On July 1st 2025, Sam Johnson, a student at UCL and member of the North Herts for Europe standing committee spoke at a North Herts for Europe event about how Brexit has impacted students. This talk was informed by his preparations to study abroad in Warsaw, Poland. He discussed the added hurdles of post-Brexit legal…
UK Researchers have been awarded about £500m in grants since re-entering the Horizon Programme one year ago. The UK has had the highest number of beneficiaries of any of the 19 non-EU members and, in terms of value, the third highest. In total, nearly 3000 British science projects were awarded grants in 2024, according to…
On Sunday the 13th April, North Herts for Europe hosted a seminar from Lisa Burton, Vice-Chair of Bremain in Spain. The seminar, Issues Facing Brits in Spain, is now up on our YouTube Channel, so please do watch. Lisa’s insights as a British citizen living in Spain, and as a pro-European campaigner, are truly worth…
On Sunday 2nd March, North Herts for Europe hosted a Zoom seminar with Brendan Donnelly from the Rejoin EU Party. Donnelly served as an MEP from 1994-1999, initially as a Conservative before leaving the party due to its anti-European policies. During the seminar, titled Reset or Rejoin? The Choice for Brexit Britain, Donnelly discussed the…
Dear Supporters, In this newsletter, we are publicizing the National Rejoin March, which is taking place in London on 10th September. It’s important that as many of us as possible attend this, to demonstrate that the effects of the government’s disastrous Trade and Cooperation Agreement are still very much a live issue. Details below. Although we are…
False equivalence Over the years there have been a series of occurrences of False equivalence in BBC news programmes, where Ofcom has had to correct the BBC. The existence of Climate change being a notable one, where climate scientists were set against those with no knowledge of the subject. BBC Complaint handling The BBC’s failure…
Every serious independent economist argued that massively raising barriers with your main trade partner is an extraordinary act of self-harm. And now, 6 years too late, the extreme right wing Brexit backing Express newspaper last week carried the headline “Brexit blamed as UK exports 2021 drop 14% – Britain ‘missing out’ on global trade”. And…
Majority think the EU Trade deal with UK has pushed up costs, increased paperwork and delays, and put the UK at a competitive disadvantage. New research carried out by the British Chambers of Commerce of more than 1,000 businesses has highlighted a host of issues with the UK’s trade deal with Europe. The BCC believes urgent steps should be taken to address these problems…