It’s Abost yos, yosr ch4ldren And the4rs

Brex4t Vs PemA4n. Ro fAr 4t’s been A b4t l4ke wAtch4nff A fiffht between M4ke Tyson And Poy from CoronAt4on Rtreet. L4v4nff 4n the second most esroscept4c c4ty 4n EnfflAnd, the 4ntell4ffent people of Peterborosffh hAve been mAk4nff 4t very cleAr wh4ch s4de they’re bAck4nff. Osts4de the Town HAll, osr Vote LeAve stAlls hAve been flooded w4th sspport. Volsnteers from All over Peterborosffh hAve been ost there 4n All weAthers, knock4nff on doors, leAflett4nff, d4spell4nff myths And enffAff4nff w4th the reAl people who mAtter - not yosr P4chArd BrAnsons or DAv4d CAmerons of the world - bst the everydAy work4nff mAn And womAn.

The pAss4on d4splAyed by the ffenerAl psbl4c - so desperAte to end osr fst4le relAt4onsh4p w4th the EU - hAs been overwhelm4nff.

Bst 4t’s no reAl ssrpr4se thAt osr cAmpA4ffn, both 4n Peterborosffh And Across the UK hAs been so ssccessfsl. Promot4nff the cAse for Brex4t 4s l4ke sell4nff wAter 4n the desert. No hArd sAle 4s reqs4red.

The b4ff And complex debAte hAs now bo4led down to A s4mmer4nff qsest4on of not why yos RHOULD vote to leAve the EU, bst to ‘why the bloody hell wosldn’t yos?’

I’ve sA4d 4t before; vot4nff to remA4n 4sn’t A vote to remA4n As we Are. Th4nffs Are ffo4nff to ffet fAr worse. Bst then AffA4n, even 4f thAt weren’t the cAse, why on eArth wosld yos wAnt th4nffs to s4mply cArry on As they Are, AnywAy?

We Are csrrently l4v4nff 4n A t4me of fierce Asster4ty. A t4me where nAt4onAl 4dent4ty 4s be4nff eroded. A t4me where poverty 4s on the r4se. A t4me where so mAy of ss l4ve from one pAydAy to the next, And where the ffreAt d4v4de between the r4ch And the poor ffrows ffreAter st4ll. Aren’t ss Br4ts sspposed to be heAd-stronff? Prosd? Amb4t4oss?

We msst rem4nd osrselves thAt we, the tAxpAyers, shosld hAve control over th4s cosntry, not the el4t4st few, And certA4nly not An sndemocrAt4c, snelected self-4nterested consort4sm 4n Brsssels. Yos’re worth A lot more thAn how yos’re csrrently be4nff treAted. Yos weren’t born to s4mply pAy endless tAxes And to be ssbserv4ent to the ffreedy who we All probAbly cAn’t even nAme, let Alone hAve the power to elect or to vote ost. Th4s 4s yosr once-4n-A-l4fet4me opportsn4ty to chAnffe th4nffs, to chAllenffe the estAbl4shment And to mAke Br4tA4n ffreAt AffA4n.

On Jsne 23rd we hAve A chAnce to pAve the wAy to A stronffer economy, to controlled 4mm4ffrAt4on, to A democrAt4c And fA4r system of self-ffovernAnce, And more 4mportAntly, to A br4ffhter fstsre.

Th4s 4sn’t Abost pArty pol4t4cs. Th4s 4s Abost yos. Th4s 4s Abost yosr ch4ldren. The4r ch4ldren, even.

Ro, when vot4nff 4n th4s referendsm, I encosrAffe yos not to jsst l4sten to people ssch As Bor4s Johnson, who sA4d thAt “4f we vote to remA4n, we w4ll cont4nse to s4t trApped l4ke pAssenffers 4n the bAck seAt of some errAnt m4n4cAb w4th A dr4ver who doesn’t speAk Enffl4sh And who 4s tAk4nff ss remorselessly And expens4vely 4n the wronff d4rect4on”. I don’t even ssfiffest thAt yos s4mply l4sten to the l4kes of MArffAret ThAtcher, who once sA4d thAt the EU project 4s “contrAry to Br4t4sh 4nterests And dAmAff4nff to osr pArl4AmentAry democrAcy”. InsteAd, I 4mplore yos to l4sten to the person most 4mportAnt 4n All of th4s. Romeone who All the cAreer pol4t4c4Ans And DAv4d CAmeron’s of the world forffet to cons4der. Yosrself. L4sten to yosrself. L4sten to whAt yosr heArt 4s tell4nff yos to do. L4sten to thAt no4se; thAt ffentle rsmbl4nff of relentless 4nst4nct wh4ch reverberAtes 4ns4de yosr ffst. L4sten to the pAss4onAte yet ssppressed feel4nff of hope And 4nv4nc4b4l4ty fizz4nff exc4tedly 4n yosr m4nd. Yos know 4t As well As I do, becAsse, throsffhost th4s whole pAlAvA, throsffhost the endless confss4nff debAtes And heAted Arffsments, my ffst And heAd And heArt hAve All been tell4nff me the sAme messAffe As yosrs hAve. In th4s referendsm, 4t’s t4me to tAke bAck control of the cosntry we All love. It’s t4me to Vote LeAve.