Dear
John,
Creative industries echo our call for trade rescue
More than 300 creative organisations have joined thousands of Best
for Britain supporters in calling for Johnson to keep his promise and
sort out visa-free touring for performers in Europe.
Over three
quarters of artists have said that Brexit will
stop them performing in Europe, according to research
by Encore.
Costly bureaucracy is impacting the music industry’s bounce-back
from COVID. And the creative sector is just one of many facing
a post-Brexit crisis.
Make sure you’ve signed the open letter to Boris
Johnson, calling on him to act now, as he promised,
to help the UK’s creative sector. We need the Prime
Minister to take responsibility for his mess and level-up
trade in services with Europe.
Organisations like the Edinburgh Fringe and the
Royal Shakespeare Company have warned "work
will be lost and businesses will go under" if the
Government continues to ignore the damage inflicted on the industry by
the inadequate UK-EU trade deal.
The UK needs frictionless mobility on the Continent for all
workers if it is going to bounce back from one of the
worst COVID records on the planet.
The sad reality is Brexit was always designed to limit our freedom
of movement. But that doesn’t mean we can’t fight for better
conditions for ordinary workers.
That means securing visa waivers for
performers touring in Europe, the mutual recognition of
professional qualifications and an open and ongoing
regulatory dialogue with the EU.
Sign the open letter to the Prime Minister today.
Let’s find practical solutions to the trade chaos we now face.
Boris Johnson promised artists they could
continue to tour Europe after we left the EU.
But his trade deal failed to deliver. Join
the thousands of people who have already stood up to
say: that’s not good enough.
Best wishes,
Cary Mitchell,
Director of Operations, Best for
Britain
PS. Boris Johnson promise UK
artists they could continue to tour in Europe, but
his thin trade deal did not deliver. Join the thousands who
are calling for him to own up and sort it out. Sign
the open letter here.
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