→ Remember these 114 MPs
𝗠𝗣𝘀 𝗪𝗛𝗢 𝗩𝗢𝗧𝗘𝗗 𝗔𝗚𝗔𝗜𝗡𝗦𝗧 𝗕𝗥𝗘𝗫𝗜𝗧 𝗔𝗙𝗧𝗘𝗥 𝗧𝗛𝗘 𝗥𝗘𝗙𝗘𝗥𝗘𝗡𝗗𝗨𝗠
Today is the 8th anniversary of the EU referendum, that took place on 23 June 2016.
After the referendum, the new Brexit Prime Minister, Theresa May, was in a hurry to get the UK out of the EU.
She wanted to trigger the Article 50 notice-to-quit the EU without the involvement of Parliament.
Campaign supremo Gina Miller stopped her, by taking the UK government to the Supreme Court, and she won.
The UK’s highest court ruled that Parliament must have a say, because the referendum was advisory only.
In January and February 2017, MPs voted on the second reading of the European Union (Notification of Withdrawal) Bill.
The Bill, somewhat perversely, would give Mrs May the unilateral, personal power, as Prime Minister, to exclusively decide the date and content of the Article 50 notice to leave the EU.
A second reading is usually the first opportunity for MPs to debate the main principles of a Bill.
498 MPs voted ‘yes’ to give Mrs May the power to initiate the Article 50/Brexit notice-to-quit the EU, but 114 MPs took a stand and voted ‘no’.
This video is a tribute to the 114 MPs who spoke out and voted against Brexit at that time. For those in the Conservative or Labour party, it meant defying a three-line whip. (In the Tory Party there was just one MP - Ken Clarke).
The defiant MPs argued that it would be damaging to Britain to go ahead with Brexit then, especially as there were no assessments, no details, and no plan on what Brexit meant.
Today, many of the 114 MPs who voted against triggering Brexit still believe that leaving the European Union was a terrible mistake.
Some are no longer MPs. Some have changed party. Some have since passed away.
Some now support Brexit, or at least accept it.
But in the months following the EU referendum, when the Tory government was in a hasty rush to go ahead with Brexit, all these 114 MPs acted in accordance with their conscience and their judgement, putting the welfare of their country and constituents above their party and political career.
Please share this video far and wide.
Your support of this video will show the politicians of today that they can tell us the truth - without fear or favour - that Brexit is a disaster for Britain.
© Video production and report by Jon Danzig
▪ The title of the musical track on the video is appropriately ‘UPSIDE DOWN’ by Mike Block. Of course, at 2½ minutes long, I had to extend the track to last just over 21 minutes. www.mikeblockm...
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