On Wednesday 29 March Cambridge Stays held a short rally outside the Guildhall in Market Square, Cambridge, to mark the day on which Article 50 was invoked by the Prime Minister, beginning the process whereby the UK will leave the EU.
The rally can just days after members of Cambridge Stays joined more than 80,000 people from all across the UK in London to march against Brexit. Speakers included Lewis Herbert , Labour Councillor and Leader of the City Council, Dr Julian Huppert, former MP and Liberal Democrat parliamentary candidate, Dr Paul Browne, Chair of Cambridge Stays.
Speaking before the rally, Paul Browne said:
We’re sending a message to Theresa May that this country is not united behind her government’s plan for a dangerous and damaging Brexit. We believe that the UK’s best interests are served by remaining a member of the EU, and we cannot support a Brexit plan that will leave the UK poorer, more isolated, and ever more divided.
With our fellow campaigners across the UK we will continue to hold the government to account over the coming months and years, and the strength of our movement is building. If the deal that the government eventually negotiates is less beneficial to the UK than staying in the EU – and all the signs are that Brexit will do little good and much harm – than our Parliament must act in the interests of this country and stop Brexit.
On Saturday members of Cambridge Stays joined 100,000 people from across the UK and from all walks of life at the Unite for Europe march in London to send a message to the terrorists, demagogues and political opportunists in this country and elsewhere that we will not allow them to destroy our democracy, undermine our values, or divide us. If you agree please join us outside Cambridge Guildhall from 5.15 pm on Wednesday 29 March.”
The rally was reported by the Cambridge News and ITV Anglia News.
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