This campaign is not owned by any one person. It belongs to the millions who support us all across the country, from the staff in Millbank and in the field, to the volunteers & activists, including the million who marched in London nine days ago 1/6
FFS was set up to put young and diverse voices front and centre of the People’s Vote campaign, it is because of the efforts of staff and our activists that we’ve been able to achieve this, not City PR Execs who rarely visit the office. 2/7
Late last night, Roland Rudd, as outgoing chair of Open Britain (one of the founder organisations of the People's Vote campaign), sent an email to all staff announcing a boardroom coup. He did this without consultation with FFS staff. 3/7
This email invited all staff to a meeting this morning, which Roland Rudd cancelled at the last minute, despite promises made. Instead he decided to go on TV. 4/7
The team are not prepared to wait around indefinitely for Roland Rudd to come and provide answers to our questions, so the overwhelming majority of the staff team decided to leave the building together. 5/7
This is a crucial week for the campaign and the country. With everything to play for in our unstinting efforts to secure a People's Vote, the last thing anyone needs is to be distracted by a few individuals playing boardroom politics. 6/7
The team are now having a meeting to discuss how the People's Vote campaign, which we all care passionately about and have dedicated our lives to in recent years, continues to be the largest and most vibrant political movement in the country. 7/7
