A group of British citizens living in EU countries has launched a court challenge to stop Brexit. The group took legal action after the UK Electoral Commission found “beyond any reasonable doubt” that Vote Leave, one of the groups supporting the British exit from the European Union, broke the law during the referendum campaign by exceeding spending limits. The claimants argue that the conduct of Leave organisations should nullify the result of the vote and, therefore, the notification of the UK withdrawal from the EU.

The case is brought by Elinore Grayson and John Shaw, who are based in France, Carole-Anne Richards from Italy and Sue Wilson from Spain. They have formed the group “UK in EU Challenge” and are now fundraising to cover the legal fees. Sue Wilson (photo) is the lead claimant and chair of Bremain in Spain, a group campaigning to protect the rights of British citizens in EU countries. Unlike other groups, Bremain in Spain do not take a neutral standing on the EU referendum. They believe that the best way to protect people’s rights is to stop Brexit and stay in the EU. They also support the campaign calling for a vote on the final Brexit deal, a position that has recently been endorsed by the coalition of British in Europe.

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NO BREXIT IS BETTER THAN ANY BREXIT

Hardly a day goes by lately without a politician or journalist talking about the dire consequences of a ‘no-deal’ scenario, should the Brexit negotiations fail, writes our Guest Writer for Today, Sue Wilson.

Whether it’s the potential damage to the economy, job losses, a rise in the cost of imports, planes grounded or the prospect of running out of food and medicine, it all paints a very scary vision of a post-Brexit future.

Prime Minister, Theresa May, is intending to publish over 80 papers this month outlining the dangers of a cliff-edge Brexit and advising how best to plan for the worst, according to a recently leaked report.

May hopes that the contents of the reports will convince ministers to back her Chequers Plan, though that seems highly unlikely. It would seem that she has given little thought to how the public might respond.

One area of great concern to Brits living in the rest of the EU, and to citizens from the rest of the EU living in the UK, is what would happen to our rights and freedoms if the ‘no-deal’ scenario actually happens?

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British expatriates based in the European Union have launched a legal challenge against the 2016 referendum on the United Kingdom leaving the 28-member bloc, arguing that the British government should declare the vote null and void due to “cheating” on the part of the Leave campaign.

The lead claimant in the UK in EU Challenge group is the chair of the Bremain in Spain forum, Sue Wilson, who has been campaigning constantly in the last two years against “Brexit,” as the process of the UK leaving the EU is known.

Writing in a Bremain in Spain newsletter, Wilson states that “recent findings by the Electoral Commission of illegal conduct by the Leave campaign during the 2016 EU Referendum have called into question as to whether the referendum was conducted in accordance with the UK’s constitutional requirements.”

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