Brexit Question Time at the West Suffolk College

A panel of experts will address a large audience on Friday, November 30, at West Suffolk College, in a Question Time style discussion on Brexit.

The panel includes Andrew, Lord Adonis and Lara Spirit (of Our Future, Our Choice, a youth movement campaigning for a People’s Vote), as well as Julie Pearce, a Bury St Edmunds resident. It will be chaired by the executive director at West Suffolk College, Angela Smith.

The event will begin at 2.45 (doors opening at 2.15), and will continue until 4.15.

The purpose of the event is to raise awareness of Brexit issues and the People’s Vote, as well as to encourage an open discussion of different perspectives.

Suffolk voted to Leave the EU in 2016, and Bury St Edmunds voted to Leave (57% in favour). People’s Vote representatives (including Femi Oluwole) have visited the college over the last few weeks and delivered workshops to groups of students.

Recent surveys in Bury St Edmunds shows there is a significant majority in favour of a People’s Vote.

OFOC co-founder Lara Spirit said: “It’s fantastic to come to Bury St Edmunds, where the People’s Vote campaign has done so much great work. Local volunteers like Christina Birt have put the work in and it shows. Young people around this country deserve better than this botched Brexit – they deserve rights and opportunities that are at least as good as enjoyed by the generation that came before them.”

Andrew, Lord Adonis said: “I’ve been up and down the country over the past few months and everywhere I’ve been people share the same concerns. They are worried about the loss of opportunities Brexit presents. It’s very encouraging how the idea of a People’s Vote has cut through. The results of surveys now showing a majority in favour of a People’s Vote in Bury St Edmunds are being replicated all across the UK.”