On 28th September, Wales for Europe held a National March and Rally in Cardiff. We are delighted to have received support for the event from people all across Wales, with a copy of our statement and the full list of signatories below.
Welsh National March and Rally
Saturday, 28 September 2019
12.00 City Hall, Cardiff
At one of the gravest moments for our country since the last world war, Parliament has, inexplicably, been suspended. Our elected representatives have been prevented from coming together to articulate and defend our interests.
In this situation the voice of the people of Wales, and of our civil society in all its aspects, needs to heard.
That is why we have called a Wales for Europe National March and Rally for midday on Saturday, 28th September, starting at the City Hall in Cardiff.
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This will be an all-Wales march for people from all parties and none.
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We will march against a No Deal Brexit, and the damage it would do to people, communities, businesses and public services in Wales – especially to the poorest.
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We will march for democracy, and to end the suspension of Parliament.
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We will march as an open and tolerant nation and for our ability to live and love freely on our continent.
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We will march for our nation, and a better future at the heart of Europe.
Everyone who voted in 2016, whether to Leave or Remain, did so for a better future. However, the current Westminster government is intent on steering us towards the most destructive course of all – and to bypass Parliament while doing so.
In the face of this threat to our economy and society we urge the citizens of Wales – individuals, families, businesses, trade unions and all manner of organisations in our towns, cities and countryside – to join with us in this march to tell the world that Wales stands resolute for peace, prosperity and social justice for all our communities and European nations. Please extend this invitation to all friends and colleagues.
Geraint Talfan Davies – Chair, Wales for Europe
Helen Wales – Chair, Cardiff for Europe
Mark Drakeford AM – First Minister of Wales
Adam Price AM – Leader of Plaid Cymru
Jane Dodds MP – Leader of Welsh Liberal Democrats
Anthony Slaughter – Leader of Green Party in Wales
Jo Stevens MP
Stephen Doughty MP
Owen Smith MP
Anna McMorrin MP
Kevin Brennan MP
Tonia Antoniazzi MP
Ann Clwyd MP
Susan Jones MP
Wayne David MP
Chris Elmore MP
Ruth Jones MP
Guto Bebb MP
Nick Smith MP
David Hanson MP
Kirsty Williams AM
Dai Lloyd AM
Jane Hutt AM
Delyth Jewell AM
Llyr Gruffydd AM
Rhun Ap Iorwerth AM
Alun Davies AM
Vikki Howells AM
Rebecca Evans AM
Bethan Sayed AM
Rebecca Evans AM
Jeremy Miles AM
Lynne Neagle AM
Rhianon Passmore AM
Jack Sargeant AM
Joyce Watson AM
Jackie Jones MEP
Jill Evans MEP
Lord Hain
Lord Kinnock
Baroness Finlay
Lord Mike German
Baroness Randerson
Baron Thomas of Gresford
Baroness Walmsley
Lord Wigley
Dyfrig Siencyn – Leader, Gwynedd Council
Ellen ap Gwynn – Leader, Ceredigion Council
Cllr Colin Mann – Caerphilly County Borough Council
Cllr Martin Fidler Jones – Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Rob Simkins – President, NUS Wales
Dhan Ramnatsing – President, Aberystwyth Student Union
Professor Cara Aitchison – President and Vice-Chancellor, Cardiff Metropolitan University
Dr Cllr Balbin Molik – Chair of Cardiff and Vale Liberal Democrats & PPC for Cardiff Central
Sally Stephenson – Co-founder of Vale of Glamorgan for Europe and Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Candidate for the Vale of Glamorgan
Cllr Rhys Taylor – Liberal Democrats Parliamentary Candidate for Cardiff North
Philip Pullman – author
Owen Sheers – poet
John Metcalf – composer
Graeme Farrow – Wales Millennium Centre
Gareth Bryn – film director
Peter Florence – Founder, Hay Festival
Musicians’ Union
Pauline Burt – CEO, Ffilm Cymru
Gillian Clarke – poet
Aidan Lang – Welsh National Opera
Betsan Llwyd – Theatr Bara Caws
Jan Morris – author
Geinor Styles – Theatr NaNog
David Anderson – museum director
Elinor Bennet – harpist
Mick Felton – publisher
Anthony Negus – conductor
Hilary Boulding – Principal, Trinity College Oxford (formerly RWCMD)
Dilwyn Davies – Theatr Mwldan
William Wilkins – artist
Anthony Negus – conductor
Menna Richards – broadcaster
Glen Peters – Rhosygilwen Arts Centre
Wiard Sterk – public art consultant
John Summers – Chief Executive, Halle Orchestra
Mathew Talfan – Ffotogallery
Yvette Vaughan-Jones – No Fit State Circus
Alison Woods – Executive Director, No Fit State Circus
Alun Saunders – playwright
Carlo Rizzi – conductor
Dai Smith – historian
Laura Drane – Laura Drane Associates
Mererid Hopwood – poet
Ed Thomas – Fiction Factory
Jeremy Turner – Theatr Arad Goch
Carmen Jakobi – opera director
Damian Walford-Davies – critic
Dennis O’Neill – singer
Trevor Fishlock – writer
Menna Richards – broadcaster
Mick Tems – Folk Wales
David Thomas – architect
Cerith Griffiths – Wales Secretary, Fire Brigades Union
Farmers’ Union of Wales
Professor Calvin Jones – Cardiff Business School
Derek Walker – Wales Cooperative Centre
Archbishop Barry Morgan
Sahar Al-Faifi, MEND Cymru
Reverend Canon Aled Edwards – Churches Together in Wales
Frances Beecher – Llamau
Auriol Miller – IWA
Chris Alexander – Managing Director, Scribes Cardiff Ltd
Duncan Fisher – Project Manager, Our Food
Montgomeryshire for Europe
Anglesey for Europe
Bridgend for Europe
Wrexham for Europe
Swansea for Europe
Pembrokeshire for Europe
Vale of Glamorgan for Europe
Cardiff for Europe
Gwent for Europe
Valleys for Europe
Leighton Andrews
Ceri Black
Dr Ceridwen Lloyd-Morgan
Eurfyl ap Gwilym
Mari Arthur
Ann Beynon
Keith James
Leighton Radford
Ian Fell
Mike McCann
Lorraine Ann Williams
Pam Thornton
Maureen Engels
Helen Wood
Helenor and Howard Jones
Sarah Windrum
Camilla Saunders
Gil Chambers
Pip Woolf
William Wood
Jane Owens
Andrew W N Bennett
Carole-Anne Davies
Sarah Hawkes
Daphne McAdam
Ann Cashman
Joel Mayers
Jessica Jones
Mary Jones
Evan Mervyn Davies
Chris Davies
Martin Moore
Hywel Ceri Jones
Rhiannon Creffield
Anne Vickerson
Sheila Smith
Michael Harvey
Mari Bradbury
Frank Callus
Philip Evans
Rob Evans
Hildegard Schindler
Vicky Leech
Barbara Natasegara
Dorothy Cameron
Alexandra Chapman
Neil Schofield-Hughes
Fran and Wynn Griffiths
Jorg Hoffmann
Mik Norman
Alun Howell
Patrick Hall
Janet Gregory
Lynnette Thomas
Gloria Jenkins
Pernille Gangelhoff
To add your name to this statement as a supporter of the March, please email miriam@walesforeurope.org