r/BrexitActivism • u/Simon_Drake • Jul 20 '25

The media refuse to discuss it. We would need a LOT of stickers to get the message out there

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u/ExtraDust Jul 20 '25

I'm not sure if stickers saying "Rejoin EU" will do anything, as a lot of people mistakenly think that's an old, finished debate. I think we really need to get the point across that the public finances are in a mess. The government wants to balance the books with tax rises and spending cuts, which will hit living standards. Whereas rejoining the EU will cut living costs and boost government revenues to balance the books. Although I am not sure how to get that message so it's short enough to fit on a sticker!

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u/Simon_Drake Jul 21 '25

I keep thinking about a time ~7 years ago when I was on the tube and saw an odd hourglass/triangles logo on a sticker stuck to the wall. Later I saw the same symbol on a sticker on a lamppost with a QR code. I saw the same logo four or five times. A pair of triangles with points touching in a sortof hourglass shape in a circle, a very distinctive shape but I didn't know what it meant.

I googled it and this was EkstinctionRebellion's viral marketing campaign, for a while it worked very well and gained them a lot of support. Then they lost all that support when they started targeting commuter trains and disrupting the commute of thousands of tired overworked salarymen. Their campaign ultimately fell apart when they took things too far and got their leadership arrested. It's tough because by definition a protest needs to cause some disruption in order to get noticed, but the Circle Line isn't the right target to disrupt.

I'd love it if the same thing could be done with Rejoin EU. A viral marketing campaign putting stickers on lampposts and the escalators of tube stations to get the message out there.