Tuesday, April 24, 2018

Referendum on the final outcome of the Brexit negotiations - Open letter to Julian Sturdy MP

Dear Julian,

As a democrat I hope that you will support a referendum on the final outcome of the Brexit negotiations.  I think that there are three key reasons for this:

  • The original referendum was very close at 52% to 48%, hardly a decisive win for Brexit.
  • It has become clear that Brexit campaign broke campaigning law in many ways, in particular through the way that Vote Leave passed money to BeLeave and the abuse of personal data
  • When voting in the original referendum we had no idea what Brexit would look like with the result that many claims were made that are clearly not (or at least no longer) true.  Once the negotiations are completed we will know what Brexit would mean and therefore be able to give informed consent.

I hope that you will see fit to speak at the debate on the topic on 11 June and call for an informed democratic decision.

Best wishes
Tom.
Tom Franklin

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