Former Labour & Co-operative Member of Parliament, Kemptown & Peacehaven
EU
Confirmatory Public Vote
Every day, the Brexit process delivers something more unbelievable than the last. Sometimes this takes the form of living satire, like yesterday when the House of Commons is forced to suspend its sitting because it is literally raining inside. Sometimes it takes a more alarming form. If we...
Read moreEU Settlement Scheme
From today, EU citizens in the UK must apply to stay in your homes. My message to Europeans in my constituency is, this is your home and you are welcome here. This is a difficult day for all EU citizens, and it is shaming that you must apply to remain our friends, colleagues, family, and...
Read moreEuropean Union (Withdrawal) Act Debate
Viscerally, something had been taken from me, and not for others to gain from, but to be destroyed and torn up. My rights, my citizenship, my culture—all had been ripped away from me and many of my constituents. On my way home on that miserable morning, I of course went to my local shop. I...
Read moreResponse to “We Tories are all Eurosceptics now”: The tories are putting their ideology above democracy
Letter "We Tories are all Eurosceptics now": Why the tories are putting their ideology above democracy Dear Editor, I read with interest John Redwood's article this weekend in the Financial Times ("We Tories are all Eurosceptics now", 8th January 2016). Mr Redwood claims that we would be more...
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