I did not belong to a political party. I watched Brexit unfold over 2015 and then 2016 with horror. I was involved in local groups from 2018 onwards...
In 2016 I was stunned by the result. I was depressed for weeks. That turned to anger as it became more obvious that the leavers were lied to, and we were cheated.
I’ve been fighting Brexit since 2015, I campaigned for Remain before the referendum and took part in weekly stalls over Chester and North Wales.
My brother and I set up Inspire EU in 2017 to challenge the idea that Brexit was an inevitability. We were motivated by the idea that Brexit was a protest vote and people would soon come to regret their choice.
Brexit turned me into a political dragon. I hated everything about it. I attended every march and helped set up MidKent4EU.
I was dismayed, angry and worried about the Referendum result and what the government was doing, and I wanted to do something.
I'd not been politically active since leaving university and naively thought the British public weren't so stupid as to vote us out, so didn't get involved in campaigning.
I attended SODEM because I felt so strongly that Brexit is wrong, that the media is not balanced, that there was no other method of making my protest heard —and because Steve Bray was an inspiration.
I brought the Brexitometers from our Dorset for Europe group for the big display...
We were a disparate group of people who had not been aware of each other's existence before and, in the main, politically inactive. Over nearly four years, we have come together as campaigners, activists and friends.