Events

Bradford for Europe distributed leaflets in Great Horton Road outside the Bradford University Richmond Building for two hours during lunchtime on Tuesday 19th November. It was dry but cold. A team of two distributed nearly 600 of our orange leaflets.

Bradford for Europe ran a three hour street stall in Hustlergate on Saturday 16th November. We had four volunteers this time. It was overcast and we had some drizzle. We distributed nearly 700 of our orange leaflets. The footfall was not good early on, but we had had a lot of positive engagement.

Bradford for Europe distributed leaflets in Great Horton Road outside the Bradford University Richmond Building in the middle of the day on Wednesday 13th November. The weather was good. A team of three distributed nearly 800 of our orange leaflets. Engagement was good.


Bradford for Europe ran a three hour street stall in Hustlergate on Saturday 9th November. We had five volunteers this time. It was cold but dry. We distributed 800 of our orange leaflets. We had an extraordinary amount of positive engagement. On two separate occasions, passers by bought us coffee. On the second occasion, we were also offered mini-doughnuts. The Socialist Workers Party and the Socialist Equality Party flanked us on both sides, but we were making a lot of noise, and they soon moved away.

Bradford for Europe ran a two hour lunchtime street event in Hustlergate on Monday 28th October. The weather was good but cold. A team of two used two Bradford for Europe breastplates for identification. We collected signatures for our petition and distributed 400 No Deal People's Vote leaflets. We were interviewed by Bradford Community Broadcasting.


Bradford for Europe joined the "Together for a Final Say" People's Vote march in London on 19th October. Hundreds of thousands of protesters from all over Britain travelled to London to demand a People’s Vote on Brexit. 19 coaches of protesters travelled from Yorkshire, including one from Bradford. Many more protesters made their own way down. We marched with Bradford for Europe banners and Yorkshire flags, in addition to the usual placards and European flags. We also joined the Yorkshire Remain Voice Choir and performed for a gathering crowd, who were handed song books and joined in the songs. More musical instruments and regular practice made for a polished performance. We got news coverage in the Telegraph & Argus both before the march and after the march. We also got news coverage in the Yorkshire Post.

Bradford for Europe distributed leaflets in Great Horton Road outside the Bradford University Richmond Building during lunchtime on Wednesday 16th October. It was dry but cold. A team of one distributed 550 leaflets, including the remainder of our leaflets for the People's Vote March.



A team of three Yorkshire women cycled for three days from Sheffield to Brussels to deliver an electronic love letter to the EU. The letter was delivered on Tuesday 15th October.

Bradford for Europe ran a two hour lunchtime street event in Hustlergate on Tuesday 15th October. The weather was good. A team of two used two Bradford for Europe breastplates for identification. We collected signatures for our petition and distributed 400 No Deal People's Vote leaflets and a few other leaflets.


Bradford for Europe ran a three hour street stall in Hustlergate on Saturday 12th October. We had five volunteers this time, and conditions were good. We collected signatures for our petition, and distributed 600 No Deal People's Vote leaflets, 50 of our orange leaflets and 40 People's Vote March leaflets. A passer by bought us all coffee.

Bradford for Europe distributed leaflets in Great Horton Road outside the Bradford University Richmond Building in the middle of the day of Thursday 10th October. The weather was not favourable. There were several light showers, and one heavy spell of rain. A team of three nonetheless distributed over 700 of our orange leaflets and 10 People's Vote March leaflets. The Socialist Equality Party made another appearance, but we were distributing leaflets at a much higher rate than them, and they soon moved on.

Bradford for Europe ran a two hour lunchtime street event in Hustlergate on Tuesday 8th October. The weather was good despite the forecast. A team of two used two Bradford for Europe breastplates for identification. We collected a good crop of signatures for our petition and distributed just over 400 No Deal People's Vote leaflets and 60 People's Vote March leaflets.



Bradford for Europe joined a coach trip to Westminster to support SODEM (Stand of Defiance European Movement) on Monday 7th October. The Remain Voice Choir was in action again. The video above was filmed round the back of Downing Street, in front of the Foreign Office.


Bradford for Europe ran a three hour street stall in Hustlergate on Saturday 5th October. We had five volunteers this time, and conditions were good. We were downstream of the Socialist Equality Party again, but they did not cause us any trouble. We collected more signatures for our petition this time, and distributed 400 No Deal People's Vote leaflets and 45 People's Vote March leaflets. That was not our best performance, but it was successful day nonetheless.

Bradford for Europe distributed leaflets in Great Horton Road outside the Bradford University Richmond Building from 11:45 to 13:45 on Thursday 3rd October. The weather was good. A team of three distributed 800 of our orange leaflets and 50 People's Vote March leaflets. We again had a lot of positive engagement.

Bradford for Europe ran a two hour lunchtime street event in Hustlergate on Wednesday 2nd October. The weather was good but was getting colder. A team of two used two Bradford for Europe breastplates for identification. We collected signatures for our petition and distributed 400 of the No Deal People's Vote leaflets and 40 People's Vote March leaflets.



Bradford for Europe supported the "Reject Brexit Defend Democracy March and Rally" in Manchester on Sunday 29th September. This event took place at the same time as the Conservative Party Conference. The march started from Whitworth Park, and ended with the rally in Castlefield Bowl.

Bradford for Europe handed out stickers at the start of the UCI Road World Championship Women Elite Race on Saturday 28th September. The race started from City Park outside City Hall. There was also a big screen for people to view the race. A team of ten volunteers flew Yorkshire and European flags, and handed out stickers at three levels of rudeness: People's Vote, Brexit is Bonkers and Bollocks to Brexit. We had a very good reception, with a high proportion of the spectators taking up the stickers.

Bradford for Europe distributed leaflets in Great Horton Road outside the Bradford University Richmond Building from 12:00 to 14:00 on Wednesday 25th September. The weather was good. A team of three distributed over 700 of our orange leaflets and over 50 People's Vote March leaflets. We had a lot of positive response, and several people reported positive action as result of our previous visit.


Bradford for Europe ran a three hour street stall in Hustlergate on Saturday 21st September. We had only three volunteers on the stall. Footfall was low at the start but much greater later on, swelled by Bradford Detective Day contestants, who showed no interest whatsoever in us and diluted the useful footfall that there was. We also had serious case of the Trots. We were downstream of the Socialist Equality Party, who were handing out flyers critical of us saying that we were the ruling elite. We nonetheless doggedly collected signatures for our petition, and distributed just over 400 of the No Deal People's Vote leaflets and 45 of People's Vote March leaflets.

Bradford for Europe ran a two hour lunchtime street event in Hustlergate on Wednesday 18th September. The weather was good but a little dull. A team of two used a banner and two Bradford for Europe breastplates for identification. We collected a good crop of signatures for our petition and distributed about 300 of the No Deal People's Vote leaflets and 40 People's Vote March leaflets.

Bradford for Europe distributed leaflets in Great Horton Road outside the Bradford University Richmond Building from 12:00 to 14:00 on Tuesday 17th September. It was fine day, and the second day of term. A team of three distributed about 700 of our orange leaflets and 25 of the People's Vote March leaflets. People mostly did not have time to stop, but we got some positive engagement and very little of the negativity that we get in Hustlergate.


Bradford for Europe supported the "Stop the Brexit Coup - March and Rally" in Victoria Gardens Leeds on Saturday 14th September. Here is a report from ExaminerLive, and here is another from LeedsLive.

Bradford for Europe ran a three hour street stall in Hustlergate on Saturday 14th September. We were supporting the "Stop the Brexit Coup - March and Rally" in Leeds at the same time. As a result, we had only two volunteers on the stall. We nonetheless collected a good number of signatures for our petition, and distributed about 440 of the No Deal People's Vote leaflets and 55 of People's Vote March leaflets.

Bradford for Europe ran a two hour lunchtime street event in Hustlergate on Wednesday 11th September. The weather was good again. A team of two used Bradford for Europe breastplates for identification. We collected signatures for our petition and distributed nearly 400 of the No Deal People's Vote leaflets and 100 People's Vote March leaflets. We were interviewed by Bradford Community Broadcasting afterwards. The interview was broadcast on Drive Time at 5:15 pm.


Bradford for Europe ran a three hour street stall in Hustlergate on Saturday 7th September. It was a dry day, but we were also supporting the "Great Northern Stop Brexit Conference #2 in Leeds. We had three volunteers for most of the time, but were down to two for a while. We distributed over 500 of the new No Deal People's Vote leaflet, and 70 leaflets for the People's Vote March in London. We also collected a good but not a record number of signatures for our petition.

Bradford for Europe supported the "Great Northern Stop Brexit Conference #2" on Saturday 7th September in Leeds. The Speakers included Lord Michael Heseltine, Hilary Benn MP, Will Hutton, Gavin Esler, Alex Sobel MP, Natalie Bennett, Professor AC Grayling, Richard Corbett MEP, Shaffaq Mohammed MEP, Magid Magid MEP, Denis MacShane, Simon Allison, Kamran Hussain, Diana Wallis, Will Dry, Madeleina Kay, Judith Rogerson and Pranay Manocha. Here is a report on the event.
Bradford for Europe supported a flash protest on 5th September at the West Yorkshire Police Training Facility Carr Gate Wakefield, where Boris Johnson was delivering a speech on police numbers and funding.

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