We were in a Halloween mood at our street stall in central Bath on Saturday 26th October. Two big posters featuring a picture of Frankenstein’s monster proclaimed ‘Brexit: an experiment gone horribly wrong.’ The monster himself was there to hand out leaflets which detail the group’s concern about some of the losses and threats Pro-EU groups consider have occurred through Brexit. These include freedom of movement, an impact on British farming, dirtier beaches and rivers and further red tape with imports and exports.
Organiser Alice Hovanessian said, “We’re asking people to sign two petitions initiated by the European Movement. The first called Embrace Erasmus will give young people the chance to study, travel and work across Europe and the second Face the Music asks Parliament to find a solution to the problems faced by musicians wanting to tour in the EU.”
Wera Hobhouse, Liberal Democrat MP for Bath, visited the stall and said,”‘It’s always fantastic to see so much support in Bath for building bridges with our European allies, rather than sowing divisions. With a new government in office, we have a fresh opportunity to repair our broken relationship with Europe, after it was trashed by the Conservatives. I will continue my work in Parliament to strengthen ties, from calling on the government to establish a Youth Mobility Scheme to collaborating with colleagues in the Europe All-Party Parliamentary Group. It’s time to tear down the red tape put up by the Conservatives and give a much-needed boost to Britain’s economy, by working closely with our European partners once again.”
This is the second time we have used a literary theme for their campaigns. Last year, dressed in Georgian costumes, we posed in the Royal Crescent with a banner featuring an adaptation of the opening line of Jane Austen’s ‘Pride and Prejudice.’ The move to Gothic horror was inspired by Mary Shelley completing the final draft of ‘Frankenstein’ in Bath in 1816 – exactly 200 years before the Brexit Referendum.
Bath for Europe 