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SUMMARY:Bring back Erasmus+
DESCRIPTION:Johnson promised Erasmus + was safe in his hands – he lied. Come and find out what you can do about it. \nSpeakers include: \n\nLloyd Russell-Moyle – MP for Brighton Kemptown\nNaomi Smith – CEO Best for Britain\nProf Juliet Lodge – Women 4 Europe\n\nMeet at the spiral pillars by the i360\, opposite the West Pier. \nBrighton and Hove for EU belongs to the ErasmusPlusAlliance alongside groups such as the Young European Movement\, Centre for International Learning\, Best for Britain\, Grassroots for Europe\, and the European Movement. \nTogether we want to get back\, for people of all ages and abilities\, the same education and training opportunities we enjoyed in the EU\, before the Tory Government snatched them away and refused to allow us to stay in schemes the EU left open for us. \nWe want to counter the myth that the government is levelling up with the replacement Turing scheme – nothing is further from the truth. This ideological government chose to deprive us of funding free education and opportunities that our EU friends take for granted. \nSo this is our fight for a better future for all. Join us and make your voices heard.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/bring-back-erasmus/
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CREATED:20210927T115749Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210927T115749Z
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SUMMARY:Exploring "My Secret Brexit Diary" by Michel Barnier
DESCRIPTION:This event will explore Michel Barnier’s new book\, My Secret Brexit Diary: a glorious illusion. \nIn June 2016\, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. As the EU’s chief negotiator\, for four years Michel Barnier had a seat at the table as the two sides thrashed out what Brexit would really mean. The result would change Britain and Europe forever. During the 1600 days of complex and often acrimonious negotiations\, Michel Barnier kept a secret diary. He recorded his private hopes and fears\, and gave a blow-by-blow account as the negotiations oscillated between consensus and disagreement\, transparency and lies. \nPlease register via link below.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/exploring-my-secret-brexit-diary-by-michel-barnier/
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CREATED:20210720T181302Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210720T181302Z
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SUMMARY:What should Labour's Europe policy be at the next election?
DESCRIPTION:Chair: Mike Buckley\, Labour for a European Future \nSpeakers: \nHilary Benn MP\, former Shadow Foreign Secretary \nPaul Blomfield MP\, former Shadow Brexit Minister \nCllr Christabel Cooper\, Hammersmith and Fulham \nClare Moody\, former MEP for the South West and Gibraltar   in a discussion on Labour’s Europe policy.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/what-should-labours-europe-policy-be-at-the-next-election/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
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CREATED:20210924T101616Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210924T101616Z
UID:6538-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Progressive Alliance: Will Labour Accept Sharing Power to Win?
DESCRIPTION:Join Compass in-person in Brighton or remotely via livestream during this year’s Labour Party Conference for a special event.\nWe’ll be joined by Clive Lewis\, Labour MP for Norwich South\, Caroline Lucas\, Green MP for Brighton Pavilion\, Paul Mason\, journalist\, author and film-maker\, and Naomi Smith\, Chief Executive of Best for Britain\, to look at the necessity and strategy of a Progressive Alliance following the events of Labour Conference. \nWill the party embrace an agenda of democratic change\, or is it condemned to lose again?\nMore speakers TBC.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/progressive-alliance-will-labour-accept-sharing-power-to-win/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
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CREATED:20210929T120409Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T120409Z
UID:6594-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:German Elections: Implications for Europe | Webinar
DESCRIPTION:We will be examining the outcome and the implications for Europe three days after the German election with a stellar German cast: \nJoining us are: \nAndreas Botsch\, head of the international department\, the DGB (German TIUC)\, for the SPD\nDr Rainer Ohler\, partner consultant nat Senior Strategists\, ex-head of corporate communications\, EADS/Airbus and home policy adviser to Helmut Kohl\, for the CDU\nDr Nils Redeker\, Policy Fellow for European Economic Policy at the Jacques Delors Centre\nNina Locher from the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Personal adviser to the Chair of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and writer on EU-UK relations\, including Brexit.\nThe webinar will be chaired by David Gow\, ex-German Correspondent\, The Guardian\, and EMiS executive committee member.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/german-elections-implications-for-europe-webinar/
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
DTSTAMP:20260503T032536
CREATED:20210925T103546Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210925T103546Z
UID:6558-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:My Secret Diary by Michel Barnier
DESCRIPTION:In June 2016\, the people of the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union. As the EU’s chief negotiator\, for four years Michel Barnier had a seat at the table as the two sides thrashed out what ‘Brexit’ would really mean. The result would change Britain and Europe forever. \nDuring the 1600 days of complex and often acrimonious negotiations\, Michel Barnier kept a secret diary. He recorded his private hopes and fears\, and gave a blow-by-blow account as the negotiations oscillated between consensus and disagreement\, transparency and lies. From Brussels to London\, from Dublin to Nicosia\, Michel Barnier’s secret diary lifts the lid on what really happened behind the scenes of one of the most high-stakes negotiations in modern history. \nThe result is a unique testimony from the ultimate insider on the hidden world of Brexit and those who made it happen.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/my-secret-diary-by-michel-barnier/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
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CREATED:20210914T074414Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210914T074414Z
UID:6503-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Brexit isn't working.  Protest at the Conservative Party Conference
DESCRIPTION:The Tories’ ruinous brexit deal is trashing the country. Peace in Northern Ireland threatened\, shortages in the shops\, crops rotting in the fields\, small businesses crushed by brexit red tape\, whole industries threatened\, some trashed. It’s time to fight back. \nKey demands: \nA better deal with the EU: Return to the Single Market and Customs Union. Free movement of workers reinstated. \nA better deal for EU citizens in the UK: End the hostile environment. Physical proof of residency for EU citizens living in the UK. Fix problems with the settled status system. \nScrap the Police Bill: The draconian PCSC bill must be scrapped. It threatens rights to protest\, GRT rights and increases stop and search powers. It’s an affront do democracy and human rights and must go.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/brexit-isnt-working-protest-at-the-conservative-party-conference/
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CREATED:20210929T124804Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T124804Z
UID:6598-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Things Can Only Get Worse: waking up from the Brexit fever dream\, with Jonty Bloom
DESCRIPTION:Jonty Bloom is a former BBC business and economic correspondent\, now freelance journalist and blogger. You would have heard him regularly on BBC Radio including the PM programme until last year when he went freelance. He worked in the City before becoming a journalist.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/things-can-only-get-worse-waking-up-from-the-brexit-fever-dream-with-jonty-bloom/
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
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CREATED:20211003T151435Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211003T151435Z
UID:6629-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:1\,000 BrexitReality Tweets
DESCRIPTION:We have a treat in store! Our Monday livestream this week will feature Twitter sensation Professor R Daniel Keleman of Rutgers University. Prof Kelemen is drawing a line under his Brexit Reality thread which has been reporting the ever worsening realities of Tory Brexit since January 2021. Sad to say\, the horrors of Brexit Reality are set to continue for some time. And maybe someone else will take on the task now. \nIn the meantime you can catch up on his tweets via the thread roll here:  https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1348964732104007680.html \nAs he posts his 1\,000th and last Brexit Reality tweet\, we will be talking to Prof Kelemen on our weekly Monday livestream at 7.30pm on Facebook and Twitter. \nPlease join us.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/1000-brexitreality-tweets/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
DTSTAMP:20260503T032536
CREATED:20210928T134639Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T134639Z
UID:6579-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Brexit: Exploring the hidden costs
DESCRIPTION:It is only now\, as we edge further away from the height of the Covid pandemic\, that the real effects of Brexit are starting to become more visible. Not only are there continued issues surrounding the Northern Ireland Protocol\, which is yet to be resolved\, there are now worrying examples of how the UK’s supply chain is being impacted by the fact we left the European Union. To discuss this\, The Independent is hosting a virtual event\, chaired by their chief political commentator John Rentoul\, during which an expert panel will explore the pros and cons that the reality of Brexit presents and what the future holds for a UK divorced from the EU. \nFor further information and to register\, click on the Eventbrite link.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/brexit-exploring-the-hidden-costs/
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CREATED:20211001T101124Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T101124Z
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SUMMARY:Young European Movement social
DESCRIPTION:Join us for a drink and a nice chat.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/young-european-movement-social/
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CREATED:20211006T093637Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211006T093637Z
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SUMMARY:Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi: A forgotten Father of Europe?
DESCRIPTION:The former Director of the Federal Trust\, Dr Martyn Bond\, will be discussing his most recent book “Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard\,” a biography of Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi. \nCoudenhove-Kalergi (RCK) was a central figure in the history of European integration before and after the Second World War\, arguing for a united Europe based initially on shared popular enthusiasm throughout Europe rather than on institutional structures.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/richard-coudenhove-kalergi-a-forgotten-father-of-europe/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
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CREATED:20210928T140709Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210928T140709Z
UID:6586-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Why is journalism failing democracy?
DESCRIPTION:New analysis from Open Democracy shows how the Conservative party has become dependent on bankers and hedge fund tycoons\, who are now responsible for almost 40% of all donations. The findings have sparked warnings from opposition MPs and transparency campaigners that Boris Johnson is reliant on “vested interests” who want to “drive the UK towards a Singapore-on-Thames-style model of light-touch regulation and low business taxes”. (Read more here: https://www.opendemocracy.net/en/dark-money-investigations/tories-rake-in-11m-from-hedge-funds-and-finance-tycoons/) \nThe people who produce and consume the news are increasingly elites living in big cities. Why is this happening\, what does it mean for democracy and what can we do about it? Join us for this free live discussion on 7 October at 6.30pm UK time – register via the Zoom link below.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/why-is-journalism-failing-democracy/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
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CREATED:20211006T095707Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211006T095707Z
UID:6641-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:What next for Labour & PR?
DESCRIPTION:A review of conference from PR campaign organisers\, hear from some of the delegates and activists who were in the thick of it\, and consider what the outcome means for Labour’s journey towards introducing PR for UK general elections.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/what-next-for-labour-pr/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
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CREATED:20211008T135200Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211008T135200Z
UID:6658-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:GlasgowLovesEU: Q&A with Dr Helga Nowotny
DESCRIPTION:Join us live on Facebook or Twitter for a Q&A with Dr Helga Nowotny\, Professor emerita of Science and Technology Studies at ETH Zurich and former president of the European Research Council. \nDr Nowotny will talk about dealing with uncertainty\, Brexit’s impact on the EU and fixing the post-referendum social divide. \n\nOn Facebook: https://m.facebook.com/GlasgowLovesEU/ \nOn Twitter: @glasgowlovesEU
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/glasgowloveseu-qa-with-dr-helga-nowotny/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
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CREATED:20211011T221542Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211011T221542Z
UID:6697-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Modernising Britain's Democracy
DESCRIPTION:Leeds for Europe and Labour for a European Future – Modernising Britain’s Democracy – with Mike Buckley\, Alex Sobel MP and Juliet Lodge. It will cover voting reform\, media\, devolution\, House of Lords reform and much more.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/modernising-britains-democracy/
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CREATED:20210921T124515Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210921T124515Z
UID:6533-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Changing to Proportional Representation: New Zealand's experience
DESCRIPTION:Pro Europa Brussels invites you to a discussion with Prof Andrew Geddis of Otago University. \nThere are many parallels between New Zealand’s experience prior to the introduction of PR and the situation in the UK today\, where the Conservatives and some in the Labour Party are clinging to their vested interest in the present first-past-the-post system. That was also true in NZ\, yet the people of that country were able to change to a fairer and more democratic system. How they managed to achieve that and how it has turned out are questions that Professor Geddis will tackle in his talk. \nTo access the event on 13 October please click on the Zoom link below at 09.00 BST (10.00 CEST\, 21.00 NZST).
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/changing-to-proportional-representation-new-zealands-experience/
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CREATED:20211007T152957Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211007T152957Z
UID:6653-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Lewisham Across Europe: No.2 – Lyon
DESCRIPTION:Listen in and/or participate in the discussion in the second of our events to celebrate our European identity. Beginning with an overview of its ties with Lewisham\, this one-hour presentation and chat centres on France’s second-largest urban area\, a city which even Parisians acknowledge as the culinary centre of the country (Curnonsky went further\, saying it was the “gastronomic capital of the world”). With Beaujolais and Burgundy just to the north\, the Rhone wines and Provence to the south\, the Alps to the east\, and two rivers running through it\, from Roman times (as the capital of the Gauls) Lyon has been ……. \nThese events are informal. No prior registration is required\, just join in – and please pass on the details/invite to friends and family\, the more the merrier\, they don’t even have to be outright Rejoiners.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/lewisham-across-europe-no-2-lyon/
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DTSTAMP:20260503T032536
CREATED:20210929T152423Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20210929T152423Z
UID:6602-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Festival of Europe UK 2022 Official Launch
DESCRIPTION:We are delighted to announce the official launch of the Festival of Europe 2022 at the National Liberal Club in Central London. The Festival will be a UK-wide summer of music\, film\, theatre\, visual arts and food\, celebrating our continent’s shared culture and values  (see the Festival website below for more). \nIf you cannot attend the launch in person\, it will be live-streamed by private invitation. For further information and to request an invitation\, please email tamsin@festivalofeurope.uk
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/festival-of-europe-uk-2022-official-launch/
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CREATED:20211010T132647Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211010T132647Z
UID:6663-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Q&A with Gavin Esler - livestream on Twitter & Facebook
DESCRIPTION:Join Glasgow Loves EU for a live-stream Q&A with journalist and author Gavin Esler: \nOn Twitter: @glasgowloveseu \nOn Facebook:  https://m.facebook.com/GlasgowLovesEU/
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/qa-with-gavin-esler-livestream-on-twitter-facebook/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
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CREATED:20211018T112655Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211018T112655Z
UID:6722-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Proportional Representation
DESCRIPTION:In this webinar we’ll be joined by Laura Parker from Labour for a New Democracy and Owen Winter from Make Votes Matter to talk about the case for PR\, why it’s the right choice for Labour and where we go from here.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/proportional-representation/
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DTSTAMP:20260503T032536
CREATED:20211013T101738Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211013T101738Z
UID:6707-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Building cultural bridges after Brexit
DESCRIPTION:The aim of this webinar will be to highlight difficulties and challenges that Brexit has thrown up for UK artists and performers and try to discern solutions to this new reality. Though the focus will be on the music industry\, many of the issues are shared by artists and organisations in other cultural fields. Our three panel experts will be Professor Linda Merrick (Principal of the Royal Northern College of Music\, Manchester)\, Paul Pacifico (CEO of the Association of Independent Music ) and Mark Pemberton (Director of the Association of British Orchestras). Our moderator will be Dr Nigel Clarke\, a freelance composer and musician.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/building-cultural-bridges-after-brexit/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
DTSTAMP:20260503T032536
CREATED:20211011T220139Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211011T220139Z
UID:6693-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Hitler's Cosmopolitan Bastard
DESCRIPTION:In the turbulent period following the First World War the young Count Richard Coudenhove-Kalergi founded the Pan-European Union\, offering a vision of peaceful\, democratic unity for Europe. The Count’s commitment to this cooperative ideal infuriated Adolf Hitler\, who referred to him as a “cosmopolitan bastard” in Mein Kampf. Martyn Bond’s biography offers an opportunity to explore a remarkable life and revisit the impetus and origins of a unified Europe. This event will explore Martyn’s recent publication\, ‘Hitler’s Cosmopolitan Bastard’.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/hitlers-cosmopolitan-bastard/
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DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
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CREATED:20211001T173641Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211001T173641Z
UID:6625-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:How fares meritocracy in Britain and Europe? Competence or Cronyism?
DESCRIPTION:Adrian Wooldridge\, Political Editor and “Bagehot” columnist of The Economist.\nWhat binds us and divides us? Are there links to Brexit and our PM? \nBrexit Britain is looking increasingly like 1970s Britain: bigger state\, higher inflation\, less choice\, more bureaucracy\, shortages of staff and supplies\, ignoring the needs of the less-privileged\, rampant cronyism. \nHis latest book “The Aristocracy of Talent: How Meritocracy Made the Modern World” traces the history of meritocracy. He describes the repeated efforts to compel society to organise itself on lines where not bloodlines or bank balances but merit alone decides who rules. \nHis book raises debates regarding the future of the Labour Party (“it offers Labour’s only path to victory” according to Wooldridge) and the Government’s “levelling up” agenda. \nWhere does meritocracy stand in the domestic party political arena? What can we learn from divergent attitudes in Europe and across the world\, and where does Brexit fit into the context? This promises to be a fascinating talk.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/how-fares-meritocracy-in-britain-and-europe-competence-or-cronyism/
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CREATED:20211010T135846Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211010T135846Z
UID:6673-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Meritocracy in the UK and Europe
DESCRIPTION:How fares meritocracy in Britain and Europe? Competence or Cronyism?\nWith Adrian Wooldridge\, Political Editor and “Bagehot” columnist of The Economist.\nFollowed by a Q&A session.\nThis event is free but you must register in advance – see the event website for details and information on how to submit your question/s for the Q&A.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/meritocracy-in-the-uk-and-europe/
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CREATED:20211016T152605Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211016T152605Z
UID:6712-1777778736-1777778736@ukpen.eu
SUMMARY:Brexit Isn't Working - Cambridge stall
DESCRIPTION:Join us at our stall outside the Guildhall in Cambridge to discuss the ongoing crisis that Brexit and the Johnson Government’s reckless incompetence and malice has created\, and what should be done to end it. From rejoining Erasmus+ to aligning with EU food and farming standards to restoring Freedom of Movement\, there are many steps that can and should be taken to build a better and closer relationship with the EU. \nIf you can spend an hour or two on our stall\, please tell us when you can be there by emailing the address below.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/brexit-isnt-working-cambridge-stall/
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DTSTART;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
DTEND;TZID=Europe/London:20260503T032536
DTSTAMP:20260503T032536
CREATED:20211023T152113Z
LAST-MODIFIED:20211023T152113Z
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SUMMARY:Brexit and Music
DESCRIPTION:Just what has Brexit meant for touring performers\, musicians and festival organisers? What are the parallels for other industries? \nWe cannot express the issue any better than Sir Simon Rattle\, whose family are based in Germany\, has applied for a German passport and said any musician with only a UK passport was at a disadvantage. \n“People who are normally hired by organisations abroad are being told\, ‘I’m sorry\, we just don’t have the capacity to bring somebody from the United Kingdom\, it is too complicated and too expensive’. What I worry about is how much music will have been lost\, how many brilliant young musicians will not be able to do what they do\, how many artistic lives will be ruined?” \nOur panel (final diverse line-up tbc) includes: \nSimon Dunbavand\, organist\, pianist\, conductor and teacher \nDavid Knopfler\, singer-songwriter\, founding member of rock group Dire Straits and now with twenty solo albums under his belt. \nBen Osborn\, based in Berlin\, works with asylum seekers and has provided music for theatre as well as a performer. \nMilena Simovic\, solo violinist and violist\, member of the United Strings of Europe ensemble \nLucy Woolley\, creative producer and coach\, festival director of Lancaster Jazz Festival
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/brexit-and-music/
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SUMMARY:Post-Brexit Crime & Justice Co-operation Between the UK and the EU
DESCRIPTION:The UK’s departure from the EU has meant extensive changes in the arrangements for co-operation in the fields of crime\, justice and security between the UK and the EU. The implications of these major changes for law enforcement in the UK are important for crime\, justice and civil law co-operation on both sides of the Channel\, and will be debated in this webinar by a panel of distinguished speakers chaired by Lord David Hannay\, former UK Permanent Representative to the EU.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/post-brexit-crime-justice-co-operation-between-the-uk-and-the-eu/
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SUMMARY:How Brexit is Damaging Oxford: A public debate
DESCRIPTION:At this in-person event Lord Andrew Adonis\, chair of the European Movement\, will host a panel of invited guests and local citizens who will testify about what Brexit has done and is doing to their lives\, livelihoods\, futures and well being across a whole range of sectors. \nThe session will end with a discussion about the road map we can soonest take to end the self-inflicted harms caused by this historic national mistake. \nDue to social distancing\, on-site seating in the Assembly Room will be limited to 80 people. You can also join the meeting remotely\, at a reduced charge\, via Zoom. See link for details.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/how-brexit-is-damaging-oxford-a-public-debate/
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SUMMARY:TELLING A NEW STORY ABOUT EUROPE: ONE MESSAGE FOR ALL OR ONE FOR EACH NATION?
DESCRIPTION:A four‐nations panel discussion chaired by Peter Kellner and co‐sponsored by European Movement\, Wales for Europe & European Movement in Scotland. Speakers: Ifan Morgan Jones\, Founder\, Nation Cymru; Jane Thomas\, Yorkshire Bylines; Jane Morrice\, Past Speaker\, Stormont Assembly; David Gow\, European Movement in Scotland.
URL:https://ukpen.eu/event/telling-a-new-story-about-europe-one-message-for-all-or-one-for-each-nation/
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