Robert Rowland (politician)

Robert Andrew Rowland (28 February 1966 – 23 January 2021) was a British politician who served as a Brexit Party Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for South East England from 2019 until the United Kingdom's exit from the EU in 2020.

[2] Rowland attended Sedbergh School in Cumbria[3] and graduated from Newcastle University in 1988 with a BA (Hons)[4] and began his career in the investment industry.

The charity distributes free tickets to members of the armed forces for a variety of sporting, musical and cultural events.

"[9] In the 10 March 1988 edition of the Courier, he wrote a letter directed at what he dubbed "the fascist left," defending freedom of speech, and opposing the practice of providing "no platform" to speakers whose views were considered objectionable by some.

Rowland gave his first major speech as a candidate at the Lakeside Hotel in Frimley, Surrey, in May of that year, where he described opposition to Brexit as a potential "coup against democracy".

"[13] He argued that decarbonisation policies replace tax revenues generated from fossil fuels with subsidies to the detriment of the funding public services.

[18] On 9 October 2020, Rowland spoke in favour of re-electing Donald Trump in the 2020 United States presidential election in a debate at the Durham Union Society.