Stand as a Rejoin EU Party election candidate to put pressure on Westminster to reverse Brexit
As Labour continues to struggle to revive the economy despite its victory in July's general election, the Rejoin EU Party is now planning next steps in its campaign to re-join the EU.
While some believed before the election that Labour might soften or drop the so-called “red lines” in its European policy, such as its refusal to re-join the EU and its single market and customs union, Keir Starmer has simply “doubled down” on them, even rejecting the option of re-joining programmes such as student-exchange scheme Erasmus for fear of being seen to favour a return to free movement.
Meanwhile, Chancellor Rachel Reeves’s Budget aimed at filling a supposed £22bn hole in the public finances has been widely criticised when studies have shown a return to the SM and CU would more than plug the gap.
While petitions, writing to MPs, demanding a public inquiry into the cost and consequences of Brexit or other lobbying measures are worthwhile and could influence the government's stance, we don't believe they're likely to work on their own.
Therefore, as a registered political party with a belief in the power of democratic votes to exact change, we feel the best way to achieve our aim would be to put pressure on Labour and others at the ballot box.
We have already had some success in local elections, such as coming third behind the Tories and Labour in a council by-election in Golders Green in 2023, as well as managing to retain our deposit in this year’s London Assembly Elections. We also stood in 26 constituencies at July’s general election.
We now want to build on those achievements by standing candidates in the many local council by-elections due in coming months, as well as next May's local elections.
Local elections are less well publicised than parliamentary elections and you might want to ask your local council to notify you about forthcoming contests and the timetable and deadlines for registering as a candidate. In any event, a regularly updated list of them can be found here and if you would like to stand, please contact us in the first instance at admin@therejoineuparty.com and we'll do our best to help.
We're also hoping to recruit more regional co-ordinators and set up local branches, so if you would like to do that, please let us know at the same address.
You can find out more about standing as a candidate by visiting the “Become a candidate” section at therejoineuparty.com/volunteering
We look forward to hearing from you.
The Rejoin EU Party
