Rally in Ipswich outside EADT offices and then Endeavour House

The Suffolk EU Alliance, on behalf of all our members, will be writing a special ‘meaningful letter’, crafted by our letter-writing group, to each of the seven Suffolk MPs prior to the first vote on Theresa May’s deal, and we need your help!

The letters, each placed in their own special box, will start their journey at the East Anglia Daily Times office close to Ipswich football stadium at 10.50, accompanied by a pop-up rally of flag-waving SEUA members.  We will give the Editor a copy of the letter and a press release explaining our purpose.  From there, the rally will march the short distance (via a coffee shop owned by a European supporter) to Endeavour House, home to Suffolk County Council.  We’ll time our arrival to 1:15 pm, which is forty five minutes before the beginning of a full committee meeting.  We hope councillors sympathetic to our cause will say ‘hello’ as the rest will run the gauntlet of the People’s Vote mini-rally!  Bring your flags and banners with you – and we’ll bring a few spares.

Colin Hopkins (SEUA vice-chair) will prepare a letter to Michael Ladd, chairman of the council, asking for an appointment before the end of the year to discuss Suffolk County Council’s stance on Brexit.  We also hope to table a question at the January meeting.   We will provide each of the councillors a copy of the letter.  Once delivered, the rally will conclude some time before 2pm.

Meanwhile the boxes, each containing a letter intended for our MPs, will be taken to the House of Commons.

We’d like as many of you as possible to join us and to cheer on our “meaningful letter”.

For directions, see both maps below.

EADT, Portman House, 120 Princes Street, IP1 1RS

Suffolk County Council, Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich IP1 2BX