Europe brings vast benefits for many sectors,including science. That’s why the pro-EU movement should be based in communities like yoursThis year will nearly certainly be the year of the EU referendum. Although some parts of the media will portray it as a struggle between two official campaigns, the real story must be a wealthy national democratic debate. There are many grassroots communities emerging with vital understandings of the importance of continued EU membership. Doctors, and nurses,researchers, farmers, and lawyers,police, environmentalists, and as well as Brits living abroad,all have much to say.
As the Scottish independence referendum showed, an agile swarm of passionate activist communities can dash rings around a top-down Westminster-based operation and engage voters whom politicians cannot reach. The official Britain Stronger in Europe campaign can benefit enormously by engaging with what is already a very diverse array of pro-EU campaigns, and with several more emerging. The question must be not only what these campaigns can do for BSE,but what a central campaign can do to support these passionate and committed communities.
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Source: theguardian.com