The EU Referendum Debates come to our region - Get your tickets!
Update: The lineup for the debate in Downham Market has been confirmed.
Downham Market Town Hall 7-9pm 27th November
Independent Chair: Emma Hutchinson of ITV
Laura Sandys & Adam Robertson for the In Team Stuart Agnew MEP & Paul Smyth for the Out Team
Laura Sandys is a former Conservative MP and is now Chair of European Movement
and Adam Robertson is a Lib Dem activist from Suffolk.
Stuart Agnew is a UKIP MEP for the Eastern Region, and Paul Smyth is a UKIP Councillor on Norfolk County Council.
The event is open to all, tickets are available (free of charge) here: http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/saynotoeu
Each side will be given equal speaking time by the indepent chair, and there will be time available for questions from the public. Please see below for more details on the format.
We hope to see you there!
The Democracy Roadshow
The campaign to win Britain's freedom begins in earnest in September with a series of debates across the eastern region. Billed as the "Democracy Roadshow", this is your chance to go along to hear arguments for and against Britain's membership of the EU.
The events are free to attend and are open to the general public, but you must book your place in advance here:
http://www.ticketsource.co.uk/saynotoeu The Democracy Roadshow is a new format , it has two speakers for the OUT campaign and two speakers for the IN campaign. Each event will have a neutral Chairman (such as a local radio host or paper editor). There is an opportunity for audience participation on questioning the debaters.
On the way in the audience will be asked to fill in a form to indicate how they are currently thinking on staying in, coming out or don't know and at the end of the evening a ballot booth will be set up and the audience can participate in indicating after the event how they may vote in the Referendum.
The first debate is in Peterborough on 2nd September and the OUT speakers are Patrick O'Flynn MEP and Suzanne Evans, Deputy Chairman UKIP and for the In campaign is Julian Huppert ex Lib Dem MP for Cambridge and Laura Sandys ex Conservative MP South Thanet and the event is being chaired by Mark Edwards, Editor of the Peterborough Telegraph. There will be a debate in our constituency, in Downham Market, with Stuart Agnew leading the case for an independent Britain. Please come along on the 27th November, but remember to book your free place in advance via the link above.
EU REFERENDUM DEBATE -DEMOCRACY ROADSHOWS: 2nd September - 7:30pm - 9pm - Key Theatre, Peterborough -Lead Speaker -Patrick O'Flynn 30th September - 7pm-9pm - Corn Exchange, Bedford - Lead Speaker - Patrick O'Flynn 15th October - 7pm-9pm - Livingstones, Lowestoft - Lead Speaker - Douglas Carswell 22nd October - 7-9pm - Columbine Centre, Clacton - Lead Speaker - Douglas Carswell 2nd November - 7pm-9pm - Burgess Hall, St Ives - Lead Speaker Patrick O'Flynn 4th November - 7pm-9pm - Corn Exchange, Hertford - Lead Speaker Patrick O'Flynn 19th November - 7pm-9pm - Race Course, Great Yarmouth - Lead Speaker Stuart Agnew 27th November - 7pm-9pm - Town Hall, Downham Market - Lead Speaker Stuart Agnew 4th December - 7pm-9pm - Starr Cinema, Canvey Island - Lead Speaker Tim Aker
