Posts Tagged ‘Brexit’
As the Tories totter on the edge Labour must support a second referendum
The idea that British capitalism is superior to European capitalism is a delusion born of imperial grandeur Many on the Left who support leaving the EU (Lexit) somehow believe that an independent British capitalist state is preferable to European capitalism. It is difficult to understand why given the support for Brexit of people like William…
Read More6 Months after the Election & 3 Resignations Later Labour Has Still Not Found an Effective Message
Theresa May Should Have Gone by NowLabour’s Incoherence Over Brexit is Hurting Corbyn should not be afraid to call for a Second Referendum It is said that Oppositions don’t win elections, governments lose them. However that is not altogether true. How an Opposition plays its cards can have a decisive effect on the fortunes of…
Read MoreCorbyn’s Disastrous Brexit Strategy – Labour’s slow moving car crash
Support for Article 50 is a failure of principle and strategy The current members of the European Union If love is blind, then falling out of love can seem like an emotional roller coaster. So it is with Britain’s relationship with the EU and Labour members relationship with Jeremy Corbyn. Corbyn was the Accidental…
Read MoreIt’s Time to Deselect Benn, Hodge and Kyle
Labour’s Progress MPs Should Be Helped to Join the Tory Party It’s time for Momentum to mobilise support for Corbyn and begin the process of delection of Progress MPs The narrow victory of Brexit in the European referendum has split the Tories down the middle. The Conservative Party is in the middle of an unprecedented…
Read MoreEurope – Why Brexit Plays into the Hands of Racists & Reactionaries
Below is the latest Comment piece I have written for my local paper, the |Brighton Argus. It is difficult for the Left in Britain to decide between an increasingly racist and reactionary Europe. Its forcing of austerity on Greece or its racist deal with Turkey to fast track its admission to the EU whilst sending…
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