March to Protest the EU Constitution

Dear All,

We may have met, or spoken, or your address could have been passed to me as someone who feels strongly about the proposed European Constitution, and their Country.

I am organising a March and Rally calling for a Referendum on the European Constitution on Saturday 24th April 2004.

I have police permission and also agreement from Hyde Park for a rally after the march.

I shall be contacting you regularly with full details but the purpose of this email is to flag up the date in your diaries. I would also ask that you forward this to anyone who may be interested and/or put them in touch with me.

I am the Conservative Prospective Parliamentary Candidate for Stourbridge but I wish to stress that this march and rally will be cross-party and apolitical and incorporate many individuals and groups/associations of people who all feel strongly about this issue. It has to be non-political or we will not achieve the desired result. This is to make the maximum impact to try to make the Prime Minister and the Government listen to the people.

We shall form up from 10.30 a.m. on Victoria Embankment and set off between midday to 1 p.m. We shall march down Whitehall where six of us will present a letter to No. 10 and then march down Pall Mall to Hyde Park, where a rally with speakers will take place.

We already have many eminent people who will march and speak at the rally, from cross-party politicians to celebrities and business people. All offers of help are needed and any equipment such as loudhailers/radios, stewards tabards etc.

We need a sound stage and equipment for Hyde Park so if anyone has contacts in this area that may be sympathetic and will either offer help without charge or at reasonable rates please advise.

We would also like rallies around the Country for those who cannot come to London so if anyone has contacts in any part of the Country from Wales, Scotland, Northern Ireland, Devon & Cornwall etc these will be needed. Obviously we need the maximum number on the March and local marches.

Telephone numbers are 01628 666456 and 07881 904124 for Diana and Peter.

Thank you

Diana Coad

PHILLIP DAY'S COMMENT: I encourage each of you to contact Diana and become involved in this most worthy endeavour. The bigger this event becomes, the more impact it will have, not only on the authorities, but also on others still sitting on the fence. Remember, this is the country we will be living in for the foreseeable future. I believe this warrants all our enthusiasm, time and effort.