Who we are: Meet the NO Campaign team
Judith Wallace, ChairmanClick here for a personal profile
Neil Herron, Campaign Director
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Colin Moran, Strategy Director
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We are able to provide speakers drawn from the above list for any meetings or debates, and we also have specialist representation from a number of other members of the campaign.
Check back here soon for our speakers list.
Born and bred in Sunderland, 40 year old Neil is recently divorced and a father of two boys, Troy (16) and Raigan (12).
Educated in Sunderland and with a degree from Northumbria University, Neil set up his first business at the age of twenty one. This fish business grew into three outlets and a primary processing operation. Running alongside, Neil was also a small scale property developer and private landlord in Sunderland and rural Weardale.Neil expanded and diversified the market trading operation as the fishing industry went into decline and opened a discount food retail operation in the heart of Sunderland's Park Lane Market, selling everything from fish to flowers, from soap to sausages, from bananas to biscuits.
Then a visit from a Trading Standards Officer changed all that and the prosecution of greengrocer Steven Thoburn led to the birth of the Metric Martyrs. The rest is history. The national campaign exposed who really governs Britain, and for the first time supremacy of European Union Law over British law was confirmed through the courts.
Ironically, Neil and Steve were awarded the European Campaigners of the Year Award in Brussels in 2001, beating the European Union's campaign launching the euro notes and coins.
Today Neil also fronts the campaign, along with Colin Moran, calling for a referendum on the proposed EU Constitution, Referendum04
Neil, with others, initiated the North East No Campaign when it was apparent that the drive towards regional government was in no way coming from the people, but from a very small number of activists. His investigation of the unelected North East Assembly, who were pushing a pro-elected regional assembly agenda, resulted in their public censure by the District Auditor for unlawful use of public money.
Neil has also been a recent columnist for London Independent Newspaper.
Interests: Advanced scuba diver, skiing, circuit training & cooking
Born in North Shields, Judith grew up in Cullercoats, living with her parents and a younger brother. Judith is qualified as a solicitor and practiced on Wearside. Judith is married and lives with her husband and three children in Whitley Bay.
Interests: Playing tennis - secretary of local tennis club; Schools - Treasurer of Central Newcastle High School Association, and committee member of the Friends of the Newcastle Royal Grammar School; Fundraising - through the Minerva Fund for the education of girls from financially poor backgrounds. Member of Tyne Tees Television Regional Advisory Group. Local events secretary of Senate History. Member of English Heritage and the National Trust Former member of North Tyneside Health Authority. Judith is also interested in gardening and cookery.
