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@JWestland
I haz emailed my MP:
Considering the court ruling on article 50 which states Parliament must vote on the trigger of article 50: I strongly urge you to vote against taking the UK out of the EU, failing that to vote against taking the UK out of the EEC.
May is currently pushing for a Brexit that takes the UK fully out of the EU and the EEC: The economic risks for NI are very high as we trade a lot with ROI, we will lose all the EU funding, funding for farming is also not resolved atm and there is lots of farming here and the government cannot give any guarantees on the border, it will be up to the EU.
If a hard border returns, it can lead to social unrest and worse a return of violence. For what?
Therefore I ask you to vote against triggering article 50 altogether, I have lived here 12 years as an EU immigrant and I don't want to see this place going downhill again, this is my home by now. My son was born here, he likes it here, we all like it here and I have seen Belfast improving massively. I'm afraid things will go downhill again and nothing I have seen of this Brexit so far makes me hope the situation for NI, or even a lot of people overall in the UK, will improve.
There are no guarantees given to the UK people either, I am not even going to bring up the risks to my situation as I can always leave: But some people here will be off worse, and they cannot leave easily. All promises so far have been broken bar to "leave the EU" what good will that do if NI, already a poor area of the UK, is even poorer and social unrest will return here?
Will edit a bit more and send to Belfast Lords as well.
Clusterfuck this...