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1,000 BrexitReality Tweets
2021-10-04 19:30 (Europe/London) | Facebook and Twitter, United Kingdom
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.
In the meantime you can catch up on his tweets via the thread roll here: https://threadreaderapp.com/thread/1348964732104007680.html
As 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.
Please join us.

Things Can Only Get Worse: waking up from the Brexit fever dream, with Jonty Bloom
2021-10-03 17:00 - 18:00 | Online
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.

Brexit isn't working. Protest at the Conservative Party Conference
2021-10-02 14:00 | St Peter’s Square, Manchester M2, United Kingdom
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.
Key demands:
A better deal with the EU: Return to the Single Market and Customs Union. Free movement of workers reinstated.
A 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.
Scrap 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.

My Secret Diary by Michel Barnier
2021-09-30 01:00
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.
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. 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.
The result is a unique testimony from the ultimate insider on the hidden world of Brexit and those who made it happen.

German Elections: Implications for Europe | Webinar
2021-09-29 17:00 - 18:30 | Online
We will be examining the outcome and the implications for Europe three days after the German election with a stellar German cast:
Joining us are:
Andreas Botsch, head of the international department, the DGB (German TIUC), for the SPD
Dr Rainer Ohler, partner consultant nat Senior Strategists, ex-head of corporate communications, EADS/Airbus and home policy adviser to Helmut Kohl, for the CDU
Dr Nils Redeker, Policy Fellow for European Economic Policy at the Jacques Delors Centre
Nina Locher from the Heinrich Böll Foundation. Personal adviser to the Chair of the Heinrich Böll Foundation and writer on EU-UK relations, including Brexit.
The webinar will be chaired by David Gow, ex-German Correspondent, The Guardian, and EMiS executive committee member.

Progressive Alliance: Will Labour Accept Sharing Power to Win?
2021-09-28 18:00 - 19:30
Join Compass in-person in Brighton or remotely via livestream during this year’s Labour Party Conference for a special event.
We’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.
Will the party embrace an agenda of democratic change, or is it condemned to lose again?
More speakers TBC.

What should Labour's Europe policy be at the next election?
2021-09-27 17:30 - 19:00 | Saint Paul’s Parish Church West Street Brighton BN1 2RE, United Kingdom
Chair: Mike Buckley, Labour for a European Future
Speakers:
Hilary Benn MP, former Shadow Foreign Secretary
Paul Blomfield MP, former Shadow Brexit Minister
Cllr Christabel Cooper, Hammersmith and Fulham
Clare Moody, former MEP for the South West and Gibraltar in a discussion on Labour’s Europe policy.

Exploring "My Secret Brexit Diary" by Michel Barnier
2021-09-27 17:30 - 18:45 | Online
This event will explore Michel Barnier’s new book, My Secret Brexit Diary: a glorious illusion.
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. 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.
Please register via link below.

Bring back Erasmus+
2021-09-27 11:45 - 14:00 | the i360 Brighton West Pier Kings Road Brighton BN1 2FL United Kingdom, United Kingdom
Johnson promised Erasmus + was safe in his hands – he lied. Come and find out what you can do about it.
Speakers include:

Lloyd Russell-Moyle – MP for Brighton Kemptown
Naomi Smith – CEO Best for Britain
Prof Juliet Lodge – Women 4 Europe

Meet at the spiral pillars by the i360, opposite the West Pier.
Brighton 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.
Together 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.
We 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.
So this is our fight for a better future for all. Join us and make your voices heard.

Brexit isn’t working: What can Labour do?
2021-09-26 12:30 - 14:00 | Odeon Cinema Brighton: Screen Room 6 West Street Brighton BN1 2RE, United Kingdom
A free rally on how Brexit’s going & what pro-EU Labour supporters do next, featuring Labour politicians, trade unionists & journalists featuring:

Hilary Benn MP – former Environment Secretary
Polly Toynbee – Guardian columnist
Frances O’Grady – General Secretary of the TUC
Anas Sarwar MSP – Leader of Scottish Labour
Carwyn Jones – Former Wales First Minister & Welsh Labour Leader
Lord Andrew Adonis – Chair of the European Movement

Embrace Europe March
2021-09-25 10:00 | Houses of Parliament, Bridge Street, London, SW1A 2PW, Bridge Street,, London, SW1A 2PW, United Kingdom
Rally to show pro-Europe support.

The UK & the EU: How We Will Rejoin, with Professor AC Grayling
2021-09-21 19:00 - 20:00
Professor AC Grayling will be talking about rejoining the European Union: how and when, and what we need to do to make it happen sooner rather than later – with some very practical suggestions included.

Livestream with Prof AC Grayling
2021-09-20 19:30
Q&A with Prof AC Grayling on how and when the UK will rejoin the EU and what we can do to make it happen sooner rather than later.

Europe in the Park
2021-09-18 14:00 - 16:30
We will have music, a picnic and of course stick to currently covid safety rules.
It’s an important chance for us to celebrate our Europeanness, and talk about what we love about our continent.
Bring your Europe flags, berets, anything you’ve got, or just yourselves!

Cross-border data protection, law enforcement and intelligence sharing
2021-09-17 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
This event, led by Edoardo Celeste and hosted by the Dublin City University Law Research Centre, the Brexit Institute and the DCU Law & Technology Research Cluster will focus on data protection, law enforcement and intelligence sharing. Personal data processing practices by national law enforcement and intelligence authorities have been subject to intense criticism over the past few decades. Seminal data protection cases decided by the Court of Justice of the EU and by the European Court of Human Rights involved British and Irish national authorities and oversight mechanisms. The question of the protection of personal data by law enforcement and intelligence authorities in the UK and RoI is still not solved as shown by a series of pending cases before the Court of Justice and the European Court of Human Rights.

So you think you live in a democracy? Make Votes Matter
2021-09-16 19:15 | Online
Only two countries in Europe still use the ‘First Past the Post’ voting system for general elections – the dictatorship in Belarus, and the United Kingdom. This means the UK Parliament does not reflect the voters, the votes of millions of people do not count, and the country is stuck with confrontational politics not fit to respond to the challenges of the 21st Century. Make Votes Matter is the national movement for Proportional Representation, and promotes the adoption of a modern system of PR that makes seats match votes and means all votes count equally.
Join our speaker tonight, Brigid Gardner of Make Votes Matter, to learn more. Register for free at the Eventbrite link on this page. If you would like to contribute to the Q&A session afterwards, please send your question/s to info@nes4eu.co.uk

CROSSBORDER DATA PROTECTION AFTER BREXIT
2021-09-16 14:00 - 15:30 | Online
Discussion with keynote speaker Viviane Reding, former Vice President of the European Commission in charge of Justice, Fundamental Rights and Citizenship. In light of the recent European Commission adequacy decisions on UK law and their attempt to alter policy on cookies, we are extremely fortunate to be able to feature former Commissioner Reding, who was the champion of the EU data protection law: the General Data Protection Regulation. The panel discussion is moderated by noted tech journalist Karlin Lillington (The Irish Times) and will feature speakers including Mike Harris (Grant Thornton) Orla Lynseky (London School of Economics) and Edoardo Celeste (DCU).
The event is organized in cooperation with the DCU Law Research Centre and the Cross Border Data Protection Network, funded by the ESRC-IRC UK-Ireland Networking GrantThe event is organized in cooperation with the DCU Law Research Centre and the Cross Border Data Protection Network, funded by the ESRC-IRC UK-Ireland Networking Grant.

The State of EU-UK Diplomatic Relations
2021-09-16 10:00 - 12:00 | Online
In this session, chaired by Hilary Benn MP, the UK Trade and Business Commission will ask witnesses about the UK-EU relationship, and the performance of UK ministers, negotiators, and diplomats since 2016. There will be a particular focus on whether the approaches adopted have delivered the best results for businesses and individuals, what could have been done differently, and the lessons we should take into current and future negotiations. The difference between being an EU member and third country, the views from the EU and how Britain’s international diplomatic standing has been impacted will also be examined.
For more information, a background briefing and to watch the session live (or the recorded video later), please follow the link below.

Online event with Professor AC Grayling: The UK and the EU: How We Will Rejoin
2021-09-15 19:30 - 21:00
Be inspired by Prof. AC Grayling’s practical suggestions on how and when we might Rejoin…!
As a committed pro-European, defender of democracy and active philosopher he will share his views on starting the path to rejoin the EU sooner rather than later. Suggestions include combining pro-EU forces and collaboration to achieve a change of UK policy towards Europe.
Followed by live Q&A session.

Putting an end to Brexit means putting an end to Brexit - Brendan Donnelly
2021-09-15 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Those of us who see the damage Brexit is doing to the country should not be hesitant about calling for Brexit to be reversed.

Brendan Donnelly was a Member of the European Parliament for the Conservative Party from 1994-1999. He is now the director of the Federal Trust, a research institute which studies the interactions between regional, national, European and global levels of government. Founded in 1945 on the initiative of Sir William Beveridge, it has always had a particular interest in the European Union and Britain’s place in it.
He is no stranger to Stratford4Europe having addressed us in person on a number of occasions – always much enjoyed by his audience for his insights and his humour.

Democracy Day debate with Gavin Esler
2021-09-15 18:00 - 19:30 | Online
Join us to mark the UN’s International Day of Democracy with a panel of political activists, campaigners, and journalists tackling the big questions about the challenges we face, and the opportunities that could arise in British democracy. Speakers include: Gavin Esler, Dominic Grieve, Tom Brake, Peter Jukes, Klina Jordan and Gracie Bradley.

Should Labour align its trade policy to facilitate re-engagement with EU?
2021-09-13 18:00
For the UK to re-engage with the EU our trade policies will need to align, which is one reason why the Tories are so keen to conclude new trade deals even if they bring no economic benefit, and in some cases actually harm UK industries. What should Labour do in response to this – and what should our future trade policy be?
Speakers include former MEP Michael Hindley. More speakers TBC.

Jobs, Workers’ Rights and Brexit
2021-09-12 12:00 | Online
Panel discussion on:
Jobs lost to the EU / Effect on Northern Ireland / EU-derived workers’ rights & future UK workers’ rights / How should Labour do future trade deals differently to protect UK jobs?
Chaired by: Seb Dance
Speakers: Jude Kirton-Darling, Mark Hendrick, Theresa Griffin. Elena Crasta
Further information via the registration link below.

EU Flag Mafia Last Night of the Proms
2021-09-11 16:00 - 20:00 | Royal Albert Hall, Kensington Gore, London, SW7 2AP, United Kingdom
It’s that time again; we are in the run up to The Last Night of The Proms, and what has now become its own tradition. The EU flags team will be ready, with European flags to be handed out to prom goers as they arrive.
2019 was our most successful year. We gave out 50,000 flags, which was noted in the press as a “take over”, turning the Royal Albert Hall into “a sea of blue” which secured press nationwide and in Europe serving as an effective soap box to make the case for touring artists.
This year is crucial. Lockdowns are easing and artists are facing an unfolding nightmare with border restrictions and visas. We feel very strongly about this so we are joining forces and supporting the ‘Let The Music Move’ and ‘Carry on touring’ campaigns that are closely working with The Musicians Union and Incorporated Society of Musicians.

AC Grayling on Rejoining the European Union
2021-09-08 19:00 - 21:00 | Online
Join us for this very special seminar/discussion evening with A.C .Grayling on the subject of rejoining the EU sooner rather than later, with some very practical suggestions for all of us to act upon. Professor Grayling is a prominent academic, author, philosopher, historian, and stalwart campaigner for our continuing membership of the European Union.
The first hour will consist of the seminar plus questions. The second hour will be a participative opportunity to reflect upon the seminar, engage in dialogue and update our draft scenarios for rejoin.
A working draft for discussion, and a link to the Eventbrite page to book your free ticket, are both on the event page.

Webinar "UK/EU future relationship - Challenges for the cultural sector"
2021-09-08 10:00 - 11:00
This high-level event will examine the challenges faced by the cultural sector/creative industries in the post-BREXIT environment and how Parliaments and stakeholders can work together to find solutions. The chairs of the committees responsible for the cultural sector in the European Parliament and the House of Commons will be joined by a distinguished industry representative for a timely and insightful discussion.

Labour and Radical Federalism
2021-09-07 18:00 - 19:15 | Online
Join UK in a Changing Europe for this event in partnership with LabourList, where a panel of speakers will discuss the Labour Party and radical federalism, what radical federalism is and what it would look like.
The panel will explore Labour’s approach to devolution, whether radical constitutional reform should at the heart of its offer at the next general election, and how the party could use the levers of UK government to decentralise power.
(Register via link below. You’ll receive an email with the webinar link and details of how to login – if you don’t see it in your in-box, please check your junk mail.)

Driver shortages and the effects on the supply chain
2021-09-02 11:30 - 13:00
The UK’s supply lines are under severe strain. Supermarkets have stock and supply chain challenges. Staff shortages are being reported in haulage and food production and while these issues are being reported in other countries, the UK seems to be worst affected.
Speakers: Andrew Opie, Director of Food and Sustainability, British Retail Consortium; Richard Harrow, Chief Executive, British Frozen Food Federation; Representative from Logistics UK

World Wide Wednesday Bank Holiday Special
2021-09-01 19:00 | Online
A WWW catch-up after the holidays and a look at what is happening with the supply chain. Phil Speakman of The MZ Shop, Daniel Lambert of Daniel Lambert Wines and Dr Michael Lambert (no relation!) will give updates on previous talks.

Lewisham across Europe discussion with a member in Trieste
2021-08-29 17:00
In this event series, Lewisham East for Europe will be hosting short presentations to give you a flavour of life in different European cities and districts. They start with the Italian city of Trieste, former ‘spy capital’ of Europe where east meets west, introduced by their member Max Calo.
