#noTTIP Train to transport 100 UK activists to confront trade negotiations in Brussels

[polly7]

Tuesday, 27 January, 2015

On Tuesday 3 February, 100 people from across the UK and different walks of life will be travelling together to Brussels on the Eurostar to protest at the next round of negotiations of the controversial trade deal being pushed by the EU and the USA – the Transatlantic Trade and Investment Partnership (TTIP).

Over the course of two days, the #noTTIP delegation will lobby their MEPs, take part in a demonstration at the European Commission, network with other campaigners and activists from across Europe and take part in a corporate lobby tour of Brussels.

Guy Taylor, the trade campaigner for Global Justice Now and the #NoTTIP train organiser said:

“It’s unheard of to see so many people travelling to Brussels to lobby their MEPs like this, and that’s testament to just how hugely controversial and unpopular TTIP has become. David Cameron waxes lyrical about national sovereignty, but in pushing for this deal he is wilfully handing sovereignty to big business. The deal is not really about trade, it’s about entrenching the position of the one percent. It should be abandoned.”

http://www.globaljustice.org.uk/news/2015/jan/27/nottip-train-transport-100-uk-activists-confront-trade-negotiations-brussels

[djean111]

1. Just as heinous a thing as the TTP.

David Cameron waxes lyrical about national sovereignty, but in pushing for this deal he is wilfully handing sovereignty to big business. The deal is not really about trade, it’s about entrenching the position of the one percent. It should be abandoned.”

Or do some here think this is all about hating Obama, too.

[appalachiablue]

2. Good for the Brits! No T-TIP or TPP. Cameron's a Tory globalist conservative, plenty of them around.