Trade Unionists Against the EU

We are Trade Unionists Against the EU, campaigning against neoliberalism, privatisation and austerity, whether imposed by the European Union or the Tories.

[Trade Unionists Against the EU @ExittheEU]

Anti-EU, not anti-Europe

[Labour Leave @labourleave]

Did anyone check this before publishing? Sky News editor calling govt plan to enact referendum result "Divisive, ugly, vicious", says parliament must oust him!

Our 'neutral' broadcast media now openly calling for the PM to be removed. Incredible. @Ofcom

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

"We're not calling for a second referendum. Whatever people think of it, the decision was made and we have to respect democracy" - the FBU general secretary in 2016.

Last week, at Labour conference, the FBU leadership backed the call for a 2nd referendum.

[Labour Leave @labourleave]

Remain broke electoral law, Remain was "an illegal campaign", a "criminal campaign". This will dominate the news cycle for weeks... won't it?

https://t.co/XgGmzIaLAq

[Kate Hoey @CatharineHoey]

But it was the Lib Dem’s who first called for a referendum. Don’t you remember @joswinson

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Corbyn should reaffirm that Labour will accept the referendum decision and deliver Brexit. Taking this step would not only make political sense, it would allow Corbyn to stay true to what I believe are his own anti-EU instincts | Bryan Gould https://t.co/6JiCYphvVx

[Trade Unionists Against the EU @ExittheEU]

Magnificent and brutally accurate piece from former Labour heavyweight (and long-time Eurosceptic) Bryan Gould.

"We are where we are because Remainers have collaborated with the EU to prevent an acceptable deal." https://t.co/sUcihabEhQ

[Kate Hoey @CatharineHoey]

Labour Party Trade Unionists should read this on how the EU is not the workers friend Why is @jeremycorbyn not saying this? . https://t.co/IJJwW7qVXd

[Change Britain @Change_Britain]

Being in control of their own lives is of paramount importance to Leave voters. The increasingly hysterical economic scare stories from Remain and the EU just make them want to get out even more.

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Still no answer from @MattWrack on whether or not he still believes this (he wrote it last year.) If he does, how does he square it with the decision to purge me for dissent? If he doesn't, he should say so.

It's time for some honesty and openness from the FBU leadership.

[Labour Leave @labourleave]

Lord Owen: if the undemocratic assault on Brexit by MPs were to succeed, the forces unleashed would "smash the present political system".

Still one of the best summaries we've seen. #brexit

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

My open letter to @fbunational general secretary @MattWrack. Instead of firing off angry private missives to my supporters, come out of the shadows and debate me publicly.

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Would you like to see a public debate take place between me and the general secretary of the FBU, @MattWrack, on the issues of free speech and whether or not it is right for union officials to be removed from office simply for expressing a personal view in their own private time?

[Trade Unionists Against the EU @ExittheEU]

Strong piece from Labour MP Jon Cruddas about the Paul Embery affair:

"Paul Embery's debarment is illegitimate and unjustified. Many of my colleagues in the Labour Party have privately raised their concerns about the FBU’s position and its implications." https://t.co/eGNoSnvPtQ

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

I hereby invite FBU general secretary @MattWrack to take part in a filmed debate with me on the issues of free speech, the right to dissent, and whether a union should debar officials for expressing their personal opinions in their own private time.

Are you up for this, Matt?

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

I'm very grateful to @JonCruddas_1 for this powerful intervention. Jon is the Labour MP for Dagenham (where I grew up) and is rooted in the trade union movement. He argues that we must defend the right to air dissenting views in our movement. He is right. https://t.co/m6rWRDCuse

[Kate Hoey @CatharineHoey]

Whoever is fortunate enough to be the next MP for Vauxhall I wish them well.

[Trade Unionists Against the EU @ExittheEU]

.@PaulEmbery was speaking as our representative at the pro-democracy rally on that evening in March. He was not speaking for the FBU, neither did he claim to be. Yet the FBU has banned him from office for 2 years. All true democrats should stand with Paul. https://t.co/lrmwSqKc1m

[Paul Embery @PaulEmbery]

Daily Mirror | 'The sacking of a dedicated union official makes me fear for the future of free speech'. https://t.co/cTjrB9bN5V

[Trade Unionists Against the EU @ExittheEU]

.@PaulEmbery has spent 20 years fighting on behalf of firefighters. But he has been banned from office by the FBU for speaking at a pro-Leave rally in his own time. It's a sad day when a respected union disciplines someone for having the 'wrong' opinions. https://t.co/cjCIxqKkdi

[Andrew Penman @PenmanJourno]

Thank you @PaulEmbery for talking this morning: a trade unionist since he was 16 and FBU member for 20 years, he's now been kicked off its national executive for the 'crime' of speaking in favour of Britain respecting the Leave referendum result. A shameful attack on free speech.