Five years after the vote to leave the EU the damage being done to the UK is becoming clearer every day, and not even the impact of the global Covid-19 pandemic can hide it any more. The Brexit trail of destruction From cheesemakers and shellfish farmers who have seen sales Read more…
This article is by Michael Clegg, Secretary of Cambridge for Europe. You can watch a video of the discussion with Deborah Mattinson on our Youtube channel. Cambridge for Europe has been organising on-line speaker events since the early days of the pandemic. Mostly these have been on our own, though Read more…
Cambridge for Europe has issued the following statement in response to the news that a post-Brexit trade deal between the United Kingdom and the European Union has been agreed. “We’re relieved that the UK and the EU have agreed a trade deal, but the truth is that this deal is Read more…
In October 2020 Cambridge for Europe members took part in several small socially-distanced protests. These were part of national campaigns led by different organisations, but shared a common theme of seeking a future for the UK that protects our economy while also safeguarding high standards, human rights and the NHS. Read more…
We expect that many of you were as enraged as we were to learn late on Sunday evening that the Johnson Government is planning to “override” – in other words renege on – two sections of the Withdrawal Agreement it signed with the European Union last October. The Johnson Government has already Read more…
Standards and post-Brexit trade deals As trade negotiations between the UK and EU enter a critical phase, a lot of the focus is on the need to avoid a no deal exit from the Single Market and Customs Union at the end of this year. This is right, as No Deal Read more…
The European Movement has launched a national #Pause campaign to persuade some Conservative MPs to back an extension of the transition period and stop a disastrous no-deal Brexit – with the UK crashing out of the Single Market and Customs Union – at the end of this year. This particular campaign is not about stopping Read more…
This Friday on the 75th anniversary of VE Day people all over the world will pause to remember the day the guns fell silent in Europe after terrible years of bloodshed, destruction, and atrocity, and to honour the courage and perseverance of those whose work, struggle and sacrifice contributed to the defeat of Read more…
In the space of a few short weeks the Coronavirus crisis has turned our lives upside down, and we salute all those key workers, from carers to consultants and from supermarket staff to council workers, whose efforts are helping to turn the tide and keep our society going through it Read more…
Extending the Brexit transition The Coronavirus crisis is – at least in the short term – the greatest disruption that our economy and society has faced in most of our lifetimes. Governments, including our own, are taking steps to protect their citizens, services and businesses that would only a few short Read more…