018 see here:
https://www.crowdjustice.com/case/ukineuchallenge/
According to expert evidence in this case the illegal spending by Vote Leave was what won them the 2016 vote. See the expert evidence by Professor Howard here:
https://drive.google.com/file/d/1Q0NjuvhZYvpQU5F7JXzK2xrcEYF8rVp4/view?%20usp=drivesdk
and the skeleton arguments here:
The Indy sets out the issues at stake: https://www.independent.co.uk/news/uk/politics/brexit-referendum-vote-leave-spending-cheating-electoral-commission-rerun-what-happens-now-a8451601.html
The Article 50 challenge has finally run its course, but its concluding message is significant:
- And – together – we exposed the fact that responsibility is squarely on Theresa May; we have proven that Parliament has not only been tricked but also subverted and frozen out. The importance of this has already been shown in two ways, and may come to have significance in a third:
- Proving the decision was made by Mrs May, means that the golden thread of accountability between the people and those who are making decisions about them is properly on show. Indeed, Article 50 Challenge is now an official record in the House of Commons Library http://researchbriefings.files.parliament.uk/documents/CBP-8415/CBP-8415.pdf?fbclid=IwAR2IbOXJHF5aOj-HNxKARkXknLwfw1v4f5EyVcZcvj8-tFLUvo1XGL3vrVg.
- Doing this was an important plank of what our friends in @UKEUChallenge were using when they brought their case, which had a hearing.
- The seemingly inevitable Brexit Public Inquiry already has available to it established and significant facts on which to build.