Thread by @chesterforeu

Time for a catch-up on our weekend campaign activities so here is a thread to bring you all up to date and share the observations and stories of the day. This week our main stall was in Ellesmere Port to talk to the people there. The local MP is @justinmadders. /thread

The planned decision to visit Ellesmere Port turned out particularly prescient given the recent news of Vauxhall’s warnings about the consequences of the “Do or Die” no-deal being touted around by Johnson and Hunt
independent.co.uk/news/business/…

Here is a photo of our Remain Angels for the Day. Aren’t they gorgeous? 😉

Some observations of the day have come in from our volunteers. Our lovely Emma met a couple so disgusted with the current atmosphere which is toxic from the #brexitomnishambles, they have decided to move overseas to Spain permanently. These are not isolated cases sadly.

One person having received our leaflet was overheard explaining to their friend that it was about keeping Johnson out to save Vauxhall. Clearly this is not an issue passing local people by, they are paying attention and if it all goes wrong who will they see is responsible?

Another observation on Johnson.
“If the next PM is dishonest in his private life, he will be dishonest with the country”
Well yes we agree. However Jeremy Hunt gave us this fascinating and rare truth here.

https://twitter.com/bbcpolitics/status/1145275160896741376?s=21

Is your job worth Brexit? How do we decide who’s job is worth this monstrously bad decision? Any volunteers? Shall we draw straws? Any MP who is telling you that there is any Brexit which will not damage our lives and our economy and jobs is not telling you the truth.

The general vibe reported back by our volunteers was the overwhelming majority about 70% were supportive of our campaign for a #PeoplesVote. One man said in terms if the politicians can’t decide then it has to come back to the people.

There were plenty of working class people, labour inclined, who came to talk to us. There were far fewer outright pro Brexit voices than we expected but even those people were unfailingly polite and not at all hostile, something we always find in Ellesmere Port.

One woman talked to us thinking we were pro Brexit. We were a little baffled until we realised she probably made an assumption about our flag. It seems so sad that Brexiters have attempted to hijack the Union Jack for their agenda. It belongs to all of us as does the EU flag.

We had a very shocking story told to us by a teacher. He ran into some ex pupils who all voted in the referendum but it turns out they voted leave. When asked why, they claimed it was to stop people who were not white. They used different words which I do not want to repeat.

The teacher was heartbroken and felt they had totally failed. But our view is the biggest failure has been accepting the below as legitimate journalism and political campaigning. Talking about “others” as problems has been normalised and this fed into the Brexit vote in 2016.

We can no longer Look Away. The Brexit rally last night used air raid sirens to invoke a feeling of war. Is it there a big distance from the rally to picture in the right? There is no Brexit compromise which will not strengthen and normalise the far right. #DontLookAway

The local MP in Ellesmere Port Justin Madders seems well supported. His photo drew a lot of people to our stall. They don’t deserve a Brexit foisted on them @justinmadders. There were zero positive views expressed for Farage or Johnson. It was all negative.

Our @EuropeWeaver friends were in Frodsham and had a busy day in the sunshine. The people of Frodsham certainly do not want to pay the ridiculous prices that Tory MPs would have you believe is even close to the truth. @BrexitometerC

In Ellesmere Port we asked for people’s priorities if we can #StopBrexit and get a functioning parliament back. NHS came top. Looks to me like a domestic agenda is what’s on people’s minds and we all now know that the #Borisbus was a pile of big fat #brexitlies

So another positive campaign day. People are fed up but more are starting to feel really worried and supporting the idea that we should stop and draw breath and look at the new facts before there is no going back. #PeoplesVote

With Brexit we face the prospect of job losses, possible medicine shortages or increased costs and and lower tax revenues and worst of all, years of distraction from the day to day as we scrabble around to duplicate what we already have access to via our EU membership.

Why throw all this good stuff and influence away for a mediocre at best alternative? This is the real truth that MPs have to tell their constituents. @justinmadders

It’s time to face the truth and support #PeoplesVote and #remain

#StopBrexit #letusbeheard #MarchForChange